ANCHORS AWAY FOR ANCHOR BREWING
ANOTHER MAJOR acquisition has taken place in the beer world. Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing will be sold to Japan’s Sapporo Holdings Ltd. in a deal worth about $85 million. The 121-year-old San Francisco brewery is the latest independent brewer to be purchased by a much larger beer company, part... Read More
THE PAIRING OF BEER & FOOD
THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION (BA) has expanded its online CraftBeer.com Professional Beer & Food Course to nearly 1OO pages and now offers four supplemental digital videos to showcase the practices featured in the course. Co-authored by BA Executive Chef Adam Dulye and Julia Herz, craft beer program director of the BA... Read More
SESSION BEERS
by ANDY CROUCH FROM NEAR OBSCURITY to something to be laughed at to rising phenomenon to mainstream stability, session beer has experienced a roller coaster of emotions on its way to general acceptance among beer drinkers. Americans have never been great about limiting their alcohol consumption or even spending much... Read More