Since most of you read this blog through a feed reader or perhaps only the most recent post I direct you to the comments that followed the one last week about Molson “microcarbonated” lager. Most particularly because a representative of Molson M stopped by with more information (then even more). By chance — and this [...]

Alan McLeod totally nailed it with his review of The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, answering the two biggest questions I had while reading the book. – First, why are there homebrew recipes in this book? Can’t even a book for beginners be a bit specialized or must every introduction to craft [...]

Molson Coors has announced the launch of Molson M, the world’s only “microcarbonated” lager beer. Microcarbonization is a revolutionary process implemened by Molson Coors at the company’s brewery on Notre-Dame Street in Montreal, a process during which the beer is injected with CO2 through smaller, finer bubbles with a high level of precision and consistency. [...]

Roger Protz has the exclusive: “The (Bass) brewing museum and visitor centre in Burton-on-Trent has been saved and will reopen in 2010, possibly as early as Easter. This major victory is the result of a sustained campaign by beer lovers, brewery workers, the local MP and the Burton daily newspaper.” Molson Coors had announced it [...]

This time from the Business of Big Beer. Jeremiah McWilliams of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes about the possibility AB InBev could damage the Budweiser and Bud Light brands with line extensions, in the latter case Bud Light Lime and now Bud Light Wheat. . . . critics argue that Anheuser-Busch’s line extensions may encourage [...]

We’ll get to the Trader’s Joe beer in a moment, but first other news from Nuremberg, where the European Beer Star Awards were handed out today. American breweries won 25 medals, second only to Germany. Boston Beer (Samuel Adams) grabbed four, including one gold, while Oregon breweries Deschutes and Caldera won three each. Deschutes took [...]

Ron Pattinson started it: “Innovation. I’m starting to truly loathe that word. Especially its inappropriate use in relation to brewing. And the subtext that, by definition, “innovation” is a good thing. I’ll be honest with you. I don’t want innovative beer. I want tasty, refreshing beer.” So Alan McLeod asked: “When is enough enough? When [...]

Welcome to my fool’s errand. Last week in the responses to my “The business of beer” post I started a quick exchange with Alan McLeod. I made a reference to a Beer Advocate thread I didn’t have a link to at the time and Alan asked another question I started to answer off the top [...]

PASTE magazine, cool enough to have struck a free music download deal with Oskar Blues, made “The 25 Best American Breweries of the Decade (2000-2009)” its list of the day Saturday. And Sunday they gave us “The 10 Best Fashion Designers of the Decade (2000-2009).” I won’t spoil it and tell you who top designer [...]

Drastic changes, no apologies. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an in-depth look at Anheuser-Busch InBev one year later. Scientists discover that mormons like beer. Just go read it. It’ll make you smile. Best after. Deschutes Brewery founder Gary Fish talks about why the brewery decided to put a “best after” date on beers in its [...]