By Randy Mosher
Published September 2011, Volume 32, Number 4
Our image of Brazil is exotic, tropical, and utterly wild, but there is a good deal more to this huge and varied country. There is jungle, but there is lots of rich agricultural land. It snows in the South. The world’s second largest Oktoberfest is held in Blumenau. Despite abundant poverty, there is a large and growing middle class, and amidst the exotic vegetation, much of Brazil looks very familiar to us: jobs, traffic, shopping, neighborhoods, and Internet cafés. Read More…
By Owen Ogletree
Published September 2011, Volume 32, Number 4
Twenty craft beer lovers, all wearing the same T-shirts, walk into a bar. No, this isn’t the beginning of a joke―it describes an organized pub-crawl for charity. Across America, people are realizing that craft beer can form the impetus for switching off the TV, getting off the couch, heading out of the house and bringing people together with informative, entertaining, beer-centered activities. Read More…
The Land of the Long White Cloud is starting to cast a shadow on the craft beer scene.
By Matt Kirkegaard
Published July 2011, Volume 32, Number 3
New Zealand is small. It is small and it is a long way from just about everywhere. Its largest city, Auckland, is more than 1,300 miles from the nearest similar-sized city, making it the most remote major city in the world. Its capital, Wellington, is also the world’s southernmost capital city.
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Beyond the Pint
By Brian Yaeger
Published November 2010, Volume 31, Number 5
You love beer. That’s a given. But how do you show beer you love it on a deeper level (besides reading a magazine that is all about it)?
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By Stephen Beaumont
Published November 2010, Volume 31, Number 5
It wasn’t until about 10 A.M. that I saw my first corpse, but then again, it was only Monday. I was pretty certain the bodies would grow more plentiful closer to the week’s end.
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By Bryan Harrell
Published May 2010, Volume 31, Number 2
It was July of 2000 and Bryan and Sayuri Baird had just finished completing their new Fishmarket Taproom across the street from the port in Numazu, Japan. They had already applied for a brewing license for their startup, Baird Brewing Co. While the taproom offered Hoegaarden White, Guinness and several other beers, the Bairds were anxious to start serving their own beer. As it turned out, the license would finally be granted six months later, in December. Read More…
