http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com Craft Beer in NYC and beyond Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:28:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This question is asked mostly with tongue planted firmly in cheek, because unless you don't actually get out of bed in the morning, and have maintained that routine for a solid week, it's been tough to miss what has transpired in the Pennsylvania beer world.  I've been watching these events ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/03/15/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-pennsylvania/ Every few years, the craft brewing world is hit by an "it" brewer. The late 1990s featured Dogfish Head of Rehoboth Beach, DE, while the early 2000s featured Stone Brewing of Escondido, CA, and the last few years have seen nothing but accolades for Russian River Brewing Company of Santa ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/02/22/cigar-city-hits-nyc/ 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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/02/08/stop-the-madness/ 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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/02/01/whats-brewing-in-the-bronx/ 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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/01/25/a-different-brew-farnum-hill-cider/ 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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/01/18/beer-school-serving-temperature/ It's seemingly one of the most obvious questions; "What am I drinking?"  However, many times the answer isn't so simple.  There have been immeasurable numbers of words spilled on the topic and to that panoply I'm going to add a few more.  It is a general desire of people to ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/01/11/its-a-matter-of-style/ 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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2010/01/04/worlds-est-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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2009/12/28/celebratory-libations/ 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 ... http://maltedmusings.hoppress.com/2009/12/21/cider-and-the-holiday-meal/