After I completed Andreas Krennmair’s excellent Bavarian White Beer , I had many questions about the author behind the book. Andreas is doing wonderful, essential historical research, and I wan...

After I completed Andreas Krennmair’s excellent Bavarian White Beer , I had many questions about the author behind the book. Andreas is doing wonderful, essential historical research, and I wan...

Smaller Czech breweries are embracing an emerging trend: lighter lagers of 7°P and 8°P, packed with hops and often brewed in ways that defy the country’s usual methods.

If you are a right proper beer sicko, you already know the GABF announced their 2025 slate of winners yesterday. If you were doing something else and missed the news, I have all the news, with special...

If you are a right proper beer sicko, you already know the GABF announced their 2025 slate of winners yesterday. If you were doing something else and missed the news, I have all the news, with special...

Drinking less is becoming more common, and the social rules around sobriety are still catching up.

This story begins at the dawn of the industrial age, and charts the rise of Bass Pale Ale rise as one of the first global brewing brands.

Well, I suppose it was inevitable - but sooner than anyone expected - Carlsberg Britvic announced that Marstons Brewery in Burton on Trent ...

Andreas Krennmair is doing some amazing historical research about Central European beer, and his latest book Bavarian White Beer is a must-read. It corrects many historical errors and adds much deta...

Andreas Krennmair is doing some amazing historical research about Central European beer, and his latest book Bavarian White Beer is a must-read. It corrects many historical errors and adds much deta...

Another little video, this time about the proper form of Bitter: cask.

Guinness is making exits, notably from Baltimore. This, along with parent company Diageo’s move to lay off 6.4% of its workforce (“cost-cutting”), has made a lot of news. But they’ve also made a depa...

[ Full Disclosure. The following post came as a result of a visit I made to Dublin to the Guinness brewery. The folks at Diageo, Guinness’ parent company, paid for the trip and put me up while I was i...

Guinness is making exits, notably from Baltimore. This, along with parent company Diageo’s move to lay off 6.4% of its workforce (“cost-cutting”), has made a lot of news. But they’ve also made a depa...

The Oregon Beer Awards annual fresh hop beer competition was held on Saturday, October 3rd, 2026, awarding nine beers medals in three categories. This year’s competition was the most competitive yet...

The Oregon Beer Awards annual fresh hop beer competition was held on Saturday, October 3rd, 2026, awarding nine beers medals in three categories. This year’s competition was the most competitive yet...

In the past few years, a wave of twangified bars has opened across Portland. It’s difficult to pin down exactly what has led to this upsurge in bars that pine for the cowboy lifestyle or at least pay ...

You’ll find plenty of places for beer in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital. As with the Czech Republic, so too in Slovakia: in pivo veritas.

As a follow-up to the podcast on Pliny the Elder and its role in shaping American IPA, let’s remember another landmark beer that debuted 30 years ago. More regional and less buzzy, BridgePort IPA was ...

As a follow-up to the podcast on Pliny the Elder and its role in shaping American IPA, let’s remember another landmark beer that debuted 30 years ago. More regional and less buzzy, BridgePort IPA was ...

A new survey finds that young adults are going sober as older adults drink more alcohol.

Record temperatures and dry conditions hurt all hop growing regions, with western and southern Germany hit the hardest.