By George Horning Westmalle monastery, which is located in the town of Westmalle, Belgium, became a Trappist abbey in 1836. That same year, abbot Martinus Dom started construction of a small brewery. Later that year, the first Westmalle Trappist beer was served! Not...
Ever wondered what hops are, or where they come from, or what they do in a beer? Well wonder no more! Jonny tells you all from a Saaz hop farm in the Czech Republic. This is the first in our new mini series Beer School - teaching you the ins and outs of beer. If...
These past couple of frigid Pittsburgh days have left me desiring something a little bit more tropical. Okay, maybe not tropical but definitely something fresh and bright to help me thaw out a bit. We've had quite an impressive stint of sweet recipes, which have...
February 24, 2015 Millersburg, OH - Back by popular demand, Doc’s Scotch Ale will be on tap this Friday, the 27th along with Lady Justice, a local favorite. The second release in Millersburg Brewing Company's Imperial Series, Doc's pours a light copper color with a...
Erie Better Beer - Blind Review Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their review of Three Floyds Portuguese Brandy Dark Lord, a 15% Imperial Stout aged in Brandy Barrels from Three Floyds out of Munster,...
We all know the trigger Budweiser pulled with their Super Bowl ad. Well, some craft breweries are responding with their own version. Good stuff! "Brewed the Easy Way?" Ninkasi Budweiser Super Bowl Commercial Parody 2015 Craft Beer Budweiser Super Bowl Spoof Irony...
By Brigid Kane-Smith, Instagram Hopwench Every year around the last week of September Tequesta Brewing Company celebrates the hop harvest with a wonderful week called Hop Week! During this week you will find several of the breweries staple hoppy beers with added dry...
I’ll not sugar-coat this. After all, is it not the season for cold hearted, hardnosed introspection? The kind of introspection you do when you realize that your social media has gone dark, 75% of your photos are selfies taken from the same three bathrooms, your bank...
Ferndock Brewing Company Releases Oh Snap Holiday Ale Platform Beer Co. in Ohio City will be opening early on Friday, November 28th (Black Friday) for a special release event. Platform's first brewery incubator participant, Ferndock Brewing Company, will be tapping...
As all the major networks have reported, California is starting on its 4th consecutive year of drought, the effects of which have been devastating on the economy and like us, small manufacturers. Even though the two wells that Bear Republic funded for the city are in...
