Last week on Twitter, I posed a question. If you were to tell the story of American brewing post-1980 in six breweries, which would you choose? The answers people gave were so much more interesting than my question.
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As surely as the warmth returns to the earth, lagers return to the hands of drinkers. But please, for the love of god, quit calling those delicious pilsners “crispy.” That’s just wrong.
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"We humans are very sensory-driven and start making assumptions as soon as we see something. The beer business is closer to being in the entertainment business." Josh Pfriem, describing the newly-designed cans that replace the brewery’s 500 ml bottles.
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Trying to describe hop aromas, dizzying in their diversity, has long bedeviled writers and brewers. Global hops company BarthHaas has been developing a tool that may finally help solve the problem.
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Ukrainian writer Lana Svitankova recently brought a Ukrainian specialty to the world’s attention: a strong, sweet golden ale that has become popular in recent years. She’s hoping it will receive international recognition—and it should!—but it really doesn’t need it so long as locals drink up.
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This is the second part of a Sightglass article in appreciation of Hair of the Dog. Founder Alan Sprints recently announced he was retiring, and in this part we hear from others about what Alan and his beers meant to them.
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We expect the sun to rise in the east and our car to be parked where we left it and our favorite pub to be open when we arrive after work. Two years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic arrived, and forced us to confront a world that didn’t match our expectations.
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After 29 years, Alan Sprints is shutting down Hair of the Dog and settling into a well-deserved retirement. For the first Sightglass post of 2022, I met with Alan to discuss his life, his legacy, and what what comes next.
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Auction number one brought in $150 for Ukraine. Today I launch auction number two, with a five year old Bourbon County Stout and two eleven-year-old beers: Deschutes Abyss and Hair of the Dog Fred.
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With one exception, Portland has long been one of the best places in the world for any type of beer you’d happen to fancy. The lacuna has always been cask ale, somewhat curious given that the craft era began with British styles. Now, after forty years, something has changed—cask is surging.
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An international effort to raise money to help Ukrainians during the Russian invasion. One component is an auction—including a hardcover, signed Beer Bible. Click through to bid!
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Many American breweries make sixty beers a year. Rochefort hasn’t offered a single new release in sixty years. Because monks don’t do anything without considering the long view, the abbey also built a new brewery to handle the increased production.
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