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BC: What life lessons have you learned from brewing? Lee: I think perhaps the biggest life lesson would be patience. Prior to developing my career in...
Connoisseur. It’s a difficult word to pronounce correctly, let alone spell. Is it two “s’s” and one “n?” Is there an “a” in there? And it doesn’t...
Todd Usry is one of the new faces of craft beer, even though he’s been working at Breckenridge Brewery since 1990 when he started as a delivery truck...
A U.S. Senator, who long ago seemed to have a handle on what disturbed people most about the political process in Washington, once offered this line...
In the tiny city of Bree, in the upper right-hand corner of Belgium, Bert van Hecke is meticulously crafting B.O.M., or Belgian Original Maltbakery...
Surly Brewing
“I’m not the type of person who can sit still,” says Jorge Guzman, the executive chef of Surly Brewing’s new brewpub in Minneapolis. “I always have...
BrewDog, Scotland's biggest (and most outspoken) proponent of craft beer, has announced it is giving away the recipes for 215 beers online for free....
Alpine and Green Flash Beer Connoisseur
One way or another, founder and owner of Alpine Beer Company Pat McIlhenney has spent most of his life fighting flames. Retiring a captain after more...
Heavy Seas founder Hugh Sisson
Hugh Sisson, founder of Heavy Seas Beer, definitely makes the cut on any list of the most influential American craft beer pioneers. Hugh guided his...
Fred Bueltmann of New Holland
BC: You seem to be the embodiment of "craft." How'd you get that way, and why are you so dedicated to it? Bueltmann:  My creativity was encouraged...
NFL Miami Dolphins Punter Brandon Fields Beer Connoisseur
Brandon Fields may be the National Football League’s number one zythophile. He was drafted in 2007 by the Miami Dolphins, around the same time he...
In another landmark deal for the increasingly contentious world of craft beer, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits has agreed to sell to...
Greg Koch at Stone's Berlin location.
As the one-day “Sensory Evaluation of Beer” class began, students filed into the UC Davis classroom. Homebrewer Steve Wagner, who’d spent the better...
Ska brewing co-founder Dave Thibodeau celebrates 20 years of beer. (Credit: Owen Ogletree)
Nestled in the hills just outside scenic downtown Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing holds cult status among many followers of craft beer in America....
With news of partnerships like Lagunitas and Heineken, the lines between "craft" and "macro" have become increasingly blurred.
The age of Romanticism was defined by an emphasis on passion, individuality, and spontaneous creation over rote Industrialism. We’re in the Romantic...

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