This article spotlighted an unusual beer from Boston Beer Works (one of the most unusable websites I’ve seen): Boston Tea Party Ale. Apparently it’s brewed with a lot of tea, and served over ice. Beer Works doesn’t seem to be pandering to micro-brew-loving snobs with this one – except that … Continue reading

Here’s a little puff piece on spruce beer, in Alaska. It delves into a little history—dealing with sailors and scurvy—and even contains a recipe (I’m thinking it’s a pretty old recipe): Boil 10 gallons (45.5 liters) of water, six pounds (2.7 kilograms) of molasses, and three ounces (85 grams) of … Continue reading

Kind of an interesting article on German beer and the Institute for Brewing Technology in Weihenstephan. Although the title of the article would seem to indicate more, well, science, it’s more about the Institute and the kind of people who are enrolling… It was the almost 1,000 years of brewing … Continue reading

Back around the holidays I picked up a variety of specialty beers, including a couple in unique flask-shaped bottles from a brewery I’d not heard of before: St. Peter’s Brewery, in Suffolk, England. Last night I drank one of the two I bought, their Organic Ale. Overall, not bad. First … Continue reading

Maybe it’s just me, but I think Food Network really needs a show about beer. No specific subtopic; one episode could be exploring a particular beer style or microbrewery, another could be on homebrewing. The sky’s the limit, really. My only prerequisite? Don’t dumb it down for the audience. Man, … Continue reading

Following up to my Gluten Free Beer post the other day, BellaOnline has a better article on the topic. Not only does the article go into more detail on the alternative grains one can use to brew gluten free beer, but there’s also a much better list of brewers and … Continue reading

First B-to-the-E, then Molson Kick, now this: Bud-maker launches watermelon beverage. While it’s not technically a beer (it’s a flavored malt beverage in the Bacardi Silver product line), it’s certainly indicative of a trend. Anheuser-Busch Cos., the nation’s biggest brewer, is adding a watermelon-flavored brew to its Bacardi Silver lineup, … Continue reading

Rob from A Welsh View sends along a pointer to this article: U.K.’s Asda brings beer to the ballot. It’s kind of a head-scratcher, but the gist of it is that the store is selling political party-specific beers… Britain’s second-largest grocer Asda is to cash in on the country’s forthcoming … Continue reading

Found this article on Beverage World about what I’m terming the "Oregon beer bubble": Sales may be flat at the nation’s biggest beer companies, but they continue to be frothy for Oregon’s fast-growing craft brewers. The state’s predominantly small breweries sold 18.3 million gallons of beer in 2004, nearly 10 … Continue reading

Yes, this is old news now, but I’ve been pretty much offline for a week or more, and it’s worth noting: Rogue Ales ordered to pull American flag merchandise. Following a citation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF), Rogue Ales has pulled all merchandise depicting the … Continue reading