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Water: A comprehensive guide for brewers
This can’t be coincidence. Today we have: - NBC Science explaining “No water, no beer: brewers race to save the ales.” MillerCoors leads the pack, announcing today it has lowered the amount of water...
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Session #79: In which I struggle with the meaning of ‘beer culture’
So much for planning ahead. The topic for The Session this month is “What the hell has America done to beer?” or “USA versus Old World Beer Culture.” I’m not sure if that is one discussion or two, but...
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The Session #79 roundup posted; standoff continues
Adrian Dingle has posted the roundup for The Session #79, titled “What the hell has America done to beer?” or “USA versus Old World Beer Culture.” Not surprisingly he has include a few rebuttals. I...
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Session #80 announced: Is Craft Beer a Bubble?
Host Derek Harrison at It’s Not Just The Alcohol Talking has announced the topic for The Session #80: “Is Craft Beer a Bubble?” It’s a good time to be in the craft beer industry. The big brewers are...
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Hops, hops, hops
You are looking at more than 25 tons of hops on the cooling floor at Loftus Ranches in Washington’s Yakima Valley last Friday. This is what they mean when they say “green gold.” I was in the Northwest...
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A field report from the beer aisle at Walmart
Standing in the beer aisle at Walmart last week I tried to imagine a time when I might see a bottle of Orval or even Goose Island Matilda sitting in the cooler. Not there yet. I went to Walmart out of...
View ArticleWednesday links: Chicago, and Citra described
Stray thoughts and links for a Wednesday: - Chicago. Forty-eight breweries? No wonder there are something like 48 stories this week. * The Battle for Chicago. As somebody who started buying...
View ArticleBeer future today brighter than in 1980
In doing a little background research for The Session #80 I came across a 1980 article in the Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly titled “Beers for the Future.” Alas, it is...
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The Session #80: Blowing beer bubbles?
About this “Craft Beer Bubble” thing, I just don’t know. Host Derek Harrison has made the topic for The Session #80 intentionally ambigious: Is Craft Beer a Bubble? Do we have to be able to define...
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