Join the hosts of Beer Nation at one of NYC’s best beer bars – Rattle ‘N’ Hum – this Sunday, January 31, for a *SNEAK PREVIEW* of Episode 2. Aside from sneaking-a-peak at our new episode, come and take advantage of DRINK SPECIALS: $4 pints on select beers — including all Captain Lawrence brews (featured in Episode 2!) [...]
As if flavor wasn’t a sufficient indicator, the Wall Street Journal confirmed last week that craft breweries are doing a hell of a lot better than macro breweries. While total beer sale volumes fell 2.2% in 2009 – the highest rate since the 1950s – “[t]he small-batch ‘craft’ beer industry continued to represent an industry bright [...]
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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Although many seminal craft breweries took flight in the 1990s, the 2000s gave birth to some of America’s most highly regarded breweries. Below are Beer Nation’s Top Five New Breweries of the 2000s:
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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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Mike visits the first — and only — American craft beer bar in Europe: Beer Temple in Amsterdam.
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In early 2009, news outlets were sounding the death knell for Boston Beer Company’s status as a “craft brewery”. These Nostradamus-like predictions were based on the fact that the Brewers Association defines a “craft brewery” as one that produces less than 2 million barrels a year, and many beer pundits believed that Boston Beer Company’s production would rise above that number [...]
