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The VinePair Podcast: Has Craft Beer Gotten Boring?

VinePair

With nearly every conceivable IPA variant, from cold to milkshake to hoppy absurdity , and stouts barrel-aged and pastrified to the nth degree, it seems that craft beer has reached a point of all-time stagnation. This grim state of affairs begs the question: Has craft beer gotten boring?

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San Diego Gets A New 9.0% ABV Double IPA Craft Beer

PubClub

Photo: Original 40 Brewing Company San Diego has a pair of new craft beers, one of them a 9.0 AVB (alcohol-by-volume) double IPA. The Original 40 Brewing Company has released Big Tings West Coast Double IPA, along with a much more modest 5.2 Special beer-pairing or wine-pairing dinners are also available.

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Are You Drinking Your IPAs Too Fresh?

VinePair

If there’s one guiding law IPA devotees are taught at the beginning of their craft beer journey, it’s to drink their hazies fresh. For many, checking the canned-on dates on the bottom of IPAs is standard practice, and some are quick to pass up an otherwise automatic purchase if it’s more than a few weeks old.

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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now

VinePair

And though people love to loathe them, IPAs are the current bread and butter of the American craft brewing industry. Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. There’s very little that the IPA hasn’t been able to achieve.

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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: Live from the West Coast

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

The World Beer Cup awards were announced Wednesday night and I’m always thrilled when the most competitive award goes to a Midwestern brewery — even more so when it’s one of my favorites in Chicago. Old Irving Brewery’s Beezer beat out 325 other beers to earn the Gold Medal for Juicy/Hazy IPA.

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Better Drinks Take Flight

Imbibe Magazine

Pacific Northwest-based Alaska Airlines serves Straightaway canned cocktails and Stumptown coffee from Portland, Oregon, as well as a custom-brewed IPA from Seattle’s Fremont Brewing and the nonalcoholic Electro Lime Cerveza from Northern California’s Best Day Brewing. I tried to pick cocktails that are easy to love and easy to make.”

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Fertilized by Opportunity and Innovation, Cider Is Expanding Its Appeal

Imbibe Magazine

A person-by-person palate shift helps Alma’s cultivate a customer base crossing over from sour ales or natural wines. Alma’s Cider & Beer in Los Angeles: Anxo Imperial Cider (left). Craft beer distorts the concept of locality. ounce cans of strong beers and cocktail-inspired flavored malt beverages fill coolers.

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