I try to maintain a fair attitude towards all brewers. After all, if their beer is on the market it must be enjoyed by someone, right? And I ... Read More

The other day I was in a brewpub with a fellow beer nerd. We were working our way through their offerings when, towards the end of the line, I ... Read More

The brewery winners for the 2007 Great American Beer Festival are: Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Pabst Brewing Company, Woodridge, IL Bob Newman Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size ... Read More

The number two and three US brewers are joining forces next year. SABMiller and Molson will combine the Miller and Coors brands for a new company, imaginatively named MillerCoors. With ... Read More

Greenpeace is taking AB to task over some genetically engineered rice that is apparently being used in the beer they brew. This is despite an earlier commitment from AB ... Read More

This month the About Beer tasting panel tackled Oktoberfest style beers. Samuel Adams Oktoberfest Paulaner Oktoberfest Spaten Oktoberfest

Maureen Ogle's history of American beer is now available in paperback. This is one of the first true historical examinations of American beer. It's a fascinating book that ... Read More

It was on this day 165 years ago that Josef Groll and the other brewers of Plzen, Bohemia gathered to tap the keg on their brand new lager. What ... Read More

Dutch bars are suing Heineken, Bavaria, and Grolsch for damages from price fixing. This follows an EU decision in April that fined the brewers. Inbev, who manged to ... Read More

To be honest, when I think about Oktoberfest I focus almost exclusively on the beer. But of course there is quite a lot more to the monster festival in ... Read More

In this terse little article from the Prague Daily Monitor, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek reportedly announced that the move to bring Budvar closer to privatization is not going to ... Read More

Beck's Oktoberfest is available nationwide in the US for the first time this year. I managed to find a couple of bottles of it and here are my tasting ... Read More

Ferne Arfin, About's Guide to UK for Visitors, has published another pub review. This time the pub is the Fisherman's Rest in Titchfield, Hampshire.