Twenty-plus years ago, one of America’s favorite cult beers often was “smuggled” east of the Mississippi. “It was heavenly, like
Imperial is a term normally applied to beers that were brewed in Britain, then shipped to the court—the Imperial court—of
Beer bottle labels since Prohibition have more importance than a simple mention in that Sheryl Crow song. Labels are a
The American homebrewing community rallied with its usual passion last year when a devastating fire that leveled 400 homes in
Collectors’ cans, specialty beers, contract brews, soft drinks, private labels: there’s no niche that America’s old-time regional breweries haven’t exploited
In his charming book, Great American Eccentrics, Carl Sifakis defines his subject matter thusly: “The true eccentric follows his own
Walter Scheurle is one of my favorite people. He and I became acquainted some 25 years ago when he was
Bavaria, best known for its smooth, clean, bottom-fermented lager biers, is synonymous with great brewing tradition. Golden pilsners, Munich helles,
The beer we know today as “bitter” has a long, low-profile history as the everyday drink of the common jamoke.
Yet again, I have been rumpled. Quoting me in an article about the serving temperatures of ales, the Wall Street
