Drink
Profiles in brew: Tom Horst of Crystal Springs Brewing Company
You don’t have to be an economist to see that trends drive marketing. And when it comes to craft beer, that trend is “new”...
Zesty liqueurs and alcoholic alchemy
Building a bar is more than just your favorite bottles of booze and some canned mixers. Getting into the territory of cocktail enthusiasts and...
Know your brew: Session IPA
There is much to learn from movies. Take this exchange between Winston Churchill and King Edward VI in Darkest Hour concerning the Prime Minister’s...
Margaritas on the go
At the age of 27, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, CEO and co-founder of Damn Right Cocktails, is one of the youngest female business owners in the spirits...
Upslope’s bacon grätzer is weirdly good
Is it possible to create an elegant bacon beer? Should we, as consumers, even want an elegant bacon beer? The answers to these questions...
What to drink with what you eat, Halloween edition
Beer and candy? You better believe it. We’ve told you time and time again that beer goes with everything. Appetizers, main courses, sides, dessert—if...
Tour de brew: Wild Woods Brewery
Why bother burying the lead: Wild Woods’ Nectarine Thyme Saison (5.9% ABV) is one of the best beers I’ve ever had. Full stop. It’s...
Tour de brew: Beer festival season
On June 8, Avery Brewing Company celebrated its second annual Avery Invitational, its anniversary party with an invited 60 guest breweries pouring over 200...
Teatotalers
With a new year kicking in and some folks looking for ways to enjoy the pleasures of a craft beverage without the booze component,...
Betting on millennials
When I was in college, we drank beer. When my sons were in college, they drank draft beer. But when my granddaughter was in...
Tour de brew: U Turn BBQ
Food and beer, just like peanut butter and chocolate, taste great together. Pairing the two certainly isn’t rocket science but even the most dedicated...
The burden of history
I miss the Walnut Brewery.
It wasn’t fancy, and it wasn’t hip, but the Walnut was my kind of place to swing by for a...
