Calls to turn November 6th—which is Election Day, please tell me you knew that—into a national holiday have been around for years. But the campaign has a new, vocal, and perhaps unlikely backer: a brewery. Patchouge, New York-based Blue Point Brewery, which has been owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev since 2014, today took…
Despite my proclamation that craft lagers are certifiably a big deal, I realize we’ve been devoting an awful lot of newsprint pixels to IPAs and haze and hops recently. Let’s swing the pendulum back to a lighter, more malt-focused style, shall we? While drinking this Framingham, Massachusetts-brewed Post Shift pilsner…
A College Republican group at the University of Washington has threatened to sue a local bar after the bar in question asked the group not to host its “Beers 4 Brett” party there. Local station KIRO7 reports that, after seeing the group’s Facebook event designed to celebrate the Senate confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh…
It was just one word, but it cut right to the bone.
Natural Light is to college parties as seedy couches are to college parties. And the beer brand, owned by Anheuser-Busch, totally embraces this with its new 77-pack of cans, available exclusively around the College Park, Maryland area (home to the University Of Maryland).
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about beer but were too drunk to ask. Have a question? Shoot it to beer@thetakeout.com.
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about beer but were too drunk to ask. Have a question? Shoot it to beer@thetakeout.com.
Brewers dreamed up the idea of breakfast stouts so they could combine a stout’s inherent chocolate-roastiness with subtle additions of coffee and maple syrup. Genius, right? One detail to note about breakfast stouts, though, is that they often pack a boozy wallop, somewhere in the 8 percent or above range. Sure, you…
I have a fridge full of beer at home, and yet I’ll still find myself out on a Friday night at my favorite bar in town. Why? Bars offer much more than just what’s in your glass: The best are refuges where we find a friendly face, a listening ear, and sometimes a sympathetic pat on the back. I’m not going to go all …
I was a New Jersey resident until the age of 18—I still have the cell-phone area code to prove it—so I try to keep an eye trained on that state’s beer scene. Earlier this week, Garden State beer folks began messaging me: Had I seen the new brewery regulations? People were calling them “draconian” and “pretty messed…
Public service announcement for dopes like me who always want to see nature spectacles and always miss them: Get outside tonight! Although earthsky.org tells me that I missed the full Harvest Moon last night (classic), tonight should be pretty close. Whether you want to sing a Neil Young song while you’re watching is…
The president of Southeast Missouri State University issued an apology this weekend after video of him drinking from a beer bong during a football tailgate drew criticism. (The video was widely circulated via Barstool Sports’ SEMO Twitter account, which I won’t link to because of reasons.) The president, Dr. Carlos…
It is admirable that some Asheville, North Carolina-area teens want to stay on the straight-and-narrow, choosing not to poison their already confused adolescent brains with alcohol. Good on them. They’re concerned, though, that retail stores aren’t cracking down as hard as they could on underage kids trying to buy…
This past weekend, I attended my fourth Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer festival in America. It’s held annually in Denver, and has been steadily growing in size over its 37-year history. This year, more than 800 breweries poured more than 4,000 beers. Approximately 62,000 people attended over the course…
I’m in Denver for the annual Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer festival in the country. More than 800 breweries are here pouring more than 4,000 beers—and that’s just inside the festival itself. Outside of the three-day event, there are countless tap takeovers, brunches, happy hours, special beer…
While I’m in Denver for the three-day drinking marathon known as the Great American Beer Festival, beer and food have been on my mind even more than they usual are (if that’s possible). Specifically, I’ve been more mindful of the ways a particular beer can draw out a dish’s flavors, or the way that a certain bite can…
Sept. 20Â update: After 635 days, the Cleveland Browns finally broke their 19-game losing streak tonight by beating the New York Jets, 21-17. WKYC in Cleveland reports that as promised, the padlocks on the coolers of Bud Light placed all over the city were then ceremoniously opened.
Do you care what Jim Gaffigan’s beer preferences are? I really don’t. His whole schtick is that he’s a goofy, uncool dad, so whatever brewski he likes to crack open after mowing the lawn and coaching T-ball is none of my concern. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale? Sam Adams Boston Lager? Bud Light Lime-A-Rita? Whatever, man. But…
Beers with a not-so-subtle wink and nod to marijuana are nothing new; after all, hops and marijuana are related in certain molecular ways. (Notably, both contain terpenes, which are responsible for similar aromas in hops and cannabis.) But brewers have lately entered a sort of arms race to see just how much dank weed…
Adolphus Busch V—who in addition to having one hell of a name is also the great-great-grandson of the founder of Anheuser-Busch—isn’t betting on beer. Instead, the New York Post reports, he’s putting his bucks behind legal weed with a new marijuana vape-pen company called ABV Cannabis. And he’s not the only one: Heir…
