Brewnanza

Sierra Collaborates with Craft Brewing Pioneers, Makes a Video About It

Sierra Nevada, one of the largest craft brewers in existence, is celebrating 30 years of operation with a special series of anniversary beers. These collaborative brews involve some of the folks who made the modern craft beer market possible: Fred Eckhardt, Fritz Maytag, Jack McAuliffe and Charlie Papazian.

It’s worth checking out the video if you [...]

Oh, BrewDog…You’re Just So WACKY (41% is the New ABV to Beat)

The edgy Scottish outfit BrewDog laid claim to the title of ‘World’s Strongest Beer’ just a few months ago in November ‘09, with Tactical Nuclear Penguin.
After being upset – albiet briefly – by Sam Adams’ Utopias, they’re back in the throne with their latest absurdity: Sink The Bismark!

They’re billing it as a “quadruple IPA,” which [...]

SF Beer Week Starts Now

February is a great month for craft beer lovers in the Bay Area. Not only is it Strong Beer Month, but today marks the kickoff of the second annual San Francisco Beer Week. Run by the SF Brewer’s Guild, the 10-day-long festival includes a bevy of events, starting (in about an hour!) with the Opening [...]

Cross-Post: TriplePoint Brewnanza: The Hefeweizen and The Brown Ale

Brewnanza (in case you missed the first or second posts) is an end-of-week office gathering intended to expand our collective knowledge and appreciation for craft beer – a market we’re eagerly looking to offer our services to. In fact, since the last post, we’ve added a page detailing the services we’d like to offer to [...]

BeerVoice: Bite-Sized Beer Reviews. Watch out, BeerAdvocate/RateBeer?

Looks like someone’s been paying attention to, oh, I dunno, the entire internet’s general preference for keeping things short and simple:

BeerVoice is a new competitor to the BeerAdvocates and RateBeers of the world. These guys opt to take the Twitter route, though, keeping things short and to the point with micro-reviews and a micro-presentation.
If these [...]

The NY Times Learns What a Growler Is

An oddity spotted yesterday in the NY Times – apparently, growlers are the future of beer consumption.
“In the beginning we tried to figure out, ‘Who’s going to be our market?’ ” said Ben Granger, 32, an owner of Bierkraft, which began filling growlers in spring 2006. “We thought, mullet-heads and beer-bellied dudes. But the first run [...]

Trip Report: City Beer Store, 1/20

Northern California could be considered Mecca for beer lovers, with some of the best West Coast beers coming from Bay Area and Sonoma brewers. 21st Amendment, Anchor, Lagunitas, Russian River, Bear Republic – need I go on?
San Francisco itself is a haven for beer lovers for many reasons, but two specifically stand out: legendary beer [...]

Stone Takes Collaboration Seriously, Claims to Have Video Proof

As someone who works in PR, I can’t help but be impressed by guys like Greg Koch. Not content to simply make great beer, Stone does great marketing, too.
The latest from these arrogant bastards is a series of videos called Stone Skips Across The Pond, chronicling their overseas exploits as they visit a few of [...]

New Belgium (Finally) Releases an IPA

Fat Tire brewer New Belgium yesterday announced the debut of their Ranger India Pale Ale, perhaps because they’d like to help fight cancer (but probably because people seem to buy a lot of IPAs).
I’m a huge fan of New Belgium’s seasonal and specialty brews – I’ve thoroughly enjoyed 2Below and Mothership Wit, not to mention [...]

We Knew It All Along: Beer Cures Cancer (Kind of)

I always knew there was some kind of evolutionary imperative behind my outlandish obsession with hops. Turns out, a chemical compound called xanthohumol found in that wondrous plant shows promise in the fight against breast and prostate cancers. The Daily Mail reports:
Researchers at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg have discovered that beer contains [...]