Beer News

Dutch brewer Bavaria immediately quit its latest campaign, after running into big trouble with the South African authorities.

What is dry hopping and how does it improve your beer? Dry hopping is simply the addition of hops to your secondary fermenter during the clearing stage .

Fat Tire and fried shrimp are a winning combination in chef David Spirito's book.

Let's be optimistic and assume all these ventures succeed. Can the Austin market really handle a near-doubling of local microbrewers? Could these newbies create too much competition among themselves? None of them thinks so.

In the wine-dominated world of fine dining, craft beer is finally making inroads into better restaurants and finding a place at gourmet tables.

Perhaps that's a good thing, though: By focusing their efforts on producing small quantities of beer for local distribution, Midwest breweries are able to concentrate on quality and flavor.

It's worth noting that its other beers are also of fine quality, including Riggwelter Yorkshire Ale, which gets its name from a term used to describe a sheep that ends up on its back, unable to get up without assistance.

What do you do in Boca after all the frozen-yogurt shops have closed? And more specifically, where do you go if you just want to kick back, have a good time, and not be judged by the supermanicured elite? Well, I embarked upon a quest to find a couple of unassuming Boca's dive bars , and great adventures ensued.

Mike McCreary, owner and brewer of Cavalry Brewing in Oxford, tends the mash tun on the day the microbrewery's first batch of beer was launched.

The Brewers Association's new website, CraftBeer.com , has a great article and interview up today with Jack McAuliffe .

THE DUTCH Government has criticised South Africa for arresting and charging two Dutch women who organised an "ambush marketing" stunt at a World Cup match.

Back in March, the owners of Philadelphia's popular and upscale Memphis Tap Room found their place swarming with Pennsylvania state police searching for "unlicensed beer." As reported by the Philadelphia Daily News : Although the bar owners had bought the beer legally from licensed Pennsylvania distributors and had paid all the necessary taxes, the ...

The H-E-B supermarket at South Congress Avenue and Oltorf Street in the heart of Bubbaland has posted a hand-made sign that shows a key cultural difference between South Austin and North Austin.

A few decades ago, when Sierra Nevada Brewing founder Ken Grossman decided to incorporate the little-used Cascade hops into his pale ale, he accidentally launched a truly American style of beer.

The women were detained and taken to a Fifa office where they say they were questioned for several hours.

We've barely recovered from the Beer City Festival, and now here comes another bash: the Just Economics Brew Off 2-4 p.m. Saturday outside the Wedge Brewing Co., 125-B Roberts St., in the French Broad River Arts District.

Ten noteworthy Western Pennsylvania breweries came and went in the 20th century, not including micro and craft breweries:* * Brackenridge Brewing Co.

Area residents wishing to take a Caribbean vacation this summer need not travel further than Big River Grille & Brewing Works.

Mike McCreary, a retired major in the Army Reserve, will soon switch missions and start serving Connecticut military-themed craft beer.

The Top of the Hops Louisville Beer Festival is from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 19.