A store where you can buy the latest Batman and newest Dogfish Head? Beer bottle labels that tell an actual comic book story? Brewers who were working on their superhero-style origin story for 20 years? Double IPAs and The Walking Dead don’t have much in common on the face of it, but thanks to the... View Article
Look! Behind the bar! In the glass! Going down smoothly! It’s GIGANTIC BREWING! Easily recognizable by its cartoonish logo: an oversized G that would look at home on the chest of some over-the-top cartoon superhero. Ben Love, a native Oregonian, earned his stripes with stints at several breweries, including Pelican and Hopworks Urban Brewery, before... View Article
Back in the olden days, when life was hard and resources were scarce, brewers often did an odd thing: they boiled their worts for insane lengths of time. The Belgians seem to have been kings of the long boil: an average wort would spend four to six hours in the kettle, and some ranged upward—way... View Article
