Few countries have extant brewing traditions as old as Austria’s, or contain the fixtures of historic brewing countries. It’s also one of only three countries where the standard mass market lager is equivalent in quality and flavor to so-called craft beers elsewhere.
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A Belgian cafe is like no drinking experience on earth.
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Brouwerij Roman near Oudenaarde isn’t one of Belgium’s most-famous, but it may be the most beautiful. Oh, Roman also inadvertently created something very like brut IPA. Here’s a peek inside.
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The modern beer hunter does not find himself on country roads, but near the forgotten industrial fringes of a city, far from tourists.
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The entire beer world is in flux, and with each new brewery—especially those in traditional, beer-brewing countries, things become simultaneously clearer and more confusing.
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A photographic peek inside Manchester’s JW Lees, now in it’s 193rd year.
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The state of cask is not good—and hasn’t been for decades. Craft brewing was originally seen as the latest threat, but does it offer the means to salvation?
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Rare is a place where the pub, not the brewery, is the soul of a company. Manchester’s Marble Arch is one of them. Oh, they happen to make one of the best cask ales I’ve ever tasted, as well.
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A photographic peek inside one of Britain’s iconic cask ale breweries.
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London’s extremely expensive real estate creates a substantial barrier for new brewery start-ups, but about a fifth of them have found a curious workaround.
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Day one in London and I’ve already made a discovery. Combine New World hops and hopping techniques along with old-world bitter ale and something remarkable results.
Read MoreWhen Abram Goldman-Armstrong founded his cidery, Cider Riot!, he thought he’d be attending to fermentations and crop reports. After an attack on patrons at his pubs by right-wing extremists, he’s had to think about bear spray and gas masks.
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In four days I’ll be boarding a plane for London, followed by a month of European travel. Here’s an overview, along with questions and requests for you.
Read MoreThere is a place you can go see monks making and serving beer in the shadow of their hilltop abbey, all while gazing at hop fields from a sun-washed tasting room. And it’s right here in Oregon.
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