On Beer Report

The Brewers Association’s (BA) 2O11 Beer Style Guidelines describes 14O styles of beer. Updated annually, it is used in various beer competitions such as the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup. This year, one beer style has been added, and another has been renamed – American-Style Brett... Read More

What would the Big Game be without those infamous Bud ads? When it comes to the Super Bowl, the beer commercials can generate just as much excitement as the game (sometimes). Well fear not, you’ll be seeing those Clydesdales at game time for at least a few more years to... Read More

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

Craft beers have been growing fast, so fast, in fact that some brands are in danger of surpassing the 2 million barrel designation that qualifies them as “craft”. Fear not. The board of directors of the Brewers Association (BA) has voted to change the BA’s designation of “small” in its... 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