On Beer Report

2O1O was a great year for craft beer but there’s still a lot of work to be done on the part of the brewers. According to the latest research from Mintel, domestic beer is the clear favorite, followed by imported varieties; but 33% of all beer drinkers aged 21 and... Read More

The Chinese, it seems, enjoy their Dutch beer and Carlsberg is taking advantage of that. The Danish brewer operates 19 breweries in China and boasts strong market positions in Western China. But Carlsberg isn’t just selling their own beer; they’re getting into the Chinese brewing business too. The Carlsberg Group... Read More

Could coffee stout be a thing of the past? It’s a possibility. In the wake of the recent Four Loko controversy and the issue of adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages, the Brewers Association is petitioning the US Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to conduct rulemaking on alcoholic energy drinks. The... Read More

 A celebrated New England brewery has been sold to a company from . . . New York. Magic Hat Brewing Co., Vermont’s largest craft brewery, has been sold to North American Breweries, Inc., of Rochester. The burlington free press reports that North American has acquired Portland, Oregon-based MacTarnahan’s beer and... Read More

 It’s the official end of an era. San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing Co., owned and run for the past 45 years by Fritz Maytag, is now part of Anchor Brewers & Distillers LLC. The acquisition, announced in April, was officially completed in August. Anchor Steam, Liberty Ale and other libations, such... Read More

 Most of the imbibing world has had an unfortunate case of “beer goggles”; the syndrome where, after drinking a few too many, everyone at the bar starts to look exceedingly attractive. It turns out that there’s an actual reason why this happens (in addition to poor alcohol-induced judgment). Alcohol dulls... Read More

 When it comes to frying foods, the possibilities are endless, from fried dough to fried bologna, even fried ice cream. But fried beer really takes the cake (or should that be “keg”?). On display at this year’s State Fair of Texas were ravioli-like pockets of fried dough with beer inside.... Read More

 Is PBR the new Champagne of beers? The popular beer, best known as an unpretentious, no-frills brand in the US is commanding a whopping $44 a bottle in China! Known as Blue Ribbon 1844 (the year Pabst Brewing Company was founded), it’s actually a significantly different brew than what we... Read More

Can microbreweries jump start the ailing beer industry? Based on their success over the last few years, it’s certainly a possibility. A bipartisan group of senators is pushing a plan to cut taxes on the nation’s small brewers in hopes of stimulating hiring among craft brewers. Introduced by Massachusetts’ own... Read More

There’s been a bitter beer battle going on for some years between the Dutch and the Scots and it just keeps getting stranger. The title of World’s Strongest Beer has gone back and forth now several times between Dutch brewer ‘t Koelschip (The Refrigerated Ship) and Scottish brewer BrewDog. First,... Read More