The idea for sourdough donuts started at a cafe I worked at in Bangkok. We had a donut on the menu that took too long to prepare each morning. I realized that by switching to sourdough, we could develop the flavor overnight and simply bring the dough to room temperature in the morning.
I was standing on line with my parents at Tree House's original location, where we waited an hour and a half for 12 beers. I thought, 'this is a business I want to get into.' These were the salad days of craft beer, when it seemed like the lines would never end.
In a move that challenges both quality control and marketing norms in specialty coffee, Pennsylvania-based roaster Passenger Coffee is releasing a high-end coffee harvested 10 years ago. The company described this week's release of a Kenya Kiriani Peaberry from the 2016 harvest - frozen as green coffee at peak freshness - as "proof of concept" for its long-term green coffee freezing program.
Low Key represents a deliberate innovation play for Harpoon based on emerging cultural trends toward moderation over abstention, the company notes. Rather than simply diluting an existing popular recipe, the team applied new techniques to preserve flavor, aroma, and craft quality, just at a lower ABV.
Alrighty everybody, we hate to say it, but it needs to be said - we're going to be closing the brewery on April 30, 2026. Now that we've got that covered, we've still got a few more months left to hang and celebrate with y'all. A few months to raise a glass to all the beer, art, and memories we've created together in this space over the past 15 years,
No trip to the brewery is complete without sampling the wares. Even if it's a place you visit regularly, you'll likely want to sample most of what it has to offer at least once. But while a greater variety may seem more enticing, it can also signal a potential red flag. Every kind of beer they have on tap means another tap that needs to be maintained. The more tap lines they have, the more likely it is that maintenance or cleaning gets neglected.
Goose Island Beer Co. unveiled its latest brew to join the brewery's Beer Hug family: Big Hazy Pineapple Beer Hug, an imperial hazy IPA. Clocking in at 9.9% ABV, Big Hazy Pineapple Beer Hug brings a pineapple-forward profile to the Beer Hug lineup, delivering a juicy tropical aroma, a plush hazy body, and a smooth finish that balances intensity with drinkability, the company says.