Cigar City Hits NYC
As an added bonus, I had a chance to talk to Cigar City founder, Joey Redner and head brewer Wayne Wambles about the ups and downs of success and the future of Cigar City Brewing.
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Stop the madness
Craft beer has seen an amazing level of growth over the last five years. With that growth has come a whole lot of good. The quality of craft beer around the world continues to improve and the homebrewer’s penchant for experimentation is now firmly ensconced in the commercial craft beer industry. We see evidence of [...]
What’s Brewing in the Bronx?
The Bronx. Even for folks who’ve never been there, the name evokes a very specific place. Named for a 17th century Dutch-employed Swede, Jonas Bronck, the borough that bears his name is the home of the New York Yankees, a major incubator for Hip-Hop music and has seen more than it’s fair share [...]
A different brew – Farnum Hill Cider
I’ve spent a lot of time here talking about craft beer and brewing, but there is another traditional product that has been having a renaissance in the last decade, that of small-scale, traditionally produced cider. In the autumn of 2008, I found myself in a beautiful apple orchard in New Hampshire tasting fresh-pressed cider [...]
Beer School – Serving Temperature
Try to match these slogans with the beer brand they have been used for: “Cold as the Rockies”, “Cold. Wet. Delicious”, or how about “A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer and the best cold beer is Victoria Bitter”. Okay, so that last one wasn’t all that challenging, but it illustrates the [...]
It’s a matter of style
It’s seemingly one of the most obvious questions; “What am I drinking?” However, many times the answer isn’t so simple.
World’s —–est beer
There’s been a lot of coverage/discussion recently of the battle for the title of World’s Strongest Beer, World’s Hoppiest Beer, World’s Most Extreme, World’s Bitterest Beer, World’s Lightest Beer, World’s Best Beer… etc. (I haven’t seen anyone vying for World’s Sourest Beer yet, although having tried this on Saturday, I can tell you what the [...]
Say cheers with beer!
It has become a matter of course that New Year’s Day is welcomed with a bottle of something bubbly. The traditional fill for this festive flute is champagne, but as beer lovers we are always looking for an appropriate beer to take on this role. It is not clear when people first began to offer [...]
Cider for the holidays
As the holidays roll around lots of folks have their minds turned toward pairing foods with holiday ales and with opening all of those special bottles that you’ve been saving for awhile. There are certainly loads of options out there for special end of year beers but I’d like to encourage folks to give [...]
Some Time With the Classics
Although there is always reason to get excited about all of the new beers and developments in the craft beer world, I encourage folks to revisit these and other highly regarded beers and rediscover just why they deserve their reputation as classics.
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