Sep 19 Prost! Millions cheer with beer at Oktoberfest in Munich By Andrew Mach Beer drinkers from around the world converged in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, to raise a stein to the start of the 182nd Oktoberfest. Continue reading
Jul 10 There’s a story living in your beer’s DNA By Catherine Woods Dash Masland has a British fungus hanging on her wall. The fungus, framed in a picture, is beer yeast and the main ingredient in the farmhouse-style beer brewed in her Maine-based microbrewery. It is also her muse. The marine… Continue reading
Apr 07 8 things you didn’t know about beer By Shehryar Nabi, Nathalie Boyd, Tiet Tran Today is National Beer Day, and beer is doing rather well these days. Sales in all types of American beer increased last year, resulting in a total value of $101.5 billion for the industry. On top of that, a craft… Continue reading
Mar 31 A map of America’s 50 biggest craft breweries By Vanessa Dennis “Almost 75 percent of Americans now live within 10 miles of a brewery, so it’s not just one place. We’re seeing dynamic growth in a lot of different markets.”… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 6:14 In Soweto Gold beer, a taste of economic freedom By PBS News Hour Soweto, an enduring symbol of apartheid discrimination and impoverishment, is now home to the first microbrewery built in a black township. Special correspondent Martin Seemungal offers a look at South Africa's rising black middle class and what it means for… Continue watching
Jul 29 Fancy a Pint? Brew Throughout the World By Paul Solman Photo by Flickr user hakaider. Has all the talk about the debt ceiling left you wanting to reach for a cold one? Or several? How likely are they to be drowning their sorrows elsewhere in the world? You might… Continue reading
Jul 29 Fancy a Pint? Brew Throughout the World Photo by Flickr user hakaider. Has all the talk about the debt ceiling left you wanting to reach for a cold one? Or several? How are they likely to be drowning their sorrows elsewhere in the world?… Continue reading