Fashion is the true king of beers. “This Autumn, It’s AAALLLLL about maple syrup!†says beer fashionista, Pepe Velázquez. He points out a new brew with a truly chic label. “This beer is a pale ale infused with dead leaves. It’s not particularly appetizing, but nowadays who really cares?†Velázquez is a leader in the [...]
Filed under: Beer, cold weather booze, microbrew, microdistillery, seasonal beer on October 10th, 2011 | No Comments »
Craft Beer Drinkers Require a Different Fashion. It’s no secret that the beer industry has been changing rapidly over the past twenty years. In the past, stores only carried traditional American lagers. A guy had his pick from one of several beer giants: Coors, Budweiser and Miller. Occasionally one might find a single six pack [...]
Filed under: Administrative, Beer, microbrew, microdistillery on October 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
For a long time the seasonal bock, Samiclaus, reigned as the world’s strongest beer with it’s now relatively mundane upper-teens alcohol percentage. Then as extreme beers came into vogue, some barley wines and imperial stouts began flirting with the same numbers. Finally, Sam Adams’s Uptopia galloped past with numbers that reached the twenties. Without distillation, [...]
Filed under: Beer, microdistillery, whisky on February 24th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Malt Advocate, a whisky magazine, has named its pick for the microdistillery of the year. Before I tell you who the honoree is, take a guess where it’s located. Scotland? Ireland? Kentucky? Nope. Nope. And Nope. The big winner for 2008 is Penderyn Distillery in Wales. Who knew there was good whisky made in Wales? [...]
Filed under: Beer, microbrew, microdistillery, whiskey, whisky on November 20th, 2008 | No Comments »