The measurement for hop bitterness in beer, the international bitterness unit (IBU), has always been problematic, but hazy IPAs may have broken it for good.
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Human experience requires constant recalibration, and mine occurred about halfway through my dry-hopped pilsner, Impersonator. I was focused on the overly American hop character and lack of assertive malt flavor when it hit me: I am in a brewpub in Norway, Maine.
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A Trillium worker revealed that his pay had been cut from $8 to $5 an hour. That was only the start of the brewery’s trouble. How owner JC Tetreault responded was a case study in bad crisis management.
Read MoreSomething to be thankful for on this 🦃 day.
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Two weeks ago, rumors circulated that the Oregon legislature was considering raising beer taxes. The Governor just killed that plan.
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Wonderful tales from the world of monastic brewing, brought straight to your hearholes via the Beervana Podcast.
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This Saturday (Nov 17), Cider Riot will do its best impression of a Somerset pub, complete with cask ales and tannic, characterful, traditional ciders and perries.
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A beer in 18th-century Saxony was so sharp, from hops, bitter orange and gentian root (“bitterwort”), that it was described as “bitter as the death in the gallows.” Yet it was wildly popular. How do we account for this?
Read MoreTravel Wisconsin has put together a six-pack to represent the breweries of America’s Dairyland. Looking through it, I realized what an incredibly challenging task this is to do.
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All beer all the time, returning tomorrow. Today there’s something more important to acknowledge.
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Brian Yaeger discovers a 14-year-old unpublished article about the jig punk band Flogging Molly that says more about America on the eve of the election than a dozen Vox explainer posts.
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Three beers to get your weekend off to a good start from Little Beast, Level Beer, and Pelican.
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