All About Beer Magazine

02/09/2025

Let's hear it for the real heroes of every game: the folks selling beer in the stands. Here's one story of slinging suds at the stadium.

Growing up in a family with three Heisman Trophy winners and NFL running backs (John Cappelletti and, through marriage, Alan Ameche and Glenn Davis), I never had to go far for my football fix. Games, memorabilia, awards banquets—I was blessed to have intimate access to a sport I loved. But it wasn...

02/08/2025

A lot of folks will watch tomorrow's big game just for the commercials. Ten years ago one Bud commercial got craft beer fans angry. The feelings linger to this day.

The spot remains a flashpoint for longtime craft beer fans, an easily recallable benchmark in the industry’s marketplace evolution.

02/05/2025

The commercial started with shots of A-B InBev’s breweries churning away. “Budweiser proudly a macro beer” appeared over the scenes as did the sentence, “It’s not to be fussed over.” Anyone in the know knew what was coming. Still, even 10 years on packs a marketing punch.

The spot remains a flashpoint for longtime craft beer fans, an easily recallable benchmark in the industry’s marketplace evolution.

02/03/2025

Pints and Panels with some early info on what the recently announced tariffs could mean for your drinks.

How will affect the alcohol industry

02/03/2025

Listen in as Scott Jennings of Sierra Nevada interviews Scott Brimmer of Japan's Brimmer Brewing to get insight on what's happening with the local beer scene. A new episode of the award winning Brewer to Brewer podcast is now available.

Scott Jennings of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. interviews Scott Brimmer of Brimmer Brewing Co.

02/02/2025

A well curated beer list is what soothes the soul in this age of brewery tap room overabundance. God save the beer bar. And this Fohn.

01/30/2025

BSG used to hide the candy bars like Easter eggs, tucking them between layers of grain bags. Sadly, that tradition no longer continues at RahrBSG because of allergy concerns. Instead, the Nut Rolls come in a plastic bag attached to the bill of lading on the side of the pallet.

If you work in a brewery you know about the Salted Nut Roll. But few actually know the origin of this sweet, salty brewers’ treat.

01/29/2025

The law marked the first time ever that the federal government had required alcohol to carry a health warning.

The law, too, arrived in an era much like our own of shifting drinking habits and fresh concerns over what people were putting into their bodies.

Based on the fallout from the 1988 law, an expanded alcohol warning label probably isn’t that much to worry about.

01/27/2025

On Nov. 18, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a requirement that alcohol producers slap a 41-word label on their packaging warning consumers that their product could cause accidents and health problems, including birth defects.

By the end of the decade, every producer would comply. And why not? The initial law carried a daily fine of $10,000 for noncompliance, a penalty that’s only grown through cost of living adjustments to $25,561 a day.

Based on the fallout from the 1988 law, an expanded alcohol warning label probably isn’t that much to worry about.

01/25/2025

Put away your tin foil hats, modern IPA didn’t kill craft beer.

Hazy IPA too often serves as the whipping post for any cold takes by grumpy old craft beer cowboys. People should let people drink what they like.

01/25/2025

Vault City has polarized the United Kingdom’s drinking scene, particularly on British social media and among beer geeks. The seven-year-old brewery creates sours and stouts that cause drinkers to either jump up in rage or sign up as avid fans.

Vault City might be an industrial estate just outside Edinburgh, but all this tinkering to match the correct flavor profile feels very W***y Wonka.

01/24/2025

Back at the happy place, one of the great local beer bars. A modern classic.

01/23/2025

Dill Clinton is the pro move to kick off a night in Portage, MI.

01/22/2025

The Brewers Association announced today the American Homebrewers Association will transition to an independent nonprofit outside the BA's umbrella. This brings to an end more than 40 years of connection between the two groups. The decision allows the AHA to chart its own course after several years of ups and downs and the BA to focus on its core business members, BA president Bart Watson said in a release.

01/22/2025

Common Space Brewery stepped up to help victims of the California fires with the We Love LA beer. Brewery co-founder Brent Knapp joins the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast to talk about the origins of the beer and how folks can help. He’s joined by Brian Avery of Bravery Brewing, who is also the president of the LA Brewers Guild.

We Love LA is a collaboration beer to help victims of the recent fires.

01/22/2025

Two Hearted at the source.

01/16/2025

What happens when you get two top brewers from two of the most respected breweries in the world together for a conversation? It’s a masterclass on quality, innovation, and tradition as Tobias Zollo the Head Brewmaster at the Bavarian State Brewery – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan interviews Scott Jennings the Technical Brewmaster of Sierra Nevada.

Tobias Zollo of Weihenstephan interviews Scott Jennings of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.