by John Holl | Mar 22, 2013 | Beer Trends
Just out of the subway and trudging through freshly fallen snow, my sights were set on Radegast Hall and Biergarten in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Fighting against a bracing wind, I focused on what I thought lay ahead of me: liters of lager brought to tables...
by John Holl | Mar 8, 2013 | Brewing
At the bottom of the planet sits Antarctica, a continent covered in ice. Home to penguins, leopard seals, and breathtaking beauty, it is the only continent on Earth without a native human population. During its summer season Antarctica plays host to less than 5,000...
by John Holl | Mar 8, 2013 | Beer Trends, Brewing
Ken Grossman was sitting in a plush red chair thumbing through emails on his smartphone and seemed to have tuned out the world around him. It was the final day of the recent Craft Brewer’s Conference in San Diego and the bearded 57-year-old looked right at home among...
by John Holl | Mar 1, 2013 | Brewing
Consider for a moment the lowly bottle cap. While it plays a crucial role in the delivery of bottled beer, once it is twisted or pried off it does little more than make a satisfying plink as it hits a trash can. Or does it? Before you go tossing it aside, turn it over...