This I can trace to the quiet resentment I held against my small Midwestern hometown, where beer more often than not was the only available libation. (Even before I was legal, I was a snob.) Still, in all my years of drinking, and even given my lengthy ....
Read More »Celebrating the homebrewer at Ypsilanti Rat Fest beer competition
Steve Swaney is a member of Craft Beer in Michigan, one of the homebrewing clubs participating in this year's Rat Fest. With some neighborhood friends, he's been brewing under the Burns Park Brewing moniker for about three years. A biochemist by ....
Read More »The Beer Nut: Spencer abbey releases first US Trappist beer
This week, St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer has released its first beer, the Spencer Ale. It is the first beer in the U.S. to receive the official "Authentic Trappist Product," one of only 10 monasteries in the world allowed to use the label. For those .... A Wholly New Venture: Trappist Monks Brewing BeerValley News all 13 news articles »
Read More »Jelly Belly debuts beer-flavored jelly beans
Luckily for beer lovers, gourmet jelly bean maker Jelly Belly has stepped up to fill that void by introducing draft beer-flavored beans at the Winter Fancy Food show in San Francisco this week. “This took about three years to perfect,” Ambrose Lee ....
Read More »What wine or beer goes best with which food?
Beer: Burgers with the works benefit from the palate-scrubbing power of hops. A little bit of toasted or caramel malt is also good to pick up the browned crust on the meat. Try an American pale ale. It has hops and malt in spades, and the citrusy notes .... and more »
Read More »Jelly Belly Debuts First-Ever Beer Flavored Jelly Bean: Will You Try It?
Not a company to shy away from out-of-the-box flavors, Jelly Belly has created the first draft beer flavored jelly bean. “Anyone who enjoys a good, cold beer will enjoy Draft Beer Jelly Belly beans for the simple fact that it tastes just as you'd .... Jelly Belly introduces beer-flavored jelly beansNew York Daily News Beer-Flavored Jelly Bellys—You Know, for DudesBusinessweek Jelly Belly's New Beer-Flavored Jelly Beans Have Some Parents Freaking OutBusiness Insider CBS Local -Los Angeles Times all 85 news articles »
Read More »Bottoms Up: First Palestinian white beer hits market
For the first time the alcoholic beverage, White Beer, is now locally brewed by the Taybeh brewing company, the only Palestinian beer company. The 3.9 - 5% alcohol-content White Beer is a new addition to the company's four German-style beers [Golden, ....
Read More »Whales and ales? Line touts ‘beer cruise’ from Seattle
Un-Cruise says Seattle beer aficionados Kendall Jones and Kim Sharpe from the Washington Beer Commission will lead the tastings of local craft beers and match beers with each night's meals. The duo also have brewed a special ale with the region's .... Un-Cruise Adventures to Host Craft Beer CruiseBrewbound.com all 4 news articles »
Read More »5 Beers That Aren’t Craft, But Should Be
PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- When we talk about "craft beer" from this point on, realize that we're talking about more than 2,500 distinct U.S. breweries. They'll all have beermaking in common, but that's about it. According to the Brewers Association .... Beer battles in Legislature pit distributors against craft brewersThe Florida Current Bombshell Beer bursts into Triangle brewing sceneWRAL.com West Valley's first craft brewery opens in Litchfield ParkArizona Republic Mountain Xpress -The Rock River Times -Jerseybites all 12 news articles »
Read More »Jelly Belly releases beer flavored jelly bean
With America's growing obsession with craft beer flavoring everything from ice cream to lip balm, it was only a matter of time before someone came up a way to get that great taste in a jelly bean. Jelly Belly announced it is releasing a new beer ....
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