Pliny the Elder was created in 2000 as a special brew for the beer festival organized by Vic Kralj, owner of the Bistro in Hayward, California, in which only 10 breweries took part.
In the late 19th century, Anchor Brewing Company began brewing its famous Steam Beer, using local ingredients and giving up the lager brewing techniques popular at the time.
This version, especially the one produced in the 1970s–1990s, became the last direct commercial survivor of the original lineage of 18th-century London Imperial Stouts.
Neither Ozempic nor Mounjaro mentions alcohol in its product information, but Heineken has just warned British pubs and bars that these drugs reduce the desire to drink and that users spend 14% less on beer.
The history of the beer can, from the 1935 steel can to the cone top, aluminum, the pull tab, the Guinness widget and craft beer.
Bottle openers are part of our personal toolkit, on the key chain, in the backpack or packed as a basic utensil when we go camping.
Baked apple cider donuts, fluffy and coated in cinnamon sugar. The recipe makes 12 donuts and takes about an hour.
Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus is a traditional raspberry lambic (framboise) brewed annually in Brussels since 1909, although the current name was only first used in 1986.
When we drink Trappist beers, Belgium comes to mind first, yet these beers originated in France, a country not exactly known for its brewing tradition.
This year’s new feature is a new category, Women Collective of the Year, sponsored by CAMRA. The deadline for submissions closes on August 30.
Astringency is a tactile sensation that causes dryness and roughness on the tongue, palate, and gums. It originates from the interaction of tannins and other polyphenols with the proteins in saliva.
Cenosillicaphobia is the term for a peculiar and highly specific fear. It may sound unusual, and it could hold a fascinating set of emotions that reveal intriguing aspects of human psychology.
Pilsner Urquell ensures that wherever their beer is available on draft, a certified tapster is trained to serve it correctly. Discover the three traditional Czech service styles: Hladinka, Šnyt, and Mlíko.
Why is a slice of lemon placed on the neck of clear glass beer bottles and not on others? It is a mystery that has never really been clear until now.
Eichbaum, founded in 1679 in Mannheim, closes in 2026 after failing to find an investor. The rescue failed and around 270 employees lose their jobs at the city’s oldest brewery.
Tradition holds that Pythagoras, the celebrated mathematician and philosopher who founded his school in Croton, in southern Italy, grew tired of watching some of his disciples abuse wine during symposia.
Delirium Tremens is a Golden Belgian Strong Ale style beer originating from Melle, Belgium, brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe, with 8.5% ABV, 200 calories, and 26 IBU.
In German, the word for boot is Stiefel, hence Bierstiefel. The word Boot means boat, so the popular “Das Boot” is actually an American invention that, in Germany, sounds like the 1981 submarine film.
The Belgians point to fishermen from the Meuse River, who fried potato strips when the waters froze in the 17th century. The French point to street vendors at Paris’s Pont Neuf, who popularized them in the late 18th century.
The history of the St. Bernardus Brewery is strongly linked to two Trappist abbeys since the monks of Catsberg Abbey (Mont des Cats) decided to move to Belgium and settle in the small town of Watou.
India Pale Ale (IPA) is one of the most popular craft beer styles, but if you can’t handle hop-heavy beers, it could be because you perceive bitterness with greater intensity than others.
Traditional Japanese green tea known as matcha is no longer just a trend in specialty cafés, tea rooms, and restaurants. What happens when you mix it with beer?
Michael Jackson was far more than perhaps the greatest beer writer who ever lived. He was an educator and ambassador who revived interest in beer at its lowest point in quality, variety, and appreciation.
Historical records place the origin of kombucha in northeastern China, around 220 BC, where it was prepared as a medicinal drink known as hóngchájūn (red tea fungus, equivalent to black tea in the West).
Beer, Coca-Cola and cherry liqueur make the Goaßmass, a German cocktail that was hugely popular in the 1980s and is back with younger generations.
Cider is a fermented beverage made from apples, with a long and rich history intertwined with the introduction of apple trees (Malus domestica) to the Americas by the Spanish.
Gushing is an undesirable phenomenon in beer characterized by an excessive and violent release of carbon dioxide (CO₂) when opening a bottle or can, leading to an uncontrollable overflow of foam and liquid.
Belgian Saisons are historically beers rooted in farm life, whereas Belgian Grisettes are beers intrinsically rooted in mining and the Industrial Revolution.
Root beer is a soft drink made with roots, barks and spices. Learn about its origin, its ingredients, why it is called beer and whether it contains alcohol.
This story takes us to the great Pacific Northwest, home of vast barley fields and the two largest hop-producing regions in North America, the Yakima Valley and the Willamette Valley.
Things have changed a great deal in a world dominated mostly by men, as Trappist abbey breweries have been over the past few decades.
This sandwich, which blends culinary tradition and natural products with irresistible flavors, pays homage to the thin cut of beef called churrasco in its many variations.
Petrus Aged Red is brewed from a Double Brown Ale base blended with 15% Petrus Aged Pale, which gives the beer a dry character and a light bitter edge.
Hoegaarden Grand Cru is a Belgian Strong Ale brewed by Hoegaarden in Belgium, with 8.5% ABV, 29 IBU and 255 calories, best served in a Tulip or Snifter glass.
Duchesse de Bourgogne spends years maturing in oak barrels before reaching the glass—a process that has made it one of the most recognized Flanders Red Ales in Belgium.
Pilsner Urquell is the first beer of its kind in history and the one from which, for better or worse, all others in its style were developed. Its quality is guaranteed by the use of the original recipe.
Houblon Chouffe Bière Tripel IPA represents a unique fusion of the English IPA tradition, the American Double IPA revolution, and the Belgian Tripel heritage.
Fuller’s London Pride is one of England’s most iconic beers and a true emblem of the Best Bitter style, appreciated by generations of beer lovers around the world.
Sierra Nevada launched this Pale Ale in 1980 and brought Cascade hops to the center of the recipe, marking the starting point of the citrus profile that would later define hundreds of American IPAs.
Unlike all other Trappist breweries, Orval produces only one variety of beer for the general public, with just 15% of its total production available for export.
Westvleteren 12 (XII) Abt. is virtually a modern brewing legend, consistently ranked among the world’s best beers for years in publications and industry rankings.
El Gaitero Clásica is the sparkling cider of the Asturian house founded in 1890 in Villaviciosa, extra semi-dry, 4.1%, with ample bubbles and firm acidity.
Made in Kopparberg, Sweden, by a brewery founded in 1882, Kopparberg Pear is the 4.5% sweet perry the brand suggests serving over plenty of ice.
The pinnacle of the St. Bernardus portfolio is a dark-colored, ivory-foamed, top-fermented beer that is easy to drink due to its smooth flavor and fruity aroma.
Excessive alcohol consumption is a disorder that can have serious consequences for the health of affected individuals, the immediate family environment, and society as a whole.
To start this top 10 of the best-selling beers in the world, we can comment that for 2020, most of them are on the way to generating an impressive sum of 688.4 billion dollars in sales.
The big brewers trade on the NYSE, Euronext and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. A guide to investing in AB InBev, Heineken, Carlsberg, Constellation Brands and Molson Coors from Latin America and Spain.
We invited Rob Tod, founder of Allagash Brewing Co., to share 20 practical lessons for brewery success learned over 25 years of activity. This was his response.
The Brews to Barns Act would give small US breweries 8 cents per pound of spent grain donated to farms, capped at $35,000 a year.
The best-selling beer in each Latin American country with 2024 to 2026 data, from Brazil and Mexico to Costa Rica, and the brewing groups that control the market.
Corona Extra is the world’s most valuable beer brand in 2026, worth $13.9 billion. Brand Finance ranking plus the historic 2018 list.
Next Glass acquired BeerAdvocate in February 2020 in a deal that brought under one roof the oldest beer review community on the internet and the world’s most popular consumption tracking app.
Climate change is not only transforming ecosystems and altering weather patterns but is also putting at risk one of humanity’s most iconic cultural products: beer.
Munich’s Hofbräuhaus was founded in 1589 as the Bavarian ducal court brewery. Its history, its halls and what happened there in 1920.
The discovery of a 220-year-old beer bottle recovered from the Sydney Cove, sunk in Australian waters near Tasmania, has inspired the creativity of a team of researchers.
The beverage, named “Ocho punto ocho” (8.8), combines the characteristic flavor of the terremoto with a different nutritional profile, standing out for its lower sugar content and half the calories compared to the homemade version.
Untappd, the most widely used beer check-in and rating app in the world, released version 5.0 on October 15, 2026, and with it adds wine, liquor and spirits to its catalog.
Every consumer already has their preferences: some reject cans while others love the creative designs they can carry. This article cuts through the aesthetics to lay out the objective facts on which format is better depending on the conditions.
A Saison and a Sweet Stout start from similar original gravities but end up at opposite extremes, one very dry and the other sweet. The difference lies in how much work the yeast did and in what it left unfermented.
To identify S. chiloensis as a new species, scientists used an integrative taxonomy approach, combining analysis of genomic sequences, reproductive isolation studies, and phenotypic analyses.
If you have ever visited Ireland, you have surely tasted a Kilkenny, Murphy’s or Guinness beer in one of its many pubs with a spirit that exudes authenticity from every corner.
You do not simply request an “IPA recipe”; instead, you instruct Claude Code to first analyze the ingredient inventory, evaluate the cooling capacity of the equipment, and propose a mashing process that favors the desired final body.
Historically, brewers around the world have used locally available water to brew their beer, leading to the development of beer styles associated with specific mineral water profiles found in those places.
The STC-1000 temperature controller lets you manually set the temperature of a fermenter or conditioning vessel placed inside a suitably sized refrigerator, freezer or cooler.
This study, published in Foods, represents the first systematic analysis of umami peptides present in lager beer and their multidimensional effects on the sensory properties of the beer body.
Our phone is the first thing we check in the morning and the last thing we see before going to sleep. It’s your biggest opportunity to communicate with your customers and make an impression.
Despite their popularity among brewers, these events are not always perceived by the market as a showcase of innovation and quality, but rather as a mirror that mainly reflects the industry’s limitations.
The Brews to Barns Act would give small US breweries 8 cents per pound of spent grain donated to farms, capped at $35,000 a year.
Grupo Modelo hands over the store ready to operate and pays the rent, and the operator puts up an initial investment that starts at 60,000 pesos, according to the company itself, and that goes entirely toward inventory.
The decline is especially marked among young people aged 15 to 24, who have reduced their usual consumption by around 60% over the last two decades. Spain is the fifth country in the European Union with the most abstainers.
Next Glass acquired BeerAdvocate in February 2020 in a deal that brought under one roof the oldest beer review community on the internet and the world’s most popular consumption tracking app.
Over 500,000 people of Palestinian descent live in Chile today, where second, third, and fourth-generation families keep alive the language, traditions, and memory of a territory many have never been able to return to.
The big brewers trade on the NYSE, Euronext and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. A guide to investing in AB InBev, Heineken, Carlsberg, Constellation Brands and Molson Coors from Latin America and Spain.
That relationship was described by the English chemist William Henry, and today it rules everything from the bottle cap to the regulator on a keg. That is why a British ale, a weissbier and a Czech pilsner can feel so different in the glass.
Several mistaken ideas about beer tears are going around, and they come from the world of wine and whisky. That they reveal quality, that glycerol produces them or that they form because alcohol concentrates at the top of the glass.
PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a large family of synthetic compounds built on carbon-fluorine bonds, among the most stable in chemistry.
The figures vary widely between countries, from 4 particles per liter in the United States to more than 90 in Spain. Much of that difference lies in how they are measured and understanding that matters as much as the number.
Hops bring their own enzymes that break down dextrins and reactivate the yeast after dry hopping. What hop creep is, how much alcohol and CO₂ it adds and how to stop it.
