Jay R. Brooks

January 1, 2012 | Culture

Celebrity Beer Cellars

We asked a number of beer industry luminaries to share some of the most special beers in their own cellars, and to tell us why they chose those beers and on what occasion they’ll consider opening them. This is at ...

January 1, 2012 | Culture

Buying Vintage Beer

You don’t necessarily have to age beer yourself. You can find people willing to do it for you: for a price. A growing trend among better beer bars and specialty bottle shops is to have their own beer cellars from ...

January 1, 2012 | Culture

Old and Out-of-the-Way

While nobody knows the exact percentage, nearly all of the beer brewed worldwide should be enjoyed when it’s as fresh as possible. With most beer, the sooner you drink it, the better; usually within ninety days of being kegged, bottled ...

September 1, 2011 | Travel Features

South of the Beer Door

Throughout South America, a craft brewing industry is developing in virtually every country. Inspired by the U.S. craft beer scene, and fueled by homebrewing, most South American countries are awash in newly opened small breweries, or cervecerías. As we speak, ...

June 10, 2010 | Travel

St. Louis, Missouri

We continue to feature profiles of beer towns that didn’t make it into our Beer Traveler issue. St. Louis, Missouri While St. Louis has arguably slipped in its influence, both beerwise and otherwise, the history of Anheuser-Busch still makes it ...

June 7, 2010 | Travel

Montreal, Quebec

More beer city outtakes from our recently published Beer Traveler. Montreal, Quebec Montreal is the second largest city in Canada and also the second largest city of French speakers. Only Paris has more people who speak French. It is also ...

June 4, 2010 | Travel

Austin, Texas

We will continue to run profiles of beer towns throughout the month pulled from the the cutting room floor of our Beer Traveler issue. Austin, Texas “Keep Austin Weird” is Austin’s unofficial motto, and it fits with the Texas capitol’s ...

June 3, 2010 | Travel

Anchorage, Alaska

In our recent Beer Traveler issue, we profiled a select group of beer towns. We didn’t have the space to print them all. You can now find them here on our web site....

April 26, 2010 | What's Brewing

Anchor Brewery Sold

Big News from San Francisco, the Anchor Brewery has been sold. Here are the details below....

November 1, 2009 | History

In This Friendly, Freedom-Loving Land Of Ours—Beer Belongs…Enjoy It!

In today’s more sophisticated and educated beer culture, it certainly feels like this may be the best time for American beer that has ever existed. If you know where to look you can find more styles of beer than anywhere ...