One might consider a wooden barrel the fifth ingredient in beer after water, malt, hops and yeast. Brewers use them to impart additional flavors into the beer. But why barrels — bourbon in particular ...

While bourbon barrel-aged stouts seem to get all the press these days, nearly every other beer style is also getting the barrel-aged treatment. Wine, port, sherry, and rye whiskey barrelled-beers have ...

In 2013, Jameson caught a lucky break. The Irish whiskey distiller’s Head of Whiskey Science, David Quinn, went out for a drink his friend Shane Long, the founder of Franciscan Well craft brewer, just ...

The craft beer industry continues to evolve. Whether you like it or not, some trends are here to stay. Here are several craft ...

Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, Michigan) is giving fans their first look at a major addition to... The post Founders KBS ...

In Windsor, Russian River Brewing Co. is opening a new brewery, and as much as this requires construction materials and building permits, it also requires barrels. Few brewers, after all, use more ...

I took a full sip of Dragon's Milk fresh from the refrigerator the other week, let it linger and thought: Huh. That's a pretty mellow flavor. Then I got distracted for about 15 minutes, and the Dragon ...

Beer is best fresh. If you drink an IPA the day it is bottled or canned, it will be at its peak. Never again will it taste so good. Day by day, by degrees, its lushness will fade. Beer, unlike vinegar ...