Brewbound.com ran a story today about a “powerful” speech delivered by Craft Brew Alliances’ CEO, Andy Thomas, at the 2014 Beer Industry Summit being held in Scottsdale, AZ. Check out the full story at the link above. It will provide better context for what follows. In his 45 minute speech, Thomas reportedly took shots at…
We are three weeks in to the new year, a good time to take stock of those New Year’s resolutions. Remember those? The grand pronouncements developed in the twilight of December and delivered on the bright, crisp morning of January 1st? No doubt many of you had some common themes on your list. Perhaps you…
This month’s Session* topic is hosted by Rebecca of The Bake and Brew. Rebecca, who smartly wears a helmet when jumping off light posts, asks about influence. More specifically: How much is our taste or opinion of a craft beer affected by what friends and the craft beer community at large thinks? What beer do…
By now you’re sure to have read about Big Sky Brewing Co.’s lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch InBev, the global conglomerate responsible for Budweiser, Stella Artois, and Becks, to name a few. The news has circled the beer world and has also been carried in such non-beer related publications like the Huffington Post. In short, Missoula Montana-based…
Add this one to the “you’ve got to be kidding me” department. Stumbling across my beer wires this morning was the latest in the continuous line of “best beer” click bait stories. This one, from Fox News, offers up the “Top 10 Winter Beers for National Lager Day.” * First of all, I had no…
A story appearing in the Chicago Tribune yesterday pointed to an interesting study detailing the influence a simple label had on coffee drinkers’ perception of flavor. By telling study volunteers one of two identical cups of coffee was “eco-friendly,” volunteers who cared about the environment said they preferred the taste of the faux eco-friendly coffee…
Yes, I did change the design of the blog. No, I’m not too keen on the way it looks, either. However, I needed to do something to make the text easier to read and I think that mission was accomplished. If nothing else. I’m not sticking with this design, but it’s the best I’ve got…
Did you know that pairing craft beer and pizza is trickier than you think? No? What’s wrong with you? Did you think you could just get away with ordering up your favorite pie and inadvertently pairing it with (gasp!) any old favorite beer? All along you’ve been thinking it’s a simple task and then .…
Have a beer on for with me today as we hit the four year mark with this thing called Growler Fills. There are many beer blogs out there, more than 1,000, actually, and I appreciate each of you tuning in here, on facebook, and on twitter to participate in this fun conversation we call craft…
Raise your hand if you know what tomato pepper bread tastes like. I suspect there were two of you. One who actually knows what tomato pepper bread tastes like, and one who doesn’t want to appear so unsophisticated as to admit not knowing what tomato pepper bread tastes like. I’ll admit it. I don’t know…