One of the great artifacts of brewing culture was saved from history’s dustbin when Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya bought Anchor recently. If you had Chobani money, which other important breweries would you save? Our researchers have investigated hte question and have a definitive list.
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Not much.
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In my nonscientific surveys of the pubs in which I drink, it seems there has been a transition underway: pilsners replacing pale ales as the standard session beer. I decided to check my work to see if this was really true.
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On Wednesday evening, July 31st, I will be moderating a cool event in which we speak to brewers who have begun making wine, including Alesong, Block 15, de Garde, Dwinell, and Garden Path Fermentation. Click through to learn more.
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Douglas Lager got a soft launch last fall, but an unexpected shortage of draft Rainier in Seattle offered a rare opportunity to expand this spring. I check in with this new project to create a domestic lager in the long lineage of the Northwest’s old breweries.
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On Tuesday, Michael Kiser issued an unexpected announcement about the site he founded fifteen years ago: Good Beer Hunting was ending its run. The next day, the Brewers Association announced that Bob Pease was stepping down as CEO after ten years in the job. Some thoughts about these big transitions.
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One study says drinking beer, even quite lightly, will shorten your life. Another study says mice who guzzle IPAs are protecting their DNA. So what’s the story here—is beer safe? Let’s have a deeper look.
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Portland’s annual Fuji to Hood is more than just a beer fest. “It allows the brewers to let go of preconceived notions of what beer should be or how we were taught to brew,” says regular participant Charles Porter of Little Beast Brewing.
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Global breweries can be optimized to make consistently good beer, but it’s rarely the most interesting. For the fierce defenders of tradition or restless experimenters, tinkerers making obscure styles on bespoke systems, or regional powers whose flagships have become national classics, you have to turn to the independents.
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Researchers at Beervana Amalgamated Sentences have been hard at work on the latest list in our series. Today, the ten best drinking experiences.
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