How Did We Get to the Point of Hops as ‘Pointless Gimmick’?
Adrienne So, writing in Slate, has an unabashed takedown of hops in American craft beer. One big, big conclusion from the piece: “From a consumer’s standpoint, though, beers overloaded with hops are a...
View ArticleThe Audacity of Hops: The Cliff Notes
Sort of. My adaptation of the first few chapters of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution has dropped in the latest issue of All About Beer. It’s the late 1970s and it...
View ArticleMagic Hat-West Sixth: Déjà Vu All Over Again
Courtesy of Kentucky.com. The Magic Hat-West Sixth dispute got me to thinking of other times in the history of American craft beer that packaging, if not style, has seemed a little… deliberately...
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