Author: John Holl
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Book Reviews150 Years of Canadian Beer Labels
April 5, 2017 - John Holl 150 Years of Canadian Beer Labels By Lawrence C. Sherk $29.95, TouchWood Editions A coffee-table-worthy picture book that contains the collection of a serious breweriana collector. It starts in the late 1870s with two labels—mild and strong—from the William Dow and Co. brewery in Montreal. Largely text-heavy and simple in design, it does feature crossed... View Article -
Book ReviewsBrew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing
April 5, 2017 - John Holl Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing By Brew Your Own Magazine $21.99, Voyageur Press By the time this book gets to the actual recipes, you’ve already read more than 140 comprehensive pages that lay a solid foundation for how to make beer. From the pages and people behind the country’s foremost homebrewing magazine comes... View Article -
BeersBeer of the Moment: Goose Island Cooper Project
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Behind the BarDon’t Settle for Flawed Beer
March 3, 2017 - John Holl One of the great privileges and perks on this job is visiting breweries around the world. It allows me to meet brewers, drink beer and see the innovations, ingredients and trends that help shape the coverage in this magazine and on our website. On a recent trip, I ordered a flight of beers from a brewery... View Article -
CultureSelf-Driven Beer Trucks
March 1, 2017 - John Holl Despite a few extra pieces of hardware strapped to the outside, little about the tractor-trailer barreling down Interstate 25 in Colorado on a mostly sunny morning last October would draw attention. Well, except for the statement along the trailer: Proudly brewed. Self-driven. Budweiser partnered with Otto, a transportation company owned by Uber, to deliver a... View Article -
Home BrewingTesting the Pico: An Automated Homebrew System
March 1, 2017 - John Holl The voice of Ron Popeil came into my head as I hit the button on the Pico. “Set it and forget it!” The familiar refrain from the kitchen appliance TV pitchman is apt for this steam-generating homebrewing machine from PicoBrew that is user-friendly if not a little impersonal. I’m not a homebrewer, although I have... View Article -
Book ReviewsThe Belgian Beer Book
February 24, 2017 - John Holl The Belgian Beer Book By Erik Verdonck and Luc De Raedemaeker $59.95, Lannoo The word “tome” is thrown around a lot when people are looking for a fancy word to describe a book. In the case of this 702-page, 7.7-pound, wonderfully photographed, comprehensive drink, food and travel guide, the word is apt. A country with... View Article -
Book ReviewsThe Apple Orchard: The Story of our Most English Fruit
February 24, 2017 - John Holl The Apple Orchard: The Story of our Most English Fruit By Pete Brown $35.99, Particular Books If you’re not already aware of the apple’s cultural and agricultural significance to mankind, that’s OK. If you thought you were knowledgeable on the subject, that’s OK, too. In his latest book, the masterful Pete Brown tackles the apple... View Article