The Brewers Association has just released its mid-year numbers and craft beer has continued its impressive growth streak. The highlights of the release, which is quoted below, include the following feats: • Craft beer growth continues to break records with a volume increase of 11% and dollar increase of 14% in the first half of […]
I received a press release today for something I would never have thought possible: a blueberry beer dinner. The good folks at the Cambridge Common restaurant here in Cambridge, Mass host a lot of solid beer events and focus on promoting good beer here in the Boston area. I can’t decide if this event is […]
Beer taking a backseat to wine in terms of consumer preference? Not a chance brewers thought. But when the Gallup Organization released its annual alcohol consumption report in July 2005, American’s brewers were dumbstruck. For the first time in the poll’s history, wine edged out beer as the selected drink of choice. This trend had […]
For beer advocates who engage in daily public relations campaigns in the name of better beer, the issue of respect is paramount. These dedicated enthusiasts spread the good news about their love of beer to others one pint at a time. They sidle up to strangers in pubs to influence what they’re drinking, listen stealthily […]
In the shadow of George Ferris’s massive wheel at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, one of the earliest beer judging disputes brewed. More than twenty brewers vied for the top prize, with Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser and an offering from the Pabst Brewing Company splitting several awards. The competition ended in controversy, with the Pabst beer narrowly […]