The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a trilateral trade bloc with America, Canada and Mexico that eliminates tariffs and duties on products. It’s been helping grow the North… Read More

Excess equals success perfectly sums up Epic Brewing’s attitude toward its beers. But brewing to excess and still coming away with a quality, drinkable beer is no small feat. The… Read More

I refuse to believe anyone who says they don’t like beer because they are likely only drawing from the narrowest of definitions of “beer.” Scan the list of the nearly… Read More

The Pacific Northwest is the mecca of hop breeding. Oregon, Washington and Idaho grow 97 percent of the hops in the United States. For more than 100 years, Oregon State… Read More

We sort of missed this when it came out in August, but hey, better late than never. Birko, a leader in providing food safety solutions for the brewing, protein and… Read More

Arabicadabra isn’t around for very long — mostly October, really — so hit your stores today to find any leftovers. It’s worth your cash because Bell’s Brewery’s magical coffee stout… Read More

Three years ago, Ninkasi Brewing Co., an independent craft brewery based in Eugene, Ore., set its sights on a beer launch like no other and in July 2014, the Ninkasi… Read More

New Belgium Brewing’s latest special release, La Folie Grand Reserve: Geisha Sour Ale, blends the much sought-after Panama Geisha coffee with New Belgium’s award-winning La Folie. The result? An elegant,… Read More

The Brewers Association has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to fund public hop breeding for the purpose of developing and releasing disease resistant… Read More

For as abundant as hops are (and there’s possibly too many of them now) they sure are a fickle, expensive undertaking for growers. Plus, we have to wait for harvest… Read More