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I took my annual holiday road trip to see family, and like any good beer geek I made a pit stop for beer. On my itinerary were two breweries I have become quite familiar with, The Brew Kettle and Great Lakes Brewing Company. The Brew Kettle... read more »
In the history of beer the important ingredients were water, hops, barley, yeast, and women. The Sumerian beer drinkers worshiped the goddess of brewing, Ninkasi. The Hymn to Ninkasi is a nineteenth-century BC recipe for beer found inscribed... read more »
For a while now I have kept a list of what would be included on the perfect beer label. Recently, I saw the label for 5 Rabbit’s 5 Vulture beer. Leave it to Randy Mosher to create the perfect label. Randy is an esteemed beer... read more »
Looking into new Android beers apps for my phone. I have also chased down a number of articles both in print and on other websites. I have found a bunch of central flaws in the market, and I hope just one developer out there may learn a... read more »
I do not know what it is like in other cities, but I know Chicago. Up until a few years ago Hopleaf and Map Room were your beer bars, and Goose Island was your local brewpub & brewery. This is changing. More and more places are offering... read more »
The May 2011 issue of Beer Advocate Magazine has a letter from the founder Todd and Jason Alström. Their letter address the boycotts that have been waged at Big Beer and those associated with Big Beer. The main line that caught me was their... read more »
Hey bars, breweries or other businesses that sell people things. Isn’t it great you have something to sell? Now, how are you communicating with your customers? I recently told a friend of mine that Public House in Chicago was worth... read more »
This post is more about life than about beer, but think it over anyways. I am not a fan of my day job as a consultant. Yes it has a paycheck, flexible hours and the ability to do whatever I want. However, the day job is not what I love.... read more »
Where there is money there are lawyers. Like sharks smelling blood, lawyers have begun to play a role in craft brewing. More and more I read a story about craft beer makers suing each other or at least having lawyers draft letters threatening... read more »
I was originally going to write a series of posts for Green Week. Earth Day is this Friday after all, but reconfiguring this site took too much time. I want you to sit back and drink a beer. Think about where it comes from. I want you... read more »