Category: Beers
No, YOU Cease & Desist!
35 Views0 Comments
Exit 6 (a small brewery in Missouri) got a cease & desist letter from Starbucks. Blah blah blah, you used our trademark "Frappuccino" to sell a couple of beers and we'll sue your underoos straight off if you don'...
Stout vs. Porter
35 Views0 Comments
You may have heard some definitive distinction that seperates these two styles but whoever told you that was probably just passing along nonsense. Roasted barley. That’s the usual explanation of what separates porter...
Jester King’s collaboration with Franklin is the most Austin thing ever
34 Views0 Comments
Oh, and the depiction of Aaron Franklin on the label will haunt your dreams. So you're welcome for that. Check this stuff out. We wanted to branch out beyond the traditional use of smoked malt and opted to take a...
Say what?! Jester King is using green glass on purpose!
34 Views0 Comments
Many will find themselves unable-to-even with this. While green bottles permit the risk of light struck/skunky character, I feel they add character, even beyond skunkiness. So many breweries have attempted to mimic t...
Beer Reviewing Pros and Cons
34 Views0 Comments
All About Beer has a very thoughtful (and thorough) piece on the ups and downs that go along with the avalanche of beer feedback available nowadays. “The beer websites, in particular the forum community on BeerAdvoca...
Beers, Bikes, and Burritos – Oscar Blues launches CyclHOPS
33 Views0 Comments
This is a wonderful and inspiring idea. I'm not sure if they're the first to do this, but it's the first I've ever heard of it: The craft brewer's newest venture is described in the announcement as a "quick full-serv...
Mission fires 32oz craft “cannons”
33 Views0 Comments
Every wanted a double IPA as big as your face? Yearn no more, me hearties. The move to quart cans came about earlier this year when Mission founder Dan Selis was in a meeting with his local distributor. “One of thei...
Welcome BrewDog to the good ol’ U-S-of-A!
33 Views0 Comments
They'll be landing in the Buckeye state.* n a statement released yesterday, the brewery said: “We are also delighted to announce that we are in advance discussions for a site in Columbus, Ohio that would house our US...
Magic Hat, West Sixth kiss and make up
32 Views0 Comments
Or something like that. To the extent West Sixth in any way represented that Magic Hat filed a frivolous lawsuit, that Magic Hat initiated litigation improperly, that Magic Hat was unresponsive in negotiating a resol...
Surly to hit the skies!
32 Views0 Comments
Surly is going to be offering their beers on some flights out of Minnesota. A million times yes. Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines may have just become America’s most attractive air carrier for beer geeks, as...