Craft Beers

Who's Who In Craft Beer

Food Republic | Posted 05.24.2012

Food Republic

Thirty years ago, the concept of a craft-beer power ranking system was inconceivable. Back then, there were only a handful of breweries pumping out suds that deviated from the watery-lager norm.

Lagunitas Set To Open New South Side Chicago Brewhouse

Posted 04.10.2012

Lagunitas Brewing Company, known best for its popular India Pale Ale, announced late Monday that it will open a large, new brewery on Chicago's Southw...

5 Organic Beers For The Super Bowl

Posted 02.04.2012

From Kimi Harris and Mother Nature Network: The real question is not why drink organic beer, but why not? If you care about the environment and the...

Ready For A 'Stairway To Heaven' Lager?

www.esquire.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Something to look forward to for fans of both craft beer and rock-'n'-roll anthems: Lost Abbey, a fine California brewery we've touted before, has ann...

5 Craft Beers Worth Traveling For

Food Republic | Posted 09.04.2011

Food Republic

While some breweries such as Sierra Nevada, Rogue and Stone distribute their suds from coast to coast, they're the exception to the rule.

Alcohol Sales Bounce Back Despite (Or Because Of?) Unemployment

Posted 08.09.2011

When sales of alcohol plummeted 9% in 2009, FiveThirtyEight statistician Nate Silver said that it meant that the booze industry was "no-longer recessi...

The Perfect Bread for the Super Bowl

Jordana Zizmor | Posted 05.25.2011

Jordana Zizmor

If you serve sandwiches made on Orwasher's beer bread at your Super Bowl party it will put your usual hero to shame. It's made using Sixpoint's Otis ...

Getting Fresh with Wet-Hop Beers

Tracy Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

Tracy Howard

The September/October issue of Imbibe Magazine celebrates the seasonality of beer, and come fall, there are plenty of brews to get excited about, not ...

Brewing in Japan: Interview With Bryan Baird of Baird Beer

Devin Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Devin Stewart

I visited Baird Brewing Company, one of Japan's most innovative new craft breweries. I had the fortune to meet Bryan and Sayuri Baird, who founded the brewery.

Craft Beer Sales Up 10.3% In 2009

The Boulder Daily Camera | Alicia Wallace | Posted 05.25.2011

Last year was not the easiest for some in the beer business: Overall sales in the United States were down 2.2 percent and imported beer sales dropped ...

Goose Island, Craft Brewers Doing Well Despite Recession

Chicago Tribune | Mike Hughlett | Posted 05.25.2011

With an ugly recession raging this spring, Goose Island Beer Co. launched Sophie, a high-end Belgian-style brew with a retail price of $8 to $9 per 22...

Flavored Craft Beers Grow In Popularity

USA Today Via ABC News | Theresa Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

It may seem heresy to purists, but flavored beers are going mainstream as brewers reach for sales growth. The $90 billion beer industry only recently...

"Craft" Beers Face Steep Price Hikes

Wall Street Journal | DAVID KESMODEL and JANET ADAMY | Posted 05.25.2011

That six pack of high-brow beer is about to come at a higher price, thanks to the sharpest surge in decades in the cost of the hops and barley that gi...