What if Budweiser owned all the breweries and nobody cared?
Breweries are purchased by global beer companies like ABInBev (Bud for short) all the time. They’re also acquired by investment firms and even other the large breweries that increasingly are becoming larger players in the beer market. There often is a disproportionate amount of anger and concern someone sells out to Bud instead of a non-Bud company. And […]
Looking for a well balanced beer list
Craft beer increasingly is complex, and not just when it comes to taste. In recent months I’ve noticed a significant increase in the number of people who are more than a little emphatic about challenging their taste buds. I’m for this, really, making an effort to try all the new beers one can has a […]
Beer Garden rolls into Seaford
Delmarva Bike Week draws thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the country to enjoy trips along the region’s scenic back roads and world class beaches, experience local culture and gather at different rally points. This year, events take place at Winterplace Park and Shorebirds Stadium in Salisbury all weekend, but the main event is […]
Beer novelties: Finding the dregs
I know there are awful, awful things on the internet, and that, as a grownup, I use the information superhighway at my own risk, but sometimes you see things that are so culturally offensive you have to speak up. This is one of those things. I understand most countries have a healthy novelty industry and also that there […]
5 craft beer stories you missed this week
Summer isn’t gone by any means, but its bags are packed, and, as a working grownup, that’s just fine with me. First of all, it’s festival season which means I’ll be at one beer festival or another pretty much every weekend between now and Halloween. And that’s just on the production brewery side of things. […]
Celebrating Delaware’s brewing history
If you’ve never been to the Blue Ball Barn in Wilmington’s Alapocas Run State Park, it’s worth the trip even when it hasn’t been converted into a beer garden (as it was hen I was there Saturday for the annual beer festival). Part nature museum and part conference hall, the “barn” actually is a modern […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Drink your Wheaties!
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of hanging out at Xtreme during the “Drink Your Wheaties” competition, an event that challenged the homebrewers to make a beer that was at least 51 percent wheat. The winners were as follows: 1st PlaceTom Ahmann – Kettle Soured Gose 2nd Place Todd Lester – Tropical Wheat 3rd Place Tim Gavigan – Belgian Strong Wheat Ale […]
Being an insufferable beer snob is all about context
In case you don’t get the chance (or don’t have the interest) the linked story essentially says that “mouthfeel” is loaded with pretense and misuse. He said it makes him sound as if he is in a club to which he doesn’t want to belong. Eventually, he comes down on the side of lightening up. […]
