How Did We Get to the Point of Hops as ‘Pointless Gimmick’?
Adrienne So, writing in Slate, has an unabashed takedown of hops in American craft beer. One big, big conclusion from the piece: “From a consumer’s standpoint, though, beers overloaded with hops are a...
View ArticleAnchor Liberty Ale and Why June 26 Should Be Some Kind of Craft Beer Holiday
It was on June 26, 1975, a Thursday, that the Anchor Brewing Company first bottled its Liberty Ale. In The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution, I call Liberty Ale “quite...
View ArticleThe Symbiosis Behind American Craft Beer
How? How did the number of American craft breweries and brewpubs go from one in 1965 to whatever the heck today? I get asked that a lot and it’s the defining question in explaining the history of...
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