Beer Notes: Brewery Growth in 2018
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. The rumor is that craft beer has reached its peak. Some breweries are closing, beer sales are down and are being displaced by other craft concoctions. Rumors are never good so this week on Beer Notes, we are going […]
Beer Notes: Top 3 Pint Glasses
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. On last week’s episode of Beer Notes, we discussed why the traditional shaker pint glass found in most breweries and bars across the U.S. isn’t the ideal. This week on Beer Notes, we will introduce you to some of […]
Glasses Half Full: What Beer Goes With What Glass?
It may occur to you the next time you step into a taproom, that the standard pint 16-ounce “shaker” pint glass so closely associated with drinking a beer in America is not what’s being filled at the tap. Tulip glasses, stanges, snifters, flutes, Imperial or Nonic pints, pilsner glasses, thistle glasses, Spiegelau IPA glasses, weizens, […]
Beer Notes: Craft beer months in your state
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. What do North Carolina, Idaho, and Maine have in common? All three states have chosen to market April as their craft beer month. This week on Beer Notes, we are discussing state’s that have craft beer months and […]
Some Like It Hot: How to Pair Your Wings With Beer
My fiancé and I recently started watching a show called “Hot Ones” (created by Christopher Schonberger and produced by First We Feast and Complex Media), that involves celebrities going through a gauntlet of eating wings with various (10) hot sauces of increasing Scoville levels. (The Scoville scale is a measurement of the spiciness or “heat” […]
Beer Notes: Alcohol-free craft beer
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. I can’t believe it’s not booze. As the popularity and demand for craft beer continues to rise in the U.S., so too does the demand for nonalcoholic craft beer. This week on Beer Notes, we’re discussing the growing trend […]
Beer Notes: Independence Day and the Independent Craft Seal
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Happy Independence Day! Hopefully you’ve been able to enjoy time with loved ones on this American holiday, with plenty of fireworks, hotdogs and cold craft beer. This week on Beer Notes, we’re talking about independence, but not necessarily as […]
Beer Notes: Low Calorie Sours to Try This Summer
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Summer is a great time to try one of the relatively new, only slightly sour local craft beers by brewers looking for a lower-calorie, thirst-quenching beer. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring popular beers here on the Eastern […]
Life in a Brewery Town
As someone who has grown up on the Shore, who has seen firsthand how a brewery changes a place and has now lived in two towns with a brewery, I can say that having one in your community completely alters the pace and profit of life. I grew up in Salisbury, Md. but now I […]
Rosé (Beer) All Day
Summer is finally here, and for the past few years with increasing popularity the drink of the season is rosé. Drinking the delicate pink wine conjures images of warm summer afternoons, outdoor lunches in sidewalk bistros, beach-side bonfires and naturally, brunch. Bottle shops and wine stores can’t seem to stock enough of it. The hashtag […]
Can Releases: A Social Beer Phenomenon
It’s early, very early, in the morning, and you’re driving through town to pick up some groceries. Suddenly, there are cars backed up down the street—hundreds of them. They’re parked on curbs and piling into businesses’ lots. The license plates are from a panoply of states. All the owners of these cars are already lined […]
Beer Notes: Visits to Breweries INCREASE consumption of craft beer outside the brewery.
Many bar and restaurant owners feel that the increase in breweries across the United States is negatively impacting their businesses. A Nielson study released in 2018 shows that visits to breweries actually increases the purchase of that craft beer outside the brewery AND that craft beer drinkers do not view their visits to breweries as […]
