For those who still think American beer equals generic fizz, here is more news of the US beer scene being one of the best in the world.   With hundreds of microbreweries brewing in the st

The office has a bar and every employee gathers at 16.30 on a Friday to drink beer - sounds like the perfect job (or the Civil Service!).   Every capital city has campaign groups and lobb

Which country brews the best beer?   Since October 2006 I have kept a diary of every bottle of beer I've drunk on a spreadsheet and scored them out of five.   There are a total

East India Company Formed

For an American IPAⁱ, this is very much in the English style.   Earthy hops with loads of bitterness balanced by some malt body.

This is an American blow-your-head-off with hops style IPAⁱ.   Loads of pine resin hoppiness with a bitter afterglow.   Big, brash and in-your-face beer.

This beer is a display case for the liberty hop.   A wonderfully citrussy hop flavour in a pale beer with just a little bitterness.   A prime example of what an American beer ca

If you are a large brewery selling beer internationally and want to reduce the cost off shipping a product that is mostly water across the globe, there are several options.   You can buil

The original settlers in the United States were a religious lot on the whole, but didn't realise that they needed skilled workers to establish a thriving community and many perished over the harsh

From January 16th 1920 until 23rd March 1933 there was a law banning manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol  in the United States.   The simplistic view is that the experime