Yes, The Awl recently had a feature on making homemade beer ice cream, but now America’s Test Kitchen gets in on the game. What were my favorites after making gallons upon gallons of ice cream? Just like when you’re choosing a beer for drinking, there isn’t one best choice for ice cream. The only ground [...]
IPA is the most popular style of craft beer in America. Joe Long, over at Empty Growler, runs down eight IPAs that are worth seeking out. Among those he selected include: Sixpoint Resin, Stone Brewing: Ruination 10th Anniversary, Alpine Beer Co: Nelson, Three Floyds: Live A Rich Life, The Alchemist: Heady Topper, Against The Grain: [...]
The mecca of contemporary, modular Swedish furniture and meatballs is adding a dark lager to its product line. Yup, IKEA has officially launched a new beer called Öl Mörk Lager, that checks in at 4.7% ABV. This beer is only available for purchase in stores located in the UK for roughly $3. Brauerei Nemo Namenlos, based in [...]
Beer and baseball go together like the Internet and memes. In case you are wondering what MLB stadium has the best selection of beer, I’d wager it’s a tossup between Citizens Bank Park in Philly, PNC Park in Pittsburgh, and Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Angel Stadium of Anaheim | Los Angeles Angels | Anaheim, CA [...]
I more or less agree with the Boston Globe’s Steve Greenlee about the best new beers in Boston. However, I don’t understand how he can have this list and not have a beer from Night Shift Brewing, specifically its Trifecta or Bee Tea brews. Regardless, there’s never been a better time for craft beer in [...]
Pop Chart Labs latest gems is a gigantic map featuring more than 1,000 breweries operating in America. Prints of ‘The Breweries of the United States‘ are available for $24 and measures in at a monstrous seven square feet.
The Chicago Sun-Times has a great profile of Abigail B. Titcomb, a beer-brewing unicorn, according to Three Floyds Brewery‘s head brewer Chris Boggess. On a recent workday, the art school dropout and longtime bartender cases the joint in less than fashionable brown rubber boots. Her black T-shirt is splattered with mashed grain. Her flowing blond [...]
Japanese brewery Kirin has unveiled a frozen beer foam to keep brews cold and essentially amounts to a liquid beer slurpee. The frozen beer foam is created using a process where air is blown into the beer as it is slowly stirred and chilled to a temperature of -5 degrees Celsius. Ichiban Shibori Frozen Draft is currently available [...]
