Remove 2020 Remove Beer Remove Craft Beer
article thumbnail

This Week's Beer News: Weed Edition + ICBW Pint Glass Preview

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Today, we’re bringing you an exclusive first look at this year’s Craft Beer Week pint glass, courtesy of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. The biggest story in Midwestern craft beer this week? WGN-TV headed to 18th Street to hang out with Moor’s Brewing Company (where their beers are being made).

Beer 246
article thumbnail

No Longer Just For Macro Lagers, Craft Beer Is Finally Embracing Rice

VinePair

When planning some of the first recipes at Dallas’s Vector Brewing , head of brewing Tomás Gutierrez looked to beer’s origins. The earliest beers made thousands of years ago were a kind of porridge or beer soup made from cereal grains. There was a Mexican pozole-inspired smoked beer, with a full hog’s head in the boil.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest

Imbibe Magazine

They bonded over their love of beer, lamenting that few mainstream beer brands catered to the queer community outside of Pride Month. Left to right: Sarah Hallonquist (left) and Loretta Andro Chung, owners of Dyke Beer in Brooklyn. Photo by Eric Medsker; Shift Beer at Hopewell Brewing in Chicago. We refer to it as beer.

IPA 234
article thumbnail

The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. There are around 10,000 craft breweries in America. We asked eight of America’s most insightful beer voices for their Mount Rushmore of craft breweries. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

Beer 140
article thumbnail

A New Low for Local Beverage Imagery (+ Unrelated Events & Socials)

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

I can’t believe beer and spirits makers are still doing s**t like this. But apparently Spirit Water - the brewery and distillery in suburban Cary owned and operated by Tim Kovac , the creator of Not Your Father’s Root Beer — thinks it’s perfectly fine to promote a vodka called … Panty Dropper. Anyone else?

Beer 246
article thumbnail

This Week's Beer News: Asahi Acquiring Octopi Edition.

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Brewbound has some very interesting data on the massive growth Octopi has seen in the last few years, starting with a 441% increase in 2020 alone, with further increases in ‘21 and ‘22. ICBG ED Ray Stout went on WBBM radio to talk about this month’s My Illinois Beer Fridge promotion.

Beer 147
article thumbnail

This Week's Beer News + OG Pumpkin Ale Profiling

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

You never know where you’re going to find beer news. I search through a lot of sources to build this email every week, but over the weekend I read something surprisingly well-reported about beer history and it came from a business-focused website. One of those big declines was also in the Midwest.

Beer 130