Craft Beer shyness: The final frontier
A little breaking news: Evo is on tap at the newest (and by all accounts the best) bar in Princess Anne. I was covering the ribbon cutting for the Washington Inn in Princess Anne. I’ll get a story up this week on the social, cultural and epicurial implications but for right now I want to […]
Is there credence in the craft beer bubble argument?
Lew Bryson presents a compelling argument regarding the dangers of saturation and declining quality control in the craft beer market in his recent article, Craft Beer’s Looming Crisis. He’d know. He’s been writing about the beer industry since the mid-1990’s. Bryson isn’t new, then neither are commentaries portending doom and gloom for craft beer. Delmarva […]
The more things change
On this week’s Beer with Strangers podcast Doug and Tony discuss changes in beer rules regulations and practices all over the globe. Plus, new old yeast and new old brands and a couple of pieces of big news at Xtreme Brewing as well as for Shore Craft Beer. This week, Tony was at the Brewer’s Association […]
Hazed and Confused: There’s nothing wrong with being new to craft beer
Entering the craft beer community can be overwhelming for the uninitiated. There’s dynamic lingo, fluctuating trends and a variety of flavors to learn and love. If you are new to craft beer it can seem like everyone boarded the train years ago; they already know the whole culture and you’re still trying to wrap your […]
Size matters: 7 beer stories you should be following
This week we’re looking at how size matters in beer news for the week. Big beer is into fewer calories and collecting large numbers of small brewers. America is the biggest hops consumer as small farmers struggle with the proposition of incorporating that crop into their land rotation. In addition to that we’re talking language in beer, […]
Evo’s Mike Piorunski takes beer seriously
Over the last decade or so, brewing has become a modified meritocracy. The best brewers and the beers they make continue to rise to the top, but talented brewers with specialized knowledge rise faster. When Mike Piorunski came up in the business, he was mostly knowledge and determination, but over time cultivated that into a job brewing for one Evolution Craft […]
