I’m not sure why I watched the clip of DRAFT magazine publisher Austin Wilson’s Good Morning America appearance all the way to the end, but what a pleasant surprise. The last beer they get to is from Saint Elsewhere Brewing Co. in Tarpon Springs, just north of Tampa. The contrast between this tiny brewery and [...]

A canary in a coal mine? Jeff Alworth has been trying to figure out how the recession is influencing craft beer sales. My gut feeling is that he’s on to something. Look, I’m not predicting that a bunch of craft breweries are going to go out of business, but stories like this one, “Craft brew [...]

Do you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Couldn’t resist showing you this picture from a spot where the goings on are about to be an excuse for a lot of beer consumption. Good news – an excellent wine and beer store nearby.

I really shouldn’t admit how fascinating I find most of the numbers Ron Pattinson assembles. The particular series that has me on the edge of my seat right now are the posts like these: assessing beer quality and Barclay Perkins Porter and Stout quality in the 1920′s. These provide some hint if quality was a [...]

In some of the many discussions about Session Beers (like here and here) the fact that Utah brewers make a range of great beers containing less than 4 percent alcohol by volume usually comes up. So it’s nice to see them get a little credit in Sunday’s New York Times: “Brew Pubs Gain an Unlikely [...]

If you watch as much television as I don’t then you probably haven’t seen the Miller one-second ad that spoofs how much money Anhesuer-Busch is spending on Super Bowl advertising. Apparently it got posted on YouTube but removed. You watch it by visiting the story Adweek posted. That article concludes, “If nothing else, Miller’s effort [...]

Pete Brown writes about Oz Clarke and James May’s televised journey through Britain in search of the “drink that best speaks for the country.” Really something you need to click over and read, but two excerpts: You come away with a vague knowledge of brewing ingredients and processes, and that’s it. This is disappointing to [...]

One thing you notice when you don’t have an address you can have your magazine subscriptions sent to is which magazines, including those about beer, have the best presence on newsstands. Beer Advocate, for instance, has none — by choice. Brew Your Own and Beer Magazine are particularly strong (with the latter appearing in gas [...]

I do like the sound of bottle of beer being uncorked, the pop followed by the lively sound of carbonation, or perhaps . . . “Oh, bleep, we’ve got a gusher.” Not to harp on the beer versus wine thing but that’s one thing beer has over wine (Champagne excepted). I thought about this a [...]

Look — fast, I guess — for one-second Miller High Life TV commercials planned as a counterattack on the 4½ minutes of advertising Anheuser-Busch will do during the Super Bowl. That should give them plenty of time to talk about all the flavor in High Life. ***************** As you can tell, Super Bowl hype has [...]