“Archaeological evidence of beer-making is often hard to come by because most of the tools used in beer production…are often linked to bread-making…”
Archaeological evidence of beer-making is often hard to come by because most of the...
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“I worry that yet another major shift in the beer landscape is upon us — and this time, American consumers will be the losers”
After years of 15 percent growth, the craft sector is down to the single...
“The ancient Near East was divided in its alcoholic beverages into two main regions, those whose geographical properties suited the growing of grapes and those unsuited for growing grapes”
The ancient Near East was divided in its alcoholic beverages into two main regions,...
“Beer to us has always been more than the liquid and we want to make sure we keep it that way”
Access to market and fair trade practices may seem like far-away concepts for beer...
“Craft used to be as simple as ‘How good is the beer in the glass?'”
With AB InBev’s recent dagger-to-the-heart acquisition of beer-universally admired Wicked Weed, the polarization between...
“…it really is up to the brewery and the beer fans to be personally mindful about nurturing our beer scene”
Sometimes, we are caught in very challenging circumstances and it really is up to...
“German brewers still observe a version of the Reinheitsgebot, but Belgian brewers, just across the border, have cheerfully renounced it”
According to the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot, or Purity Law, of 1516, beer can be made...
“Being the principal alcoholic beverage of Mesopotamia, beer is discussed at length in the Babylonian Talmud and, naturally, the vocabulary is Mesopotamian”
Being the principal alcoholic beverage of Mesopotamia, it is discussed at length in the...
“The strictures of the Reinheitsgebot have helped turn German brewers into the most resourceful and technically capable in the world”
A well-made German beer is both tasty and relatively wholesome: in Bavaria, it’s considered...
“Ancient Israelites, with the possible exception of a few teetotaling Nazirites and their moms, proudly drank beer—and lots of it”
Ancient Israelites, with the possible exception of a few teetotaling Nazirites and their moms,...