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This is it,” I murmured under my breath as I walked into Hoyne Brewing Company’s tasting room. This was the first of many “this is it” moments I would have in Victoria, British Columbia each utterance leaving a pleasant taste, both literally and figuratively.  One tasting flight I was throwing …

Yards Brewing Company Saison. Philadelphia, PA 6.5%. Saison is a broad style and Yards painted it Philly all the way. Bold sweet orange and clove hit you like an uppercut, while the citrusy hops back up the long finish. 95 pts.

This place is at the nexus of business and party. Like a mullet. But a hell of a lot sexier.  Aside from their contemporary-meets-nature-inspired guest rooms with high tech amenities (thank you tech world), Hotel Zetta also sports chandeliers made from eyeglasses, a DJ booth made from a recycled piano …

Harviestoun Ola Dubh, 16yr Highland Park casks Ale. Clackmannshire, Scotland. 8%. To drink this ale, please don a kilt. Why did someone not think of this sooner? A massive, off the charts complexity. Caramel, smoke, chocolate molasses, stewed plums, and of course the lovely Highland Park whiskey. 97 pts.

Everyone knows about the micro-brewery and micro-distillery phenomenon, but now there are two new oldie additions to this heady mix. The new kids in town are cider and mead. Both of these potables are increasing in popularity; their taste is different and good and they are gluten-free. Mead-makers are a …

To get into Noble Experiment, you first have to enter another bar, Neighborhood, which is one of the more popular craft beer bars in downtown San Diego’s party-fueled Gaslamp District. Then, you walk towards the bathrooms and push what looks like a solid wall of stacked kegs which instead a …

The World Series has BEGUN and what better way to celebrate than with a list of 7 champion-worthy brews. These hand picked Giant themed beers will sit nestled in your hand (unless there’s a home run, in which case all over the floor) as we support our home team through …

Everyone knows that Berlin is cool. But the particular essence of that “cool” is something a bit more complex and a lot less self-conscious than other cities with such reputations. Berlin isn’t striving for the title, it just likes what it likes and is still enthusiastically whirling and expanding out …

Wine drinkers have long downplayed their affinity for juicy, fruity white zinfandels. Beer drinkers brag about the IBU’s in their beer. But in the last five years sweet moscato wine and sour beer have emerged as go-to drinks. As John Stanton, bartender at Sable Kitchen and Bar in Chicago, tells …

We’ve all seen a whiskey decanter. It’s cut glass or crystal, full of class, and a cobwebby blast from the past. It’s short and stubby and has a stopper to rival the queen’s jewels. But does that really have to be so? This decanter is exactly none of the above. …

An Alabama style whiskey, Clyde May’s finishes with sweet green apple and a hint of cinnamon, making it the perfect ingredient for autumn drinks.    

“We find your American beer like making love in a canoe. It’s f#%$ing close to water,” Monty Python’s Eric Idle famously buzzed at the Hollywood Bowl in 1982.  But, lucky for America, his logic is dated. Over the past several years, the American beer industry has burgeoned with complex variations, with …

The Teeling Whiskey Company, one of Ireland’s rare independent whiskey companies, has just released a new bottling of Single Malt Irish whiskey. Single Malts (previously recognized almost exclusively as a product from Ireland’s peaty neighbors to the north) require the whiskey be made of  100% malted barley from one single distillery. The result …