
Beer Nation is pleased to present HOP PURSUIT, a scavenger hunt-style race around New York City.
A part of New York City Craft Beer Week, Hop Pursuit runs from Saturday, September 25th, through Friday, October 1st. Here are some details:
Two person teams register and receive their task lists at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 25, at RATTLE [...]

This is the first Beer Nation drinking game and I would love to hear how many of you could actually get your hands on all of these brews.
When a winner pulls out a prepared speech, drink a beer from Speakeasy Brewery
When a winner thanks God, drink a beer from Holy Brew in Leesburg, Virginia
When [...]

Move over Stoli, BrewDog has brewed a 41% beer called Sink the Bismarck, watch an interesting video about it here – BrewDog.com
Obama loses beer bet to the Canadian Prime Minister as the Men’s hockey team fought back after being down 2-0, but lost in OT 3-2. What kind of beer does Barack have to send [...]

The dream team of brewing is coming to New York! At this past weekend’s Extreme Beer Festival, Vinny Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing and Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery announced their collaboration with two famous Italian brewers – Leonardo Di Vincenzo of Birra del Borgo and Teo Musso of Birrificio Le Baladin – in the opening of a new brewpub on the [...]

A new study from the National Institutes of Health reveals that drinking beer is good for your bones. The scientists behind the study, however, believe that these bone-building benefits come from beers containing a healthy amount of hops and malted barley, and not from lighter beers brewed with extracts like corn. Hmmm . . . sounds like these scientists [...]

No style of beer confounds lay drinkers more than barley wines. So, let me say this upfront: barley wine is very much beer, not wine. Barley wines, however, are typically very alcoholic (8 to 12 % ABV) and — for that reason — age as well as wine.
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“Beer Bar Battle” is a segment where we pin two cities, neighborhoods, streets, etc. against each other to see which has the most craft beer-cred. This week: Round 2 of “The Heavy Weight Battle of the Boroughs” – Manhattan v. Brooklyn.
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Beer storage caves found in the Bronx, sweet! – NY Times
Drinking and driving is illegal, but drinking and pedaling is totally fine in Amsterdam -Time Magazine
A guillotine made out of beer cans? Don’t mess with Freddy’s Bar in Brooklyn – The Gothamist
Always having trouble finding your bottle opener? Well have no fear, now that Rover [...]

Spicy winter warmers get us excited for the holidays and remind us of all the wonderful scents and flavors we love from our annual traditions. Fritz Maytag and the brewers at the Anchor Brewing Company have tapped into this by creating a Christmas Ale for the past 35 years.
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A beer lover’s fridge is a window on that person’s tastes. That’s why I love sneaking a peak at the contents of people’s fridges. Now, don’t go thinking I’m some kind of weirdo who walks in my friend’s door, gives the “what’s up” hug and heads straight to the kitchen. I’m usually carrying a six-pack [...]










