The image of the brewer who is part mad scientist and part artist has long been one of the iconic images of craft brewing lore. With Chad Yakobson,...
M.I.A. Beer Company in Doral, Florida is one of many recent additions to the state’s once-scarce but now-thriving craft beer scene. I met up with...
If you’re a craft beer fan, you know that Colorado is home to some of the most popular and highly regarded breweries in America as well as craft beer...
Statistics released today by the Brewers Association have shown a historic high for the number of breweries in America with 4,656. This is an...
Summer always seems to be the perfect time to enjoy the glorious beverage that is beer. Temperatures are up, inhibitions are down and the finest suds...
Malt
Brewing begins with raw barley, wheat, oats or rye that has germinated in a malt house. The grain is then dried in a kiln and sometimes roasted...
Ah, summertime. The sun is up, the sunscreen is on and there’s nary a cloud in the sky. Summer has always held a special place in the hearts and...
Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of the one of the biggest upsets in human history – the outmatched and outnumbered Mexican army’s defeat of Napoleon’s...
Nobody can seem to agree what is the difference between porter and stout. Is it that stouts contain roasted barley? Is it that porters are lighter,...
Miami – a steamy tropical paradise where swimsuits are small and sun scorches the backs of un-sunscreened tourists – wasn’t showing me much in the...
Chef Max Murowchick is as unique as the cuisine he creates at Shamiana Restaurant in Kirkland, Washington. The color of his skin and his bare head...
Beer is an incredibly versatile beverage. Using only minimal ingredients familiar to the brewing and culinary arts, brewers are able to craft...
In advance of the season 6 premiere of Game of Thrones, we sit back on our non-iron thrones and ponder what beers some of the major characters on HBO...
I was fascinated by the new American craft malting industry when I first heard it existed— craft malting presents even more opportunity for consumers...
If you’ve ever taken a swig of a bottled IPA and thought to yourself that it doesn’t taste quite like the beer you remember from the brewery or the...