This story was adapted from the newly published second edition of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft
David Geary stands over the kettle at Traquair House in 1984. (Photo courtesy D.L. Geary Brewing Co.) There were three keynote
Charlie Papazian in 1977. (Photo courtesy Charlie Papazian) Charlie Papazian was studying nuclear engineering at the University of Virginia in
With more than 1.2 million copies already in print, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (William Morrow, Paperback, $17.99, 496 pp) is
It was odd having a media credential recently at the Craft Brewers Conference—the one place on the planet no actual
In April 1995, Charlie Papazian, president of what would become the Brewers Association, asked a roomful of attendees at the
Some call the word “craft” beer a perfect choice, and others consider it meaningless. Tracing its etymology reveals how craft
There is a story, at least partly apocryphal, of Charlie Papazian, co-founder of the American Homebrewers Association, telling the great
Fritz Maytag bought a controlling share in Anchor Brewing in 1965, around the time when more than 80 percent of
I started to write about the good taste of beer, as opposed to brewing beer, in 1978. I had been