It all began with a beer and a question. It was late Friday afternoon and the AAB crew was winding
We’re accustomed to pouring fine wines and champagnes from sleekly tapered green bottles with foil and corks. On the other
1. 4000 BC: the Sumerians brew the first beer. The clay tablets with the recipe, or the crude tools used
A necessary text for the experienced as well as the very-first-time amateur, The Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm both humbles
When the Soviet Union collapsed and Winston Churchill’s famous Iron Curtain opened, observers of the brewing scene discovered that Russians
America is dotted with the corpses of old breweries. You might have passed them while driving through some forgotten inner-city
Frank Boon flashed a knowing smile last fall in Denver, as he sampled beers at the Great American Beer Festival.
If Mickey Finn’s Brewery ever invites its brewing alumni back to Libertyville, IL, for a reunion, one can only guess
England’s Alexander Newell is credited with bottling the first beer. He did not own a brewery; he just liked to
A long-time collecting friend and labelologist, Bob Kay has taught me ways to trace brewing history from a simple piece
