Written by Tony Montague for straight.com Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of a Cascadian Dark Ale. The style—a strong, well-hopped, and robust Brown Ale—is a new one, created in the Pacific Northwest. A group of B.C. brewmasters got together to produce a unique local recipe for the official bevy of the second annual [...]

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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 The Topic: Homebrew Club Dynamcs I can’t write about the dynamics in every homebrew club: I haven’t been [...]

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Written by Robin Wheeler for blogs.riverfronttimes.com Few craft brewers have arrived in St. Louis with as much anticipation and fanfare as Escondido, California’s Stone Brewing. But they arrive here this week, bringing all the Arrogant Bastard Ale and Stone Ruination IPA we’ve been longing for. The beer hits store shelves and bar taps on Tuesday, [...]

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Posted by Jason Alström at Beer Advocate CHICAGO, IL (April 7, 2011) – In 1842, Josef Groll brewed the world’s first golden beer and revolutionized an entire industry. Pilsner Urquell, translated as “original source,” remains a revered beer, both for its importance in beer history, as well as its intricate brewing process, including use of [...]

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Note: Lost Coast pictures courtesy yelp.com. Beer and first logo courtesy Jennifer Moline and feedgrids.com. See article posted after this. Written by Tom Becham for Professor Goodales The last leg of the trip my wife and I took to NorCal brings us to Humboldt County.  Now, many beer afficionados who read this may be critical [...]

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Written by Jennifer Moline for feedgrids.com We have already covered some cool examples of beer label branding here at FeedGrids and are now offering an interesting follow-up: a great sampling of creative and unique beer label branding by Lost Coast Brewery – a pure source of graphic design inspiration. Want to read more? Click… HERE [...]

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Reported by Ken Carman for Professor Goodales You would never know by looking at the empty tents, but shortly after the picture to your left was taken this became the location of Nashville’s newest, quite amazing, very popular beer festival in Nashville, Tennessee. And not just “the location,” but a very packed location. Festival goers [...]

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Reported by Ken Carman for Professor Goodales A few weeks ago fellow Music City brewers gathered under this holy symbol for what many would consider an unholy activity. Centuries ago some might have considered demons had entered our beer, or witches cursed it. Now we know defects are caused by wayward yeast, improper fermentation temperatures [...]

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Written by Craig LaBan for The Philadelphia Inquirer PORTLAND, Ore. – Philadelphia has already staked its claim as a player in the national craft beer movement, with dozens of local brewers producing top-notch beer.   Could the newest wave in artisan drink rolling our way from the West Coast – the craft spirit movement – [...]

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Profiled by Ken Carman I believe I may have Foreign Extra in Montreal a long time ago. But so long ago: hard to be certain. Wiki does not have it currently being sold in Canada, but hey… twas way back in the American beer dark ages: the early 70s. Both decent head, the Foreign seems [...]

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