Today In History: America Wins The Wine War!
Bo Barrett, winemaker and proprietor of boutique Napa Valley winery Chateau Montelena, once explained the significance of 1976’s Judgment of Paris like this: It moved American wine ahead 20 years in a...
View ArticleWhat Is Organic Beer?
Some 2,000 people turned out for the inaugural North American Organic Brewers Festival in 2003. The first of its kind in the U.S., the festival, held in Portland, Oregon, spotlighted organic beers...
View ArticleWhich Beers Pair Well With Charcuterie?
Once upon a time in the Roman Empire, probably in what’s now France, someone slapped a selection of meats on a slab and called it a meal. From that action sprung charcuterie, an idea carried...
View ArticleWhat Is Braggot?
In “The Miller’s Tale,” part of his late 15th-century Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer describes a “youthful wife” as having a mouth as “sweet as bragget or as mead.” Related Articles Patagonia’s...
View ArticleGourd Riddance: 4 Fall-Friendly Beer Styles That Aren’t Pumpkin Ale
‘Tis almost time for what is arguably the calendar’s best beer-drinking season: autumn. Beers perfect for fall are bracingly warming and richly crafted, concoctions meant for slower sipping — unlike...
View ArticleGet To Know Baltic Porter, Beer’s Style Disruptor
Two great families have reigned o’er beer for centuries: lager and ale. Lager is traditionally lighter-tasting and thinner in body; ale is usually heavier and thicker. Lagers are generally what you...
View ArticleWhy We’re Still Talking About The New Albion Brewing Company 40 Years Later
On October 8, 1976, an ex–Navy mechanic-turned-contractor filed incorporation papers with the state of California for what he called the New Albion Brewing Co. It was the first new brewery in the...
View ArticleThe Strange Tale Of Roggenbier, The Rye-Based Medieval Beer Style Time Almost...
On April 23, 1516, 500 years ago this year, William IV, the duke of Bavaria, issued a decree about brewing. Thenceforth, brewers in the 22-year-old princeling’s realm, which covered much of present-day...
View ArticleWill Your Local Craft Brewery Survive 2017?
This past October, the Stone Brewing Co., one of the nation’s largest craft brewers, announced it was laying off about 5 percent of its approximately 1,100 employees. The 20-year-old, San Diego–based...
View ArticleHow “American Cognac” Was Born On Highway 101
Food Republic contributor Tom Acitelli is no stranger to spirits. His latest book, Whiskey Business: How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits, delves into the history and culture of...
View Article4 Refreshing Beer Styles To Drink This Spring
Spring is an underappreciated time to be a beer drinker in America. Its seasonal releases lack the malty heft of fall brews or the gooey complexity of winter beers, never mind the richness of their...
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