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The Climate Crisis is Coming for the Barley Crop
The Climate Crisis is Coming for the Barley Crop
Growers, breeders, maltsters, and brewers will need to adapt faster than they have in the past if they’re going to keep up with accelerating change.
Fall into Flavor with These 8 Seasonal Beers From the Northwest | Sip Magazine
Fall into Flavor with These 8 Seasonal Beers From the Northwest | Sip Magazine
Days are shorter, leaves are dropping and the Cascades have already seen their first dusting of fresh snow. Like it or not, summer is long gone. But after sipping your way through this year’s record-breaking heat with light lagers, hard seltzers and maybe a slushy sour or two, your palate is probably ready for something different, anyway. Well, when it comes to seasonal beer, it's hard to beat the autumn months. From deliciously malty Festbiers and Märzens, to ephemeral fresh hop IPAs and the return of Barleywines and barrel-aged Stouts, fall offers a breadth of styles that other seasons have trouble matching. Here are eight Pacific Northwest beers to seek out before Old Man Winter shows up for the holidays.
Linking Barley Varieties to the Taste of Your Beer
Linking Barley Varieties to the Taste of Your Beer
Toast Under the Trellises at These Breweries That Grow Their Own Hops
Toast Under the Trellises at These Breweries That Grow Their Own Hops
From raising a liter of lager in a Bavarian beer garden to sipping a chalice of Trappist ale at a monastic brewery, or knocking back a pint of bitter in an English pub, there are a few quintessential accomplishments every dedicated beer fan hopes to check off their bucket list.
Touring Nova Scotia by the Pint
Touring Nova Scotia by the Pint
Explore Nova Scotia's craft beer scene with these expert itineraries. Find the best breweries, IPAs, and lagers from Yarmouth to Cape Breton.
Terroir by the Ton: Regionally Adapted Malt Has a Future
Terroir by the Ton: Regionally Adapted Malt Has a Future
Efficiency and the needs of industry have dominated North American barley growing, limiting what’s grown and where. However, independent brewers seeking locally grown options are spurring the development of new, distinctive varieties in unusual places.
Crushing on Citra: The High-Impact Hop in Your Favorite IPA
Crushing on Citra: The High-Impact Hop in Your Favorite IPA
In 2010, a new beer went on tap at the Fred Miller Pub, Miller Brewing’s employee bar. At face value, this wasn’t especially remarkable. The company’s sprawling Milwaukee complex includes a 10-barrel pilot brewery that regularly produces exclusives for staff and visitors in the name of research and innovation.
From Trial to Trellis: How Hop Breeders Determine the Frontier of Flavor
From Trial to Trellis: How Hop Breeders Determine the Frontier of Flavor
7 Chocolate Beers You’re Sure to Love This Valentine’s Day | Sip Magazine
7 Chocolate Beers You’re Sure to Love This Valentine’s Day | Sip Magazine
From cards to candy and flowers to food, Americans are expected to spend more than $21 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. And while liqueur-filled truffles can be fun […]
Raw Materials: Hop Producers Cope with Crisis
Raw Materials: Hop Producers Cope with Crisis
The pandemic’s unpredictability also affects the laborers, farmers, and dealers who supply breweries’ raw ingredients. Their experience, flexibility, and optimism are helping to buffer a potentially volatile market.
A Brewery Tour of Iceland - Craft Beer Tour Guide | Icelandair
A Brewery Tour of Iceland - Craft Beer Tour Guide | Icelandair
Fremont Brewing Dark Stars: Inside Washington's Largest Beer Barrel-Aging Program • Hop Culture
Fremont Brewing Dark Stars: Inside Washington's Largest Beer Barrel-Aging Program • Hop Culture
Once you know the aroma it’s unmistakable. Pungent alcohol, hot and heady, greets your nose first. Followed by a smoky sweetness that mingles with spice,
Thirty Years of Beer at Pike Brewing
Thirty Years of Beer at Pike Brewing
Apple of My Eye: Cidermakers Share Their Inspiration
Apple of My Eye: Cidermakers Share Their Inspiration
The 15 Most Underrated Beers in the World
The 15 Most Underrated Beers in the World
With so many new beers on the shelves, it is easy to forget the exceptional ales and lagers from decades, or even centuries, back.
Urban Family Brewing Opens Ballard Expansion — New School Beer + Cider
Urban Family Brewing Opens Ballard Expansion — New School Beer + Cider
Does the Brut IPA Have a Future?
Does the Brut IPA Have a Future?
Beer Bars We Love in Seattle, Great Falls, and San Diego
Beer Bars We Love in Seattle, Great Falls, and San Diego
In every issue our Love Handles department features three great beer bars. For Issue 34 we went to the Pine Box (Seattle), Stein Haus (Great Falls), and Small Bar (San Diego).
Ride the Rails: NY Breweries Near the Metro North Line
Ride the Rails: NY Breweries Near the Metro North Line
Traveling to breweries by train is a charming way to discover beer. Contributor Ben Keene explores Hudson Valley breweries near the Metro North train line leading out of New York City.
INDIGENOUS INDUSTRY: A Fire Island State of Mind | Edible East End
INDIGENOUS INDUSTRY: A Fire Island State of Mind | Edible East End
From Bees to Beer — Edible Boston
From Bees to Beer — Edible Boston
Jersey Hop Farms
Jersey Hop Farms
My Culinary Saga in Iceland | The Expeditioner Travel Site
My Culinary Saga in Iceland | The Expeditioner Travel Site
5 historic places associated with John Muir
5 historic places associated with John Muir
Stories in Stone: Walking Vietnam's Long Wall
Stories in Stone: Walking Vietnam's Long Wall
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