Today, beer geeks flock to their local craft brewery to sit at picnic tables and sip small-batch brews — a culture that stems from the Great American Craft Beer Boom that gained traction in the 1960s and ’70s. However, the existence of craft breweries predates that sudden rise by over a century. Pennsylvania is home to the country’s first craft brewery, D.G. Yuengling & Son, which opened in 1829.…
Once upon a time, the familiar beers that dominate shelves today were smaller, craft brands. This “time” isn’t all that old in some cases: Drinkers of a certain age bore witness to labels joining the classic club in real time. Gen-Xers like me had a front-row seat to Samuel Adams’ evolution from a new player to an enduring presence. It was genuinely cool to track its journey. It’s highly likely…
Pilsner is an unsung hero in the beer industry. We can thank the style for some of the world’s most dominant beers and breweries. In fact, many American macrobreweries, including Anheuser-Busch, formed when German brewers brought the Bavarian barley grain haná and its corresponding beermaking technique to the U.S., according to Nick Gislason, co-founder and head brewer of Hanabi Lager Co. in Napa…
Half Acre Beer Company and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery, two of Chicago’s largest craft breweries, are set to merge into a new beverage company, the businesses announced on Tuesday. Both breweries will operate independently at their respective taprooms, but the joint venture will consolidate their behind-the-scenes business operations to form an unnamed, “premier Chicago beverage company,” per…
Late last year, the management team at Three Roads Brewing, which operates taprooms in Farmville and Lynchburg, Va., considered the McDonald’s McValue Menu. It delivered dependable daily deals, such as crispy chicken sandwiches and double cheeseburgers for around $3 each. Why not create a similar value-driven beer menu for Three Roads? During December’s holiday season, Three Roads introduced the…
Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles’ Arts District will shutter on April 30, the taproom confirmed Wednesday in an Instagram post. The brewery’s parent entityBoston Beer Company announced the closure in August, scheduling it to coincide with the end of the brewery’s lease. Boston Beer told local news station KTLA that Angel City Brewery is lucrative, and that the reason for closing is to…