T.J. Steele handles bottles at the Straub Brewery in St. Marys, Pa. The brewery has so few bottles it’s affecting production. Picture: Keith Srakocic/Associated Press Written by Joe Mandak for The Columbus Dispatch ST. MARYS, Pa. — For years, it was the way breweries did business: Sell bottles, then take back the empties. It just [...]

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Written by Rev. Walter Snyder This is an excerpt from an on site answer to a reader’s question about beer in the Bible. The complete: less beer related answer, can be found HERE. Like you, I like to sit down occasionally to figure out what life was like in Bible times. It helps to understand [...]

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A press release from the Discovery Channel Experiencing the World One Pint at a Time: Discovery Channel Raises a Glass for Brew Masters -Premiering Sunday, November 21 at 10 PM E/P on Discovery Channel- (Silver Spring, MD) – It’s cold, it’s comforting, it’s beer….but for Sam Calagione, founder of one of America’s leading craft brewers [...]

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For the green-conscious crowd, it can be argued that it’s far more important to drink beers from environment-friendly breweries than to seek out organic beers that may leave you unsatisfied. (Photo: Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune) Written by Evan S. Benn for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch McClatchy-Tribune Over a plate of eggs from a free-range, hormone-free, vegetarian-fed, [...]

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Pensacola/Emerald Coast area The brewers listed below are award winning brewers in our club. They will be highlighted on our club’s website (well maybe not the unremarkable one). Dang Buddy, you were looking good till Gary sent his award list (book)! If any of you have won awards and are not listed, let me know so [...]

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Written by Lilith Raymour Homebrewers have an unsung hero. They may be familiar with the founder of Guinness, or that lager yeast was created at Carlsberg by one Christian Hansen. The heroes and innovators are many. But without a way to keep the creamy head from escaping, without a head or at least just a [...]

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The Church and Head Brewer: Brant Dubovick Profiled by Ken Carman This is a rather odd, one off ale: probably one of the most interesting I’ve had. From one of the most interesting brewpubs in the country: The Church in Pittsburgh, PA. For more on The Church, click here. I had the growler filled in [...]

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Ballantine Brewing/Ballantine XXX Written by Greg Glaser for chowhound.chow.com The real story of the greatest of the traditional American ales. Mention the name Ballantine to beer lovers, especially beer lovers with more than a few flecks of gray in their beards, and more often than not they will begin to rhapsodize rapturously about this famous [...]

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Ken Carman is a BJCP judge; homebrewer since 1979, club member at Escambia Bay and Music City Homebrewers, who has been interviewing professional brewers all over the east coast for over 10 years. Written by Ken Carman Topic for this edition: Extreme Brewing This is a tough edition for me to write. I don’t think [...]

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From left, Michelle Piegaro of Charlotte and Angela Jankowsky and Marlene Dailey of Cary have worn traditional German dirndl dresses to the beer festival in Durham for four years. Photo by Corey Lowenstein. Written by Lynn Bonner for newsobserver.com DURHAM — Local brews took their place beside some of the world’s best-known brands at an [...]

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