Chobani owner Hamdi Ulukaya has purchased Anchor Brewing, including the building, brewhouse, and brand. Who is Ulukaya and why did he buy the brewery?
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When a brewer tweaks the formula and gives a name to their new creation, we tend to want to use the lens of “style” to understand what’s happening. That’s not always the best way to think about things, though.
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Art Larrance, the founder of Portland Brewing and the Oregon Brewers Festival in the 1980s and the Raccoon Lodge and Cascade Brewing in the 1990s and 2000s, died over the weekend. He left a large legacy and helped create the culture that defines the state.
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Is May the season of our discontent, or is there just something in the air? Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of grumbling about hazy IPAs, a sense of lost fun, and a generalized mood of dyspepsia. But I think things are pretty good.
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What’s the best German pilsner? Only a fool would dare answer such a question. But important?—that might be easier to answer. In a field of beers with descending punchiness, one pilsner has managed to remind us that this is a bitter style of beer.
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Winning awards and accolades isn’t enough to make a beer a classic, like Harvey’s Sussex Best or Saison Dupont or Schneider Weisse or Pliny the Elder. It takes decades of time, thought, and refinement. pFriem’s Pilsner is a case study in that unfolding process, and why it’s such a long journey.
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I relate strongly to the idea that it’s harder to find anything new in beer, and that so much seems repetitious. But as an old I often find myself coming up short and asking: is the beer world really less interesting, or am I?
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I lost my internet this week. I did not enjoy the experience.
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Does it matter where a company makes its beer? In Bury St Edmunds, Greene King is abandoning their grand 225-year-old brewery for a squat, soulless plant. While that may pencil out in the ledgers, will they lose something essential along the way?
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Nine years ago, almost to the day, we recorded our first episode of the Beervana Podcast. All things must end, and it is with deep gratitude and appreciation that we announce the release of our last show. We have a few words going out.
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