What exactly is craft beer? Can it be defined? Do BrewDog make craft beer? Let’s explore what craft beer means...
Trying to define craft beer is a difficult task, as beer can be very subjective and a personal experience. However, our parent organization, the Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group that protects and promotes small and independent U.S. brewers, defines anAmerican craft breweras ...
The Brewers Association currently recognizes more than 150beer styles. Many of today’s craft brewers also stray from brewing to style completely. That is what makes their craft brewed beers so interesting. Craft brewers tend to be very involved in their communities through philanthropy, beer donati...
What Is Craft Beer?: Greg and Karl go on a trip to visit some veteran brewers. On the menu: Butter Steak.
What Is Craft Beer?: Greg and Karl go on a trip to visit some veteran brewers. On the menu: Butter Steak.
So I do really feel a UK definition is needed – and if I was to come up with a strong and less vague definition I think I would use and always refer to Dan Shelton’s 5 point definition of what a craft beer is: Ingredients – does the brewer seek the best possible ingredients or...
IPA beer is divisive—it’s either the savior of the beer drinker’s world, or it can be delightfully described as having a foul aftertaste. However you feel about the flavor, the rising popularity of IPA beers as part of the “craft beer movement” has been responsible for a boom in ...
Oktoberfest beer is everywhere, but the popular style can be confusing. Here, craft brewers explain the two camps: festbier and märzen.
The question is, when does a craft brewery stop being craft? The basic issue isgrowth. And Boston Beer and Sierra Nevada are perfect examples: self-styled craft breweries that found success and grew, paving the way for the myriad craft breweries that followed (there were 3,464 independent br...
While the relationship between grapes and wine is plain to see from the colour and flavour, hops play a more complex role in craft brewing. We thought we'd briefly describe what they are and how they influence the brew. Hops used in beer making are a flower of the plant called the ...