Beer Of The Week:Â Weihenstephan/Sierra Nevada Braupakt
You’d be hard-pressed to find two breweries with more upstanding legacies than Weihenstephan and Sierra Nevada.…
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Drinkery is The Takeout's celebration of beer, liquor, coffee, and other potent potables.
Is artisanal ice bullshit?
Life never manages to be as simple we’d all hope. A kiss isn’t just a kiss; a job isn’t just a job; and a cocktail is…
How do you judge a coffeeshop? By its cappuccino
Recently I went out for beers with a friend who previously worked for a San Francisco coffee roaster, and we got to…
Ask Kate About Beer: What's the problem with beer flights?
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to…
Ranking frozen cocktails, from glorious to garbage
All-inclusive resorts are the worst thing to ever happen to frozen cocktails. I know this because as a young,…
How to make a perfectly passable margarita
Greetings. Today is National Tequila Day. This means many of you will hit a happy hour tonight, at which you’ll be…
Beer Of The Week: Why did it take so long to put Anchor Steam in cans?
San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing Co. is one of America’s most venerable craft breweries. It was turning out craft beer…
What's your perfect Monday-night beer?
Dads endure our good-natured ribbing over their jokes, their bods, their cargo shorts from Costco. But you know what…
Ask Kate About Beer: What exactly is cream ale?
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to…
5 beer-menu rules I wish all bars would follow
Between my job and my social life, I spend a good chunk of time drinking beer in bars. (I was once part of the team…
Chicago's Field Museum has released its own delightfully nerdy gin
I love science, I love history, I love good smells, and I love gin. I also love the Field Museum. As such, the…
Beer Of The Week: Say Helles yeah to Schlafly Summer Lager
Craft lagers are here in a big way, and I could not be more on board. My fellow drinkers looking to explore the non-ale…
Add a spoonful of yuzu marmalade to all your drinks
Every time I go to an Asian grocer (I live a few miles from an H-Mart, lucky me), I always see a shelf filled with this…
Ask Kate About Beer: What beer can I drink if can't stomach hops?
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to…
The future of IPAs is weird and wonderful, says craft beer pioneer Dick Cantwell
Dick Cantwell’s return to brewing has been a long time coming. When the board of Elysian, the well-respected Seattle…
Ask Kate About Beer: How can I find a cider that isn't too sweet?
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer Cider, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted…
We've engineered the perfect beermosa, now you can too
A beermosa is insanely easy to make—about as easy as, say, a mi-mosa. Beer, pale; orange juice, cold. Add the former to…
Craft lager is an oxymoron no more
Any oppositional subculture depends on a larger culture; there is no rebellion without a mainstream to rebel against. A…
Brut IPAs are the bone-dry, champagne-like beer hopheads can’t get enough of
Trends in IPAs beget new trends in IPAs. As exhaustion with the bitterness arms race of the 2000s spurred a sea change…
Beer Of The Week: Roadhouse Family Vacation blonde ale is my new summer jamÂ
Maybe you think that all easy-drinking beers—blonde ales, cream ales, etc.—are interchangeable: they’re light, pale,…
