Across the U.S., breweries are transforming cabins, lodges, and inns into boutique stays that go beyond the pint—immersive getaways where beer, place, and hospitality come together.
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An even more limited quantity of the popular porter has been aged in oak barrels and will be exclusively available at a Noosa Eat & Drink Festival event. As we’re looking ahead to everything that 2025 will bring, we’d also like to take a moment to look back at some of the stories and people who defined craft beer in 2024.
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At Iowa's rapidly expanding Big Grove Brewery, the goal isn’t to make money today, but to make people come back tomorrow.
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Ice cream soda floated into our collective consciousness 150 years ago. Now, a beery take on this fanciful beverage is winning converts.
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With spring well and truly sprung, we highlight three new fruit beer releases as we reach ideal weather for the style. The market is responding to the growing demand for flavorful, well crafted non-alcohol beer.
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The Australian trivia company is celebrating its 20th anniversary by partnering with craft brewers for a series of uniquely-flavoured beers. Bière de garde is a malty style of beer that is undiscovered to many. Translated to "beer for keeping," the style was traditionally brewed in Northern France and is known for its malt-focused, toasty taste, and slight sweetness.
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Smoothie sours are attracting a whole new audience of beer drinkers that otherwise would not make their way into a brewery.
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Many breweries are adding on a whole new aspect of the business: a coffee roastery or shop sharing the same space as house-made beers.
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Any beer can be a camping beer, of course, but here are some suggestions for cooling down after a hike or warming up around the firepit.
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He takes up the role after being appointed the hop co-op's GM of sales and marketing less than a year ago.
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Craft or not, our beer-drinking moms showed us from day one that beer isn’t just a man’s drink.
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This week I take a close look at malts, the four major malt groups and how malts are best used in beer brewing. This is a summary article which incorporates links to more detailed articles on each malt group. The Four Major Malt Groups All of the barley malts used in brewing can be effectively […] 
This week I take a close look at the roast malt group, and explain when and why you would want to use these malts in your beer. The Roast Malt Group The roast malt group includes pale chocolate, chocolate malt, carafa I, II and III, black patent malt, red malt and stout roast. These are […] 
This week I take a look at the kilned malt group, and explain when and why you would want to use kilned malts in your beer brewing recipes. The Kilned Malt Group As I explained in my earlier article on malting and malt groups, kilned malts are made using the same basic malting process as […] 
This week I though I would share a case study in beer recipe design to explore how I approach beer recipe design and some of the critical decisions made along the way. I will be designing a robust porter, which is one of my favorite beer styles. Defining the Robust Porter Before I start on […] 
This week I look at the malting process, how we commonly group malts and the impacts for beer brewing. The Malting Process The malting process starts with raw barley grain, harvested from the field. The grain is dry when brought into the malt house, but the first step is to immerse the grain into water […] 
The home brew guru talks mastering the use of chocolate and coffee plus details a recipe to try at home.
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The roots of American craft beer extend throughout the nation, but the bines of the movement are clearly embedded in the Pacific Northwest.
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From Firestone Walker: “Cinnamon Dolce Stout is a nitro milk stout conditioned on whole Madagascar vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks. The malt profile is designed to provide rich coffee, chocolate, and sweet malty notes to play off the cinnamon and vanilla and provide an overall profile similar to cinnamon dolce coffee, which is typically a […]
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Headed south to the Gulf Coast? Interstate 65 offers up several great craft beer cities to quench your thirst as you stop for the night.
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This week I look at how to create layers of flavor in your darker beers by mixing grains from different groups and judicious use of harsh zone malts. Depth in Beer Flavor I want to first introduce the concept of depth in beer flavor. Depth refers to a beer that has layers of flavor and […] Brick Lane’s Revolver Dark Hoppy Ale and O’Brien’s Belgian Ale win big at World Beer Awards.
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Today I focus on some of the principles of good beer recipe design, and how they can help improve your beer. As many of you know I’ve been doing presentations and classes on the topic of beer recipe design for some time now, and thought it best to summarize some of the key elements below: […] From a stout to a Saison with a twist, these are our top Spring beers.
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