On May 11th, Brienne Allan –Production Manager at Notch Brewing, in Salem, Massachussetts– asked her Instagram followers “what sexist comments have you experienced?” The result has been an outpouring, a flood really, of messages from women (and a handful of men) sharing their experiences. In response, Allan has made her Instagram story feed ( @ratmagnet…
Category: Note
In Memoriam
On October 4th the homebrewing world lost one of its most stalwart champions with the passing of Mike “Tasty” McDole. Mike was a world-renowned homebrewer, who also was part of many collaboration brews with commercial brewers, the most famous of which produced 21st Amendment’s “Tasty IPA” and, of course, Heretic’s “Evil 3″ triple IPA. Mike…
In Lima …
I’ve been in Lima a few days, and last night I went out for some beers with my cousin. We ended up at the Nuevo Mundo Draft Bar on Manuel Bonilla Street in the Miraflores district. I’ve mentioned Nuevo Mundo’s taproom before. As always the beer selection was good, but what made the night even…
On what is “craft” beer?
Watching Entre lúpulo y malta brought to mind the now-notorious video released last year by AbInBev in response to the Brewers Association’s introduction of its “Independent Craft Brewer” seal for use by breweries. In that video the founders of breweries recently acquired by AbInBev’s The High End division –10 Barrel, Wicked Weed, Elysian, Four Peaks,…