Love craft beer? Why not brew your own? The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) just helped our beer-mad country celebrate National Homebrew Day (May 7), which was established by Congress in 1988, and probably should be a federal holiday. They also promoted the AHA Big Brew , in...

Ah, beer, a topic most of us can agree on...right? Hardly. With so many new breweries and beers coming out it can be mind-boggling to keep up, and one beer lover’s heaven is often another’s hell (hmm, fruit beer, anyone?). But sites that crowd-source beer reviews do tell us a lot...

While red plastic solo cups or the occasional Mason jar will do in a pinch, the complexity and quality of craft beer cries out for better vessels. You wouldn’t serve a beautiful wine in a crummy old cup, so why would you do the same with a lovingly-crafted beer? It’s not just...

We were so busy drinking beer diligently reporting that we almost missed an important milestone. Weekly Pint officially launched in New York City a year ago in late January (with a beer and cheese bash, naturally). Since then we’ve crafted over 100 articles on everything from pairing...

Is spring here yet? Not quite, alas. But there’s a slew of beer week events across the country to tide us over. (Last May we previewed great beer fests in Philly, Chicago, Asheville, and Portland, OR; check that warm-weather list here and start planning ahead.) Organized by local...

Throughout 2012 there were new beers hitting the taps and shelves left and right. We did our best to sample and savor as many new releases as we could, recommending some of the best every four months. Below: the fruits of our thirsty work. These are also beers you ought to be able to find if...

The 2012 Great American Beer Festival (“GABF”) has just wrapped, and all around the country, tens upon tens of thousands of beer fans are getting back to normal life after the biggest party—and beer competition—imaginable. The happiest revelers? Those who took home...

Now you see ‘em, now you don’t. Unlike most craft beer styles that can be brewed any time of year (save for true, spontaneously-fermented Belgian lambic , made only in cold months), the U.S.’s most seasonal brews are fall’s fresh hop beers, brewed in August and...

It’s wild to consider that when craft beer as we know it started showing up in American taprooms—1980, for example, when Chico, CA’s Sierra Nevada roared to life—the top Billboard hits included Call Me by Blondie; Rock With You , by Michael Jackson, and Funkytown ,...

Imagine if you (with a tractor, land, and Swiss Family Robinson -level determination) decided to sow, grow, harvest, and mill your own grain; cultivate and gather your own hops and healthy yeast; and manage a pristine water supply (and that’s before you actually brew a drop). This is...