Orange County, California-based The Bruery’s new “Share This” series of unique and innovative craft beers is not only producing creative and high-quality brews we love, it’s also raising funds for a variety of humanitarian causes dictated by each brewing project. In the case of the brewery’s Share This Coffee Stout, …
Brewing alcohol has been around as long as people have been able to make it, and don’t let the common ingredients of today fool you, the sheer variety of what you can find is staggering. Here’s just a small sample of things you never thought you could see as …
Rather than miserably counting the minutes until Friday arrives, Kona Brewing Company wants you to take a moment to appreciate the joy to be found in every day. That’s why the brewery is reaching out to Mainlanders with an ad campaign designed to promote its top-selling craft beers — along …
Named for San Leandro brewery 21st Amendment’s co-founder Shaun O’Sullivan’s semi-legendary alter ego, El Sully Mexican-style lager was crafted in the image of the crisp, refreshing lagers O’Sullivan remembers enjoying after a day surfing or skateboarding near his Santa Monica stomping grounds. It’s not heavy, it’s not bitter, it’s not complicated, …
Brandy distillate is a bit like a human teenager. It’s incredibly sensitive to the surroundings in which it’s allowed to mature, picks up characteristics easily, and sometimes has a fresh mouth. Okay, it never really talks back, but the rest is true. So aging brandy in barrels that formerly housed …
Before you get all unnecessarily snooty and highbrow regarding the Pabst brand, we’d like you to clamber down off that uncomfortable hipster-supported craft beer high horse, make yourself at home in this inviting, battered-cushioned barstool, and allow us to crack you open an ice-cold can of Old Tankard Ale, a …
In 1516 Bavarian law established the Reinheitsgebot, literally “purity order”, but often loosely translated into English as the “German Beer Purity Law”. This law, in which Germans rightfully take great pride to this day, not only limited the allowable ingredients in all beer produced in Germany to simply barley, hops, and …
So, you want to become a home brewer? You foresee yourself rounding up those friends and relatives who, very hesitantly, agree to come taste test your most recent batch. They, out of love from the bottom of their hearts, put their lives out on the line to entertain your alcohol …
This beer is made from vaginal bacteria. Yes, you heard us right. The lady bits of Czech model Alexandra Brendlova have been swabbed. The lactic acid bacteria separated, cleaned, and multiplied for use in a culture starter kit then combined with water, malt, hops, wooden chips, and yeast. The resulting …
It’s a Saturday afternoon on one of those absurdly beautiful spring days you wish you could fold at its blue-skied edges and tuck away until the winter doldrums hit. You’ve just finished your household obligations, a gentle sheen of perspiration having formed on your forehead throughout your various dustings, mowings, …
If your definition of an IPA doesn’t include a light, citrusy summer brew perfect for an afternoon on the beach, then you haven’t yet experienced genre-defying Hop Slice Session IPA, the newest seasonal offering from the Deschutes Brewing Company. Brewed with a floral blend of hops including Galaxy, Cascade, and …
The much-anticipated smoldering ball of gold has finally returned to the sky in full force giving off rays of warmth. While the world embraces the invisible heating and light-giving blanket, your cold drinks begin to melt at first exposure. Don’t let them suffer the same fate as the Wicked Witch, …