It seems safe to say that Todd Haefer does not like Anheuser-Busch’s Michelob Celebrate Vanilla Oak. He writes:
“I get the suspicious feeling that this is a beer that originated from marketing, not from brewers. It also appears that it was approved by marketers who only drink wine, or Perrier water, or soda pop. I can’t [...]

The International Herald Tribune writes Some beers really do get better with age.
Nasser Eftekhari, owner of Beer Mania in Brussels, makes a good point: “Beer isn’t better after a few years, but different.”
Sometimes it is better, which is why we mess around with cellaring beer. (See the previous post and be sure to read Stephen [...]

Don’t you think the discovery of truly vintage beers at Burton-on-Trent - one of the world’s most famous brewing centers - is a bit more exciting than when some Califronia hikes found a few 50-year-old cans of Coors?
Here’s how beer authority Mark Dorber described what he tasted of the UK beers:
“It’s amazing that beers [...]

We love factory tours. You take the tour, see how products are made, and at the end perhaps enjoy some sampling - which could include eating, drinking or drawing with crayons.
You also may buy some of whatever is being made. We’ve hauled home Utz potato chips from Pennsylvania, Jelly Belly “Belly Flops” (rejects that look [...]

The shortest route to a brewer’s heart usually does not include telling him or her about how you like playing cocktail guru and mixing one or more of his or her beers with anything else.
For instance, this time of year a Beer Therapy favorite is a mix of three parts Pyramid Snow Cap Ale and [...]