How Cambridge Brewing Company Went Out the Right Way
On its final night, snow fell outside as a roomful of regulars raised one last glass. Cambridge Brewing Company didn’t just make great beer. It built a community, launched careers,...
How a Surprise Gift Keeps The Memory of McNeill’s Brewery Alive
A month after McNeill’s Brewery tragically burned down, a small package arrived at my office. Inside was a pint glass and a note from a man I had never met....
The Lie That Goose Island Loves To Tell
Goose Island promotes itself as having created the first bourbon barrel aged stout in 1992. Except they didn't. The story of how the biggest name in barrel aged beer keeps...
From Monster to Mini: Cigar City Brewing’s Wild Plot Twist
Cigar City Brewing is closing its longtime Tampa headquarters and downsizing into the Ybor City cidery run by former owner, Joey Redner.
Hard Times Can’t Kill Craft Beer
The Great American Beer Festival is 43 years old and feeling every year of it. For decades, the craft beer industry’s signature event was a raucous celebration, drawing brewers from...
Why Craft Beer Needs a New Generation of Beer Bars
Michael Roper knew this would happen. In 2018, the publican saw his once packed beer bar, the Hopleaf Bar on Chicago’s North Side, start to lose customers. He knew why....
Hazy IPA Conspiracy Theories
In the past week, a couple of articles have commented on the sorry state of craft beer. One article in Just Drinks by veteran beer writer Stephen Beaumont focused on...
The Sober Truth: Most Non-Alcoholic Beer Isn’t Great
Non-alcoholic beer is the rising star of the beverage world, growing like crazy and featured in countless adoring articles and splashy television segments. There’s just one problem: most of it...
Maybe Beer Samplers Aren’t Terrible After All
Andy Crouch discusses why beer samplers are great opportunities to try new beers and sample new flavors, even if they come in sad tiny glasses.