Nov 042009

BeerCam is an occassional short video feature brought to you by Beer Nation.  In today’s segment, Mike and Seth visit Freaktoberfest at Public Assembly in Brooklyn and talk to Jeremy Cowan of Shmaltz Brewing Company about the Ayatollah’s beer preferences and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Danford of Victory Brewing Company about saving the spittle for our [...]

Sep 042009
The Last of the Old Prohibition Laws

Most of my extended family lives in West Virginia, and when I travel down for a long weekend I always know that I’ll be enjoying hard liquor or wine — rather than a cold beer — while sitting by the pool.  Why?  Well, the last time I visited West Virginia, a law prohibiting the sale of beer with over 6% [...]

Aug 202009
Beer Bar Battle (Haight St. vs E. Carson St)

“Beer Bar Battle” is a weekly segment where we pin two cities, neighborhoods, streets, etc. against each other to see which has the most craft beer-cred.  This week: Haight Street (S.F.) v. East Carson Street (Pittsburgh).
While Haight Street in San Francisco is home to hippies and flower children, East Carson Street — arguably the longest [...]

Aug 202009
The Yeast "Brett" Adds A Little FUNK!

We expect a night of beer drinking to get a little ”funky”.  But, that doesn’t mean we expect our beer to taste “funky”.
Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet of Victory Brewing Company want to change that.  Working off their amazing IPA — HopDevil — Covaleski and Barchet created their new WildDevil by adding one special ingredient: a strand of yeast [...]