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Local Breweries Helping While the Camp Fire in California Rages on
Last week, when the Camp Fire broke out in northern California, it spread quickly and soon became one of the most devastating fires in the state’s history. Centered in Butte County, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, as of this week it has destroyed more than 140,000...
Your Next-Morning Beer: Two Familiar Brands Collaborate on a Coffee Porter
When the Harpoon Brewery announced it was releasing a coffee porter with Dunkin’ (the coffee shop formerly known as Dunkin’ Donuts), there were the typical jokes you’d expect, such as how you could drink the coffee in the morning and the beer at night, quite a few ISO...
Is Messing With Lagers a Good Thing?
When you think of a lager, there are certain descriptors that immediately come to mind. Crisp. Refreshing. Bready. Spicy. Beers in the lager family are pillars—solid, reliable, hearty, and historic. Made for steins and drinking sessions, lager styles are the liquid...
Question & Answer with Christopher Sidwa of Australia’s Batch Brewing Co.
The story of a homebrewer going pro isn’t anything new, but it’s rare when a brewer makes the jump outside of his/her home country. The U.S.-born Christopher Sidwa moved to Australia in 2008 and took his hobby to the professional level when he cofounded Batch Brewing...
Blue (or Is It Green?) Beer Filled with Little Hugs
On any given day, you can scroll through Instagram and find brewers adding all manner of odd, yet flavorful, ingredients to the mash. These processed foods, from marshmallows to Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal to fried chicken to dozens of donuts, are gimmicky, yes,...