It was a great night with really great fresh IPA brews at the Oakmont National Pub in Havertown to start out Philly Beer Week 2010 on Tuesday June 8th. Ten local homebrewers brewed a special IPA for the evening’s competition for the coveted Oakmont Cup (OK, it’s the first year, but it’s still coveted!). Patrons ...
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Written by pcherpack on June 13, 2010
The statistics are proving what beer enthusiasts have long assumed – while beer as the major category of all alcoholic beverages is slightly declining (by .04% in 2005) craft beer is indeed booming in popularity. For the 36th straight year craft beer has gown in popularity – up 8% in 2004, 9% in 2005 and the early results suggest the craft beer segment has grown to 11% in 2006). Craft beer now Read More No Comments
Written by admin on August 5, 2009
Actually, all beers are either lagers or ales – it refers to the two main ways beers are brewed. A “Lager” is not a brand, it’s a whole type of beer with many different styles and brands.
When a beer is brewed, it can be either an “ale” or a “lager”. Ales were the first beers, a type brewed since 4000 BC. Traditionally brewed quickly at warmer temperatures, ales usually have Read More No Comments
Written by admin on August 3, 2009
Over the past few month media outlets across the nation have gleefully pointed out that beer has lost US market share to wine and hard liquor for the first time in memory. From 1998 through 2004 beer’s dominance of the alcoholic beverage market has slipped 59.6% to 58.1%. Conversely wine and spirit consumption has grown by about 1.5%. Over the last two months I found articles in the Philadelphia Read More No Comments
Written by admin on July 20, 2009
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