If you are a craft beer lover, you probably already know that drinking from the bottle is a no-no when it comes to enjoying the complexities of good beer. What you may not know is that choosing the proper glass for a particular brew will help enhance the experience of drinking that particular beer. The [...]

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Beer labels are part advertising, part art. They can entice you to try a new brew or at least provide a treat for the eyes while your taste buds enjoy the treat on the other side of the label. One thing you aren’t likely to see on American beer labels is a depiction of the [...]

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The Brewers Association is a trade group that works to “promote and protect the U.S. craft brewing community’s interests.” Recently a BA’s Export Development Program went to China to showcase American craft beer in Shanghai and Beijing. Obviously, China’s 1.3 billion citizens represent a huge potential market for any product, including beer.
Here’s the press release:
Boulder, Colorado- December [...]

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We have covered many, many reasons that beer is good for you in moderation. Now Men’s Health has jumped on the bandwagon with 6 more reasons to drink beer and includes beers that illustrate those reasons. They choose a top pick for each category but also give several alternatives as well. So if you can’t [...]

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Boston Beer Company’s founder Jim Koch shares with Men’s Health TV how to taste a beer. He shows you how to pour the perfect beer then breaks beer tasting down to 4 steps and gives you the 3 things that make a beer great. Whether you like Sam Adams or not, this is a great [...]

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This gave me a chuckle so I thought I would share. Courtesy of those crazy but talented writers at Woot!, 11 Failed Beer Styles:

Gruel Stout
Twice-Baked Lager
Turbo-Pilsner
Steam Beer That Is Still Really Hot
Stale Ale
Dry-Humped APA
Luxembourg Gray
Lambicarbonate of Soda
Insect Pale Ale
Bud Light With Brown Food Coloring Irish Stout
Hefvergnügen

I think my favorite is Dry-Humped APA. I’ve been considering [...]

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Not long ago Chipper Dave set the interwebs abuzz by suggesting that Twitter might replace the pub as the sour economy keeps more people home. The fact that there was such a strong reaction, both positive and negative, indicates that the idea struck a chord with a lot of people.
Let’s take the discussion a step [...]

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Burleigh Brewing, a small independent craft brewer in Queensland, Australia, claims to have created the first no-carb beer. The 88 calorie BIGHEAD Beer is a “full-flavoured, full-strength lager that is 100% natural, free of additives and preservatives, and has a smooth, clean taste.” That’s an impressive claim.
Burleigh Brewing’s CEO, Peta Fielding, said BIGHEAD’s arrival would [...]

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Today Beer Utopia experienced a technical glitch that sent out dozens of Twitter alerts to our loyal followers. We humbly beg your forgiveness and promise it won’t happen again.
We understand the anger and confusion that followed this fiasco but rest assured this was not an attempt to take over the Twitterverse via brute force attack. [...]

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We’ve covered several beer pairing guides on Beer Utopia, as well as made our own suggestions, but this is the first interactive guide I have seen. It’s a seasonal guide so it’s the most complete I’ve seen and it was made for Michigan beer lovers but it’s worth a look. There is also some non-interactive [...]

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