Archive for June, 2010
Samuel Adams rewards bars and restaurants with “Perfect Pour” certification
Even the best beer can be ruined by improperly maintained draft systems, bad pours, and improper glassware. This can leave a customer with a bad impression of a good beer and it is completely beyond the brewery’s control. Samuel Adams, arguably the most successful brand in the craft beer industry, has announced a new program aimed at [...]
Karl Strauss’ Whistler Imperial Pils Takes Classic Style to New Level
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Karl Strauss’ Whistler Imperial Pils Takes Classic Style to New Level San Diego, CA – June 28, 2010- Karl Strauss Brewing Company is releasing the next installment of its Coastal Reserve Series, Whistler Imperial Pils. Staying with the series’ hoppy, west coast theme, Whistler Imperial Pils takes the classic elements of a [...]
Beer Stimulus: Small breweries can help the economy
The biggest expense for breweries, large and small, is often excise taxes. Brewers must pay a tax on every barrel of beer they create, whether that beer is sold or not. This is particularly hard on small breweries which often have very small profit margins. The Brewers Association has been working for some time to [...]
Beer 101: What is malt?
The term malt can refer to several things but we’ll focus on the definitions that pertain to beer. According to the German Purity Law, malted barley is one of the four primary ingredients of beer, the others being hops, yeast, and water. Once barley, or a number of other grains, has been malted, it is sometimes referred [...]
Beer 101: What are hops?
Hops are one of the four primary ingredients of beer, the others being malted barley, yeast, and water. Hops are cone-shaped flowers that grow on the hop plant, which is a fast-growing vine. The flowers are picked and dried or compressed into pellets before being added to beer. There are three reasons hops are added [...]
North Carolina Hops For A Future
Hops are what gives beer it’s unique taste, bitterness and aroma. Researchers at N.C. State University are trying to see if Hops are a viable crop to grow. Hoping to build on the craft-brewing and local food movements, N.C. State University researchers in Raleigh and a handful of farmers in the mountains are growing experimental [...]



