How Goose Island Is Staying Ahead Of The Hops

How Goose Island Is Staying Ahead Of The Hops

Like the beer industry that uses them, hop growers have seen great growth with the resurgence in craft beer. Though they don’t get the attention that the beer we imbibe does, without them we’d have none of the brews we all love. That’s why Goose... Read More
Guinness Is Best Close To The Source

Guinness Is Best Close To The Source

I think most of us know that beer is best closest to it’s home.  A study conducted on 103 pints of Guinness in 71 pubs and 14 countries found that the beer brewed and consumed in Ireland rated the highest (although at the brewery itself wasn’t the highest... Read More
Surly Darkness 2011 Label

Surly Darkness 2011 Label

Surly just received label approval for their bottles of 2011 Darkness (if you can’t read the print click the picture to view the full-size version).  Available on Darkness Day 2011, Saturday October 22nd, this big Russian imperial stout will look to feed the... Read More

Start ‘Em Young

How old were you when you had your first sip of beer?  10?  12?  Did your dad or uncle let you have a sip of their beer once or twice.  How about being 3 years old and being treated for alcoholism? That’s whats happeneing to a kid in the UK.  Seems his parents... Read More