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Pliny the Younger: Heavily Hopped, Heavily Hyped?

There are some discussions going on, as there always are, about whether Pliny the Younger, the annual small-batch Triple IPA release from Russian River, is over-hyped.

Whether PTY is overhyped or not, I think it’s safe to say the absurd fervor over the IPA doesn’t reflect the intentions of Russian River. Time and again, the Santa [...]

Canada Wins Twice With Gold Medal And Case Of Yuengling.

What do friends and rivals do when watching sports? Bet on the game of course!
What better way to do evoke a friendly wager than with a case of beer on the line. Such was the case (no pun intended) with President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday over the outcome of the USA/Canada [...]

Awards All Around for Brooklyn Brewery and Milton Glaser

Have you ever pondered how much thought and care go into creating a logo to establish branding? Looks like Brooklyn Brewery cared a considerable amount which may be the reason why they hired Milton Glaser, of  I ♥ NYC fame, to design their brewery logo. According to the Brooklyn Brewery blog, Milton Glaser received the [...]

The BeerAdvocates have spoken – Pliny the Younger is Number One

BeerAdvocate has been a must-go-to site for beer fanatics since its launch in 2002. Without a doubt, founders Jason and Todd Alström have been pioneers in the craft brew world, building a strong community through their site by allowing users to post their own reviews and rate craft beers from all over the world. With [...]

Dogfish Head’s Alstrom Bros. Collaboration? “Wrath of Pecan” – Really.

I missed it when they announced the naming contest in December – but the Extreme Beer Fest collaboration between Dogfish Head and BeerAdvocate’s Alstrom brothers (sorry dudes, I’m umlaut impaired) is going to be called “Wrath of Pecan.”
The 6% abv brownish ale, brewed with pecan-wood smoked malt, plantains, and carob, lands in March.
Sounds extreme enough, [...]

Craft Brew Industry Continues to Gain Momentum, As If You Didn’t Know Already!

Things are looking up and up for the craft brew industry! Earlier today, Beernews.org reported on some of the key points made at a Power Hour session put on by the Brewers Association. Among those points were references to the amount of business that has increased over 2009 and into the beginning of 2010 including [...]

New York Times Rounds Up Some Belgians

Only a relatively small fraction of the posts on the New York Times‘ The Pour blog have anything to do with craft beer – but the fact that a media outlet as far-reaching as the Times even covers the topic regularly is undoubtedly a positive sign for the industry.
Yesterday, writer Eric Asimov wrote about a [...]

Eataly NYC’s Rooftop Brewery – A Collaboration Between Dogfish, Russian River, and Others

I think, proximity-to-awesome-beer-wise, the Bay Area is probably the best to live if you’re a fan of beer. But this development makes me want to be a New Yorker:

Eataly, a chain of high-end Italian markets and restaurants, is teaming up with two Italian brewers -  Teo Musso, Brewmaster of Birrificio Le Baladin and Leonardo Di [...]

Congress Got This One Right!

Beer has been around since…well…forever and a half. America has been an established country for over 200 years. Though beer has been around a lot longer than the good ol’ USA itself, craft beer has been embraced substantially by more and more brew loving Americans every year over the past three decades. In fact, craft [...]

Fullsteam Brewery-in-Construction Installs Space-Age Equipment (Literally)

Fullsteam is an under-construction craft brewery in Durham, N.C., which plans to define a “distinctly southern style of beer” when it opens this year.
Something that will apparently help them make…unique beers is a truly unique piece of equipment. Meet “MIR”:

Indeed, Fullsteam’s brewhouse was going to be in space. Originally part of a scrapped space station [...]