Considering the decades of televised beer marketing and the relatively recent increase of beer nerd wackos that can’t wait to corner you and tell you about that time they stood in line for a quadruple-sour-barrel-aged-double-doggy-dry-hopped-beer for three days, you have probably picked up the ability to rattle off the names of the four main ingredients […]
¡Cerveza de Mexico!
Americans love their Mexican beers! A crystal clear bottle of Corona with a juicy lime has become synonymous with beautiful weather, sunny beaches, and good times. The Mexican lager has become so popular in the US that Miller SAB and Anheuser-Busch have attempted their own versions (Miller Chill, Bud Lite Lime). Now, even craft breweries […]
Tasty Reads for Beer-Minded Bookworms: 2018 Edition
Over a year has passed since I first admitted my beer book addiction to the world. Much has changed since then, but my unyielding urge to snatch bargain beer books from thrift store and virtual shelves has remained much the same. Entering my 30s, traveling to Germany, and changing my place of employment have had […]
Behind the Scenes at Bohemian Brewery
Bohemian isn’t like other breweries. Their focus is on Central European lagers brought to the US by Czech immigrants, Joe and Helen Petras, who love the beer styles they grew up with in their homeland. Furnished with a unique yeast strain from a now-closed brewery in the Czech Republic, the Petras family founded Bohemian Brewery […]
Spalter Bier – The Only Beer In The World!
As they say in Spalt, Germany… “In Spalt, in Spalt, dou wern di Leit gor alt; sie kenna nix dafier, dös macht ös goute Bier”** Roughly translated: The people in Spalt grow old because of the good beer, meaning they owe their good health and ability to age well to this nutritious beverage. I wouldn’t expect […]
Fresh for Spring 2018
The signs of shifting seasons are all around us. Temperatures are warming, flowers are blooming, birds are chirping at 6 am, and local beer is transitioning from the rich, darker styles of long winter nights to the light, thirst-quenching varieties of long summer days. It’s time to lighten up and enjoy the changes happening to […]