Craft Beer Invades Chicago
Chicago has become craft brew central, and we will be swimming in the good stuff straight through until next Sunday. There will be some cheese involved too. The Craft Brewers Conference/BrewExpo America kicks off Wednesday April 7 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. The conference will also play host to the World Beer Cup, [...]
IS SESSION BEER DEAD OR IS THAT DIACETYL?
I love session beers, but lately I’m wondering if that puts me in the creaky minority. Last week Philadelphia beer and booze blogger Lew Bryson posted on session beers for the first time in months, and he’s a major proponent. Lew pretty much sent readers straight to a piece by Ken Weaver with a headline that [...]
PAIRING NO. 3: CALIFORNIA UPSTARTS
On Friday I paired a Belgian-style Wit from The Bruery, in suburban Los Angeles, with an aged goat cheese from Bohemian Creamery, Bodega Bay, North of San Francisco. Both companies are less than three years old, and both are making fantastic products. Wit beer (a.k.a. Belgian white, or biere blanche) is one of my favorite beer [...]
