German Breweries Join the Craft Beer Scene with Flavorful Hops

German Brewers are trying to break into the craft brew scene while still adhering to the Reinheitsgebot by using different flavored hops.  

Read more here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/german-brewers-push-craft-beer-market-new-hops-article-1.1561607

Beer Stories of 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.parade.com/247340/jackiedodd/7-weirdest-beer-news-stories-of-2013/

If the New York Times says so, it must be true!

 Read the article here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civilization.html?_r=0

Beer Anthropology

Nomads did not settle to begin agriculture to bake bread, they wanted to brew beer. Thanks Beer!

From the American Anthropological Association:

http://www.logicalpoetry.com/recipes/bread-beer.pdf

http://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/28-2/Bread.pdf 

Where would we be without Beer?

 

How Beer Created Civilization

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-beer-led-to-the-domestication-of-grain-2013-12

So I Pitched a Show....

I pitched a show at my internship on the micro-brew revolution and breweries in California.  The show aired on Monday!  Listen to here:

http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201312231000

Here is a link to our guests blog Jay Brooks:

http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/ 

Microbreweries and beer giants tangle over tax cut

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/12/20/microbreweries-beer-tax-cut/4132251/