Sam Calagione stood in the cab of the old pickup truck and started to put in place the sign for his new brewpub in Rehoboth Beach, Del. His wife, Mariah, had a disposable camera ready to capture the magic moment. First, though, Sam had to remove the sign of the last business at the same... View Article
This Saturday, music fans, artists and store owners across the world will celebrate Record Store Day. While the vinyl spins on the record player, All About Beer recommends toasting the day with a music-inspired beer. Click the links below to read tasting notes on beers that pay tribute to musical works or were brewed in... View Article
Dogfish Head Positive Contact Dogfish Head Craft Brewery with Dan the Automator Milton, Delaware 9% | Strong Ale with Cider and Spices This release from Dogfish is a collaboration with producer Dan the Automator from, among other hip-hop projects, Deltron 3030. The beer name is also a track on Deltron’s first album. This beer feels... View Article
Not too long ago, I held a glass of a strawberry habanero India pale ale brewed by Brouwerij De Molen to my lips. I consider myself a hophead, but wondered if all my previous IPA tasting had prepared me for that first taste. The sweet, juicy fruit waxed on first and the heat swept the... View Article
When All About Beer Magazine was launched in 1979, nobody talked, wrote or maybe even dreamt about something called craft beer. Five years later Vince Cottone, a beer columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who contributed to numerous publications, first used the phrases craft-brewing scene, craft brewery and craft brewing in the manner they are thought... View Article
Let’s try a thought experiment. I’ll offer the name of a brewery and you notice the first few things that spring to mind. Ready? Sierra Nevada. Unless you’re really not into beer—and then, why are you reading this?—something should have popped into your head. OK, here’s another: Dogfish Head. Or here, try this juicy one:... View Article
Beer Thousand Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton, DE Style: Lager ABV: 10% It’s a brilliantly golden lager, but it’s not the kind you’re thinking of. Ultimately there is that crisp finish, but before we get to that bit, there is a lot more going on with this beer. There’s the near-syrupy mouthfeel, the slight alcohol heat,... View Article
A brewpub was always in the cards for Jeremy Tofte. The dream of opening one led him to sell off his thriving Jackson, WY, restaurant, Thai Me Up, to the highest bidder (literally, the transaction occurred via online auction site eBay) and use the proceeds to move to New Zealand to forge his ambition into brick,... View Article
London Pride. It’s a familiar cask beer on bar-tops up and down the breadth and length of the British Isles; amber in color and malt forward with a floral hop character courtesy of Northdown, Target and Challenger. It’s also a seasoned Transatlantic traveller with kegs and bottles available in English-style pubs in the likes of... View Article
