The East Bay newspapers in Rhode Island are excited about the return of the Narraganset beer brand:
Now the beer is back, and people are drinking it for one simple reason:
“It doesn’t suck anymore.”
Right now the beer is still contract brewed, but Mark Hellendrung has said he hopes to return brewing to Providence - although […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that beer industry leaders are considering working together to improve beer’s image. The “hook” to this story is that we may get something along the lines of a “Got Beer?” campaign.
That would be fun, and there’s a practical reason for those of us who drink specialty beers to root for […]
Linda Murphy, San Francisco Chronicle wine editor, heads out on a major pub crawl with four Bay Area brewers. She writes:
Four professional brewers took an out-of-touch beer lover on a pub crawl last month through their favorite haunts in the Bay Area. The itinerary was based on beer selection, ambience and the storytelling opportunities that […]
Coopers Brewery managing director Tim Cooper said waste yeast would be shipped to giant Japanese distiller Suntory to help improve the flavor and complexity of its whisky.
The New Scientist reports on a drink “somewhere between coffee and beer”:
Nestec, part of the Nestlé empire in Switzerland, has filed patents in every major market round the world on a “fermented coffee beverage” that pours and foams like beer, but smells of strong coffee and packs a concentrated caffeine kick.
It may be fermented, but […]
CAMRA Books, the publishing division of the Campaign for Real Ale, launches a new book, The Big Book of Beer.
Should you buy it? We’ll pass judgment after reading it.
Only hope it is close to as lovely as The Book of Beer Knowledge by Jeff Evans (also from CAMRA).
Articles from Big Book author Adrian Tierney-Jones […]
