How untappd came to be and continues to be awesome
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Medium has a great condensed (quick-read) interview with the 2 guys (yeah, it's just 2 guys) that founded and run untappd. There's a handful of things I found very surprising about their success: they've never adve...
Cask vs. Nitro for creamy malt appreciation
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Matt Canter at Anchor brewing has a great blog post detailing how each method works and what it does for the beer. Nitrogen-dispensed beers give you a creamy mouthfeel, a smoother quality, and push the hoppy flavors...
Ben & Jerry are making a beer? What?!
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No I'm not kidding. Yes, that Ben & Jerry. The ice cream and beer giants continue to finalize plans for the beer, but we know it will be a sweet, cocoa-laced brew available this fall. And according to a relea...
How Evil Twin came up with their beer brand names
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The brewer gives the low-down to Thrillist. This one was my favorite: Even More Jesus actually came from a lost in translation thing, with me being from Denmark. I was discussing something about prices with a bus...
First Beer of the Weekend – 4/17/2015
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Shutting down the work week with this glorious nectar. The deep orange pour immediately tells you that this ain't your grandpa's IPA. This is fresh and interesting. There is an amazing note of sweet grapefruit and ...
Happy Earth Day, drankin’ buddies!
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This post in growlermag is a couple of years old, but it's still a great list of the efforts of environmentally-conscious breweries around the world. You bike to work, haul your groceries home in your own reusable ba...
First Beer of the Weekend – 4/24/2015
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Another southern California nectar this week. Stone Cali-Belgique Belgian IPA. Pours a bronzy-orange with little to no head like a proper IPA. Good IPA pour. You get a treat. The lacing is razor thin and almost per...
Stone moving forward with more revamped recipes
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Ruination isn't the only thing getting a do-over at Stone. While hoppier than most beers of its kind, the original Stone Pale Ale possessed the type of copper-toned, caramely malt body associated with traditional Bri...
Welcome BrewDog to the good ol’ U-S-of-A!
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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...
First Beer of the Weekend – 5/1/2015
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Today's Required-Unwinder is "The Calling" DIPA from Boulevard. Got this in the growler at our local filling station. It pours a bit more orange than last week's offering, but still well within the standard IPA sp...