Category: beer

British Pubs Face Beer Shortage Amid Drivers’ Strike

British pubs are facing the prospect of a beer shortage, as the union for one of the United Kingdom’s largest brewery-delivery companies plans to go on strike at the end of the month. Around 1,000 employees at GXO Logistics, which is responsible for nearly 40 percent of beer deliveries to pubs and clubs in the United…


The Norway Way: Ancient Norwegian Yeast in New American Beer

The word “kveik” comes from an Old Norse word that’s related to the English “quick,” as in “alive”—think the Quick and the Dead—rather than “fast.” The effect of yeast is to bring life to a brew or bread dough, making things bubble and rise. But the speed definition of “quick” would be just as relevant,…


Old World Wisconsin Gets a Brewhouse

This is news that doesn’t feel new: “Breaking story: Wisconsin museum brews beer and gives out samples.” Afterwards, you can tour a tavern that dates back over a century. It’s like announcing Wisconsin makes cheese. But trust me: this is awesome. While I’ve sipped beer in a museum before, it wasn’t beer being brewed in…


25 Years and a Lot of Beer: As Two Brothers Brewing Celebrates Anniversary, Its Founders Look Back

By Josh Noel From Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Few Chicago-area breweries are as underappreciated as Two Brothers. It has never been the trendiest or flashiest brewery during its 25-year run. While Two Brothers tried to faithfully re-create European beer styles in its earliest days, Three Floyds carved a niche with intensely bitter, fruity India pale…


Wisconsin Bucket List: Explore by Train These Top Attractions You Won’t Want to Miss

Closing your eyes on the train and listening to the rhythmic clickety-clack of the wheels on the track, you can almost imagine what it was like to travel by train in the early 1800s. The mode of travel is faster now, but you’ll still enjoy the inside glimpse into America’s backyards, the ever-changing scenery from…


How Clydesdale Breed Horses Became an Iconic Symbol for Budweiser

One of America’s most well-known corporations markets a rather unique philosophy when it comes to the ABCs of branding. Starting with the “A” of Anheuser-Busch, adding in “B” for beer wagon, and “C” for several Clydesdales, the makers of Budweiser have been brewing beer and breeding horses quite successfully for almost a century now. Perhaps…


If You Like Shepherd’s Pie, You’ll Love This Beef Stew Served Over Mashed Potatoes

This hearty beer-spiked beef stew is served with creamy mashed potatoes for a shepherd’s pie vibe. Beef and Mushroom Stew With Mashed Potatoes Active Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Serves 4 1 1/2 pounds yellow potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 2-inch pieces 1/2 cup low-fat milk 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 3/4 teaspoon salt,…


Small Craft Breweries Scramble to Adapt to Aluminum Can Shortages

“In heaven there is no beer. That’s why we drink it here,” goes the old pub song, but an aluminum beverage container shortage could threaten to close the spigots on smaller craft beer breweries in 2022. Described as a worsening can shortage—or “candemic”—many microbrewery owners have been struggling to adapt either by stocking up on…


On the Trail of Burton Ale

Burton-upon-Trent has a long history of brewing. The town, a tad over 100 miles northwest of London, once dominated the beer business, counting more than 30 breweries in the late 19th century, including Bass Brewery, which became the largest brewery in the world in 1877. Burton’s brewing history goes back to its namesake abbey in…


The New Essential Guide to the World of Beer

Beer has a story that stretches back to ancient history, reaches into nearly every country on earth, and, in the last couple of decades or so, has entered an incredible new chapter that celebrates standing traditions, resurrects a few nearly forgotten ones, and forges ahead into new territory. That’s a lot to keep up with,…