In 2001 Anheuser-Busch began an expansion to boost capacity at its Fort Collins, Colorado, brewery 28% increase to 8.2 million barrels annually. A few years ago I toured the brewery and I’m pretty sure I heard production had reached 15 million barrels. Monday, the news that Anheuser-Busch (InbBev) bought Goose Island, which produced 127,000 barrels [...]

Michael Jackson would have been 69 years old Sunday. A good day to pull one of his books — I always recommend Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion — off the shelf. Read aloud if you like. Also, there are new publications on both sides of the Atlantic that pay tribute to his legacy. In England, the [...]

Surely you are familiar with Beer Madness at the The Washington Post. If not, read this. Basically, beer fans get to vote between two beers — for instance, right now you can pick Breckenridge Vanilla Porter or Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout — a panel of eleven has tasted blind. Then the paper reveals the results and [...]

After much brain and soul searching, Alan McLeod has settled on the theme for the 50th Session: How Do They Make Me Buy The Beer? Think about it. You have until April 1. Then post. Alan points out the question is “multi-faceted.” The wording itself is intriguing. Does a brewery make you buy beer? Did [...]

Jay tagged me, but I must — as in all things — blame Alan. The background: Dave Turley tagged Jay Brooks in the “7 Things You May Not Know About Me” meme. He bit. Now I’m supposed to tell you seven things you don’t know about me and then tag fifteen other people. Well, so [...]

Based upon the turn out for The Session #49 it would appear regular beers still matter. So let’s get right to the links. Best use of graphs Five Hundred And One Beers. Or as the first comment notes, “Geekalicious.” My favorite line “Beer has long been a regulator in civilization and for that, we are [...]

Relatively early in Ska Brewing’s parody of the “Brew Masters” series on Discovery Ska co-founder Bill Graham hints that perhaps what we are watching could be more tightly edited. He’s right, but for some reason I couldn’t quit watching. It makes much more sense if you saw the first episode of “Brew Masters.” And as [...]

This is my contribution to the 49th gathering of The Session. The theme is “regular beers” and my post is a bit late, but I have a good excuse. Besides, as the host I guess I can do any dang thing I want. Just to make sure all the dispatches from far flung outpost have [...]

The topic for today’s 49th gathering of The Session is “regular beer.” Since I’m the host I offered to publish posts from readers who don’t maintain blogs. This is the second of two. By Bill Farr (a semi-regular commenter here) How I gained a regular beer and wrestled with virtually every issue related to “good [...]