tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:30:03 +0000beerNew England IPAYeastcraft beereaten by the younggift ideashopssciencesmuttynosespace2017 Beer IndustryAlchemistAvengersBeersBiergartenBrewBrewers AssociationBreweryCAMRACharles DenbyCollaborativeDůmGMOIPAInfinity WarInternational Women's DayJay KeaslingJámaLagunitasLes MoulesMarvelMystic BreweryPairingPairingsPilot ScalePink BootsPivovar BastaPivovar u BulovkyPivovarský KlubPraguePrague Beer MuseumPražský MostRachel LiRunnymeade InvestmentsSocietyStrahovStyle GuidelinesTheory and Practice of BrewingThrowbackTreehouseU MedvídkůU PinkasůU flekuVostokanchor liberty alebank auctionbarley genomebarsbeer blogging fridaybeer businessbeer festivalsbeer in spacebeergardenbookbottlebrewery growthbrewingbrewing in spacebrewpubsbus tourcentrifugescitraclarificationclubscontinuous mashingdesigndietdiversityexpansionexperiencefathers dayfestivalsfuture of brewinggeraniolheirloom barleyhistoryhop growinglinaloolmaltmarketingmedicinal hopsmiddle sized brewersmodifiedmufti-cellular yeastorganicoutdooroxidationproteolyticrecombinantredevelopmentseacoast new hampshirestrategiesstylethe sessiontransgenicweight-losswestfaliayeast biologyEnjoyed simply, or thoughtfully, beer is a complete refreshment.http://www.beerthoughts.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-3536846243085235291Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:29:00 +00002018-07-16T11:48:41.469-04:00beerdietweight-loss I wish I could share a secret technique to losing 40+ lbs in the span of three months, while drinking no less than 7 beers a week.  I'd feel a lot better about having put myself in the position to make this claim, if the only way out was to become a joyless obsessive and eat nothing but kale between shifts on the treadmill.  It hasn't been that hard at all.  I've eaten cake http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/07/losing-weight-and-loving-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-7082668966073407807Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:02:00 +00002018-06-19T14:04:01.911-04:00hopsmaltNew England IPAYeastOnce seen as a key differentiation between better and mass marketed beer, the 2-row barley malt may now be the least important ingredient in a brewery.  Malt has disappeared from our beer conversations.  There are still palettes stacked high with 50 lb bags, and fork lifts. By weight, it's still beer's second largest ingredient, after water of course.  However it's lost our http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/06/the-post-malt-era-of-american-craft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-2135834637624685890Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:11:00 +00002018-06-04T15:16:05.897-04:00beerfathers daygift ideasJune is a busy month with graduations, the coming of summer, and the wind down of the school year.  Fathers day always seems to come out of no where.  No worries.  Here are some ideas for the last minute father's day shopper. Beer Tour Beer tourism is a real and growing business segment.  Your city probably has one or two operators guiding minibus loads of attendees to http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/06/fathers-day-gift-ideas-for-beer-lover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-2578932794004877268Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:16:00 +00002018-06-01T10:16:39.469-04:00beermarketingstrategiesI'm not envious of the youngsters starting out in an era when good beer is available on every street corner.   Yes, things have never been more exciting in US Micro brewing but I feel the grip of  nostalgia.  New breweries are opening almost weekly.  New taprooms draw crowds to taste new, photogenic beers.  Novelty, at times, seems to surpass quality in importance tohttp://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/06/nostalgia-and-new-ideas-craft-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-1808646514549878634Mon, 07 May 2018 17:42:00 +00002018-05-07T13:42:10.783-04:00Craft Beer is the Strangest Happiest Economic Story in America - Derek Thompson at the The Atlantic tries to make sense of trends in the craft beer business.  The good guys seem to be winning.  What gives?  Upcoming Improvements to the Tree House Experience - Yes, less than a year after their expansion, Tree house is doing it again - sort of.  The house that New England IPAhttp://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/05/happy-storytree-house-expands-canned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-557396925291328156Thu, 03 May 2018 19:23:00 +00002018-05-03T19:33:44.365-04:00brewery growthexpansionPilot ScaleredevelopmentThe concept of brewery expansion is being redefined.  Growth, in this industry, isn't about capacity.  Some notable breweries who chased volumes to financial ruin.  Expansion has become more about access, and creative capability.  To borrow some bland corporate buzz words, craft breweries are right sizing and diversifying.  Craft beer drinkers are a promiscuous lot. http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/05/growing-small-emphasis-on-pilot-scale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-7182582257694138871Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:49:00 +00002018-04-30T11:02:48.413-04:00anchor liberty alebeer businessCAMRAdiversity The Story of Anchor Liberty Ale: The Beer that Started the Craft Revolution "Michael Jackson, the famed beer writer, called Anchor Liberty Ale the first modern American ale".  A great look at craft beer's roots. What should CAMRA do now to save cask ale – and itself? The better beer movement in the US is generally may occasionally struggle with the limits of it's David v. Goliath http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/04/liberty-diversity-farms-and-money-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-6437376275354289395Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:05:00 +00002018-04-27T14:50:58.255-04:00AvengersbeerBeersInfinity WarMarvelPairingPairingsMarvel's great cinematic event Avengers: Infinity War is upon us.  Let us not puzzle over where the coveted infinity stones are hiding, or even wonder who will survive this (or more definitively the next installment).  Let us consider our heroes in their last hours of peace.  What would the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and other heroes enjoy when they crack open a beer? http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-beer-pairing-brews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-1789355091743323420Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:14:00 +00002018-04-21T09:18:40.680-04:00BrewCollaborativeInternational Women's DayPink BootsSocietyI wasn't moved, or even surprised when the social corners of my internet neighborhood filled with pink wellies on International Women's day.  Yes, it seemed bigger, and pinker than in years past.  It also seems that we are past the time for subtlety in the women's movement.  There's a need for catharsis.  Progress too.  But beer isn't going to change the world by itself.&http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/04/what-do-pink-boots-collaboration-beers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-2390782470051503086Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:01:00 +00002018-04-19T16:02:27.199-04:00beerbottledesignspacestyleVostok Vostok Space Beer Bottle    Is it time for Craft beer to move into the final frontier?  An Australian partnership believes so.  4 Pines Brewing and Saber Astronautics have partnered to design both a bottle for use in space, and a beer to suit the pallet of zero g drinkers.  They call it Vostok Space Beer, honoring the craft that sent Yuri Gregarin into space, http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/04/beer-bottle-and-beer-for-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-4325301681896940382Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:01:00 +00002018-04-06T16:32:21.360-04:00beerbeer blogging fridaybeergardenBiergartencraft beerexperienceoutdoorthe session Beer Blogging Friday: The Session is a monthlyevent for the beer blogging community, begun in March of 2007 by Stan Hieronymus of Appellation Beer and Jay Brooks of the Brookston Beer Bulletin. This month, Tom Cizaukas of Yours for Good Fermentables poses beer bloggers of the question What is a Beer Garden?  Is it a specific type of place, or is it a feeling?  It's not exactly an http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/04/session-134-what-is-beer-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-1925703954835720215Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:55:00 +00002018-03-29T15:00:52.334-04:00Breweryeaten by the youngRunnymeade Investmentsseacoast new hampshiresmuttynoseThrowbackThe rise, fall and apparent resurrection of Smuttynose is the story of the craft beer industry as a whole.  There's growth in the industry, as the Brewers Association reports, but the story is changing from the simple David vs. Goliath narrative of craft beer vs. big beer, of quality vs. quantity, to something else.  It's also a story of complacency and change.  Of new generations,http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/03/eaten-by-its-young-smuttynose-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-2984851006516764489Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:56:00 +00002018-03-29T14:56:19.676-04:002017 Beer Industrybank auctionbus toureaten by the youngmiddle sized brewerssmuttynose Brewers Association Infographic The business of craft beer continues to grow both in barrels of beer, and in dollars.  The Brewer's Association just published headline data from their annual assessment of industry trends.  It's teasing out a more detailed presentation at the Craft Brewer's Conference at the end of April. Here are a few key take aways from the data shared so far. http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/03/box-scores-for-craft-beer-business-2017.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-7129731124999884844Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:39:00 +00002018-04-02T10:53:55.102-04:00beer in spacebrewing in spaceCharles Denbyfuture of brewinggeraniolJay KeaslingLagunitaslinaloolmodifiedRachel LirecombinantYeastyeast biology Brewer's yeast has been modified to make both alcohol, and hop aromas by researchers at Berkeley and the US Department of Energy's Joint Bioenergy Lab.  Charles Denby, Rachel Li, Jay Keasling and a number of collaborators recently published a paper in Nature Communications. They describe a technique to modify brewers yeast to express two molecules known to contribute hop flavor and aroma.&http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/03/dear-science-will-yeast-engineering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-5152444838789306287Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:53:00 +00002018-03-23T12:38:16.667-04:00AlchemistBrewers AssociationIPANew England IPAStyle GuidelinesTreehouseThe New England IPA is officially a thing.  The Brewers Association recently released their 2018 Style Guidelines and included three new categories capturing New England's great gift to tap room trends: the Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale, IPA, or Double IPA.  Yes, a full 30% of the association's 10 categories of Pale or India Pale Ales attempt to describe the darling of Instagraming craft http://www.beerthoughts.com/2018/03/new-adventures-in-taxonomy-hazy-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-5373860251549398955Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-11-10T08:00:12.429-05:00Just how big is too big for craft beer?  The most recent story of a brewery being too big for its craft business came from a surprising location: Vermont.  Specifically the Alchemist, which shocked the New England beer scene by increasing it's hermit-like withdrawal from the Craft Beer community.  Quite possibly to increase engagement, or at least tolerance within its own communityhttp://www.beerthoughts.com/2013/11/craft-beer-continues-to-struggle-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-6731889967133829259Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:10:00 +00002018-03-23T11:08:03.606-04:00An NPR story went wide today describing how American Small Brewers are chipping away at the market share enjoyed by the country's former big 3 brewers.  It continues to spin the increasingly tired David v. Goliath story that champions the little guys as they struggle against the big business establishment.  Is this narrative still relevant?  Is it even appropriate to reduce trends http://www.beerthoughts.com/2013/10/craft-beer-is-telling-wrong-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-5109479382493005469Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:01:00 +00002018-03-23T09:23:26.084-04:00This past Saturday, I returned to the Seacoast NH beer circuit I'd too neglected.  When Kate became pregnant, we decided to let our Smuttynose big beer subscription lapse.  What would I do with all of that delicious beer and a jealous wife?  Clearly, no good could come of it.  Should I have been suprised that the Saturday social held for the Scotch Ale's release drew a larger http://www.beerthoughts.com/2013/10/so-much-changes-in-so-little-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-2349363116423197082Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:44:00 +00002018-03-26T13:18:47.272-04:00beer festivalsbookclubsgift ideas The gift of beer itself may seem obvious, but it is fraught with pitfalls. Especially if the gift giver is not as knowledgeable, experienced, or perhaps as jaded as the intended recipient. Craft beer lovers tend to have promiscuous taste buds. They crave new and exciting, and occasionally hard to find beers. How can anyone hope to keep track of another person's sense of new. You may have http://www.beerthoughts.com/2012/11/holiday-gift-ideas-for-beer-lover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-4596279761588100802Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:30:00 +00002018-04-20T14:28:16.763-04:00beercontinuous mashinghop growingmufti-cellular yeastorganicspaceLet's face it .  Beer is a commodity.  Throughout the history of brewing, the content and character of beer has been influenced by the costs of ingredients, brewing processes, and direct or indirect costs associated with batch inconsistencies.  Even though 21st century propserity allows the resurection of higher cost/higher flavor brewing.  It's silly to think that the embracehttp://www.beerthoughts.com/2012/11/dear-science-where-does-this-lead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-2996228879518297975Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:01:00 +00002012-10-25T21:01:06.608-04:00citraGMOheirloom barleyhopsmedicinal hopsMystic BreweryoxidationproteolyticsciencetransgenicIt's impossible for traditional crafts to exist in a vacuum, isolated from the innovations and discoveries of the modern world.  Brewing is no different.  It's a craft rejuvenated by home brewers returning to the traditions of the past, and entrepreneurs who followed their passions into a battle against Goliaths of commerce and misconception often romanticizing the individual artisan http://www.beerthoughts.com/2012/10/dear-science-are-you-flavoring-my-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-6700037968748672423Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:48:00 +00002012-11-18T07:16:55.351-05:00barley genomebeerhistoryscienceTheory and Practice of Brewing This week, Nature published a paper entitled "A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome".    Promotional Press releases were quick to link this achievement to potential crop improvements.  The London Press wasted no time in connecting the dots to beer.  "Improvements" are changes, and the craft beer community greets all changes with http://www.beerthoughts.com/2012/10/dear-science-what-have-you-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-5615865153451072230Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:52:00 +00002012-11-16T07:01:28.381-05:00barsbeerbrewpubsDůmfestivalsJámaLes MoulesPivovar BastaPivovar u BulovkyPivovarský KlubPraguePrague Beer MuseumPražský MostStrahovU flekuU MedvídkůU PinkasůBeneath a fairy tale skyline of spires, domes, and towers, a modern city of industry and commerce sits upon cobblestone streets and ancient bridges.  Prague is a maddening riddle.  Brilliant minds like Franz Kafka and Bohumil Hrabal relied upon surrealistic visions to make sense of it.  Despite the city’s complex and frankly tumultuous history, there’s a millennia of brilliantly http://www.beerthoughts.com/2012/10/beer-destinations-prague.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962964335447558172.post-3656899951608808904Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:50:00 +00002012-10-19T17:54:46.838-04:00brewingcentrifugesclarificationcraft beerwestfaliaI clicked into a link to catch up activities at local brewery Jack's Abby, and was surprised by one of the ads on the site.  A Westfalia centrifuge?  Did clever ad AI figure out that I was a little interested in quoting a pilot unit for work?  Nope.  This ad was sold directly to the site. It just seemed wildly out of place on a Craft Beer and Brewery website There's a lot of http://www.beerthoughts.com/2012/10/centrifuges-in-brewing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0