FEATURES Archives | Ale Street News https://alestreetnews.com/category/features/ Beer News Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:22:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Wet and Wild Times for Irish Craft Beer https://alestreetnews.com/wet-and-wild-times-for-irish-craft-beer/ https://alestreetnews.com/wet-and-wild-times-for-irish-craft-beer/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:31:05 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=6645 By Tony Forder, tony@alestreetnews.com There may be better times to visit Ireland, but at least in February you’re mostly clear of the tourists, except in Dublin that is. You’ll never be clear of the tourists there, but that’s OK, it’s what keeps the city humming....

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]]> https://alestreetnews.com/wet-and-wild-times-for-irish-craft-beer/feed/ 2 I’m Not an Iron Maiden Fan…yet https://alestreetnews.com/iron-maiden/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:01:08 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=6559 Bodebrown's Samuel Cavalcanti with Brazilian brewed Trooper.

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]]> Big Step for Barcade https://alestreetnews.com/big-step-for-barcade/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:54:54 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=6016 Barcade, the pioneers of retro video game and craft beer bars just took a major step.

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]]> Denver Sidebar – A Fistful of Oenobeer https://alestreetnews.com/denver-sidebar-fistful-oenobeer/ Wed, 29 May 2019 14:46:03 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5704 by Warren Monteiro Alex Liberati, who opened Rome’s best craft bar Brasserie 4:20 ten years ago with an IPA named Revelation Cat, got tired of paying exorbitant taxes there. In a sea change, he moved to Denver. And last year, right after GABF, he opened Liberati...

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]]> Charlie Papazian Looks Backward – and Forward https://alestreetnews.com/charlie-papazian-looks-back-forward/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 11:27:26 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5661 By Tony Forder This interview was conducted in Boulder, CO in January on the occasion of homebrew guru and craft beer instigator Charlie Papazian’s independence (retirement) from the Brewers Association.  ASN: Did you ever imagine that home brewing and craft brewing would progress this far?...

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]]> Dogfish Head Reprises American Beauty Pale Ale for National Record Store Day https://alestreetnews.com/dogfish-head-record-shop-day/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:42:27 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5622 For this year’s National Record Store Day Dogfish Head brewery turned to one of their favorite collaborators – the Grateful Dead. Now in their fifth year as the Official Beer of Record Store Day, Dogfish Head is bringing back the fan-favorite American Beauty pale ale. They’re also turning up...

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]]> Inside the CIA – Brewmaster Teaches Students Brewing Tricks https://alestreetnews.com/inside-cia-brewmaster-teaches-students-brewing-tricks/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:07:15 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5540 Brewery at the CIA Brewmaster Hutch Kugeman with students of his Art & Science of Brewing lab class by Tony Forder Hutch Kugeman would seem to have a dream job. He’s in charge of the Brewery at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) where he...

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]]> Pittsburgh’s New Brewing Scene https://alestreetnews.com/pittsburghs-new-brewing-scene/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 01:49:01 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5423 A regional collaboration for Sierra Nevada Resilience was brewed at East End Brewing.  Pictured brewers are from Boxcar, Church Brew Works, Clarion River, East End, Hop Farm, Insurrection, North Country, Recon, Roundabout and War Streets. by Bryan Kolesar thebrewlounge@gmail.com Last time around the mash tun...

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]]> Editor’s Blog, The Latest in Style-Defying Beers; New Craft Definition https://alestreetnews.com/editors-blog-the-latest-in-style-defying-beers-new-craft-definition/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:14:10 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5370 by Tony Forder tony@alestreetnews.com There seems to be a new style emerging in the ever-evolving craft beer world – Style Defying. Brewers appear to be trying to outdo each other in creating “kitchen sink” beers that are impossible to fit into any accepted beer style,...

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]]> Iron Hill Going from Strength to Strength https://alestreetnews.com/iron-hill-going-strength-strength/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:36:23 +0000 https://alestreetnews.com/?p=5355 Director of Brewing Operations Mark Edelson (right) with Brewmaster Chris Lapierre in the new Center City brewhouse. By Tony Forder tony@alestreetnews.com With their well-established Brewery/Restaurant template, Iron Hill has grown organically over 22 years, opening new stores at the rate of one of every couple...

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