Most commonly made from fermented apple juice, hard cider is a widely popular alcoholic beverage across the world, especially in the United Kingdom. With the popularity of the tasty drink starting to rise again in the United States, more and more peo ...

At the 2013 Great American Beer Festival, Brewbound asked a number of craft brewery owners and representatives how they keep consumers engaged with their brands. Our latest video segment from last month’s event is included above for your viewing plea ...

Craft and microbreweries are on the rise — and with them, craft beer drinkers and connoisseurs. Get these actually useful gadgets and accessories for the optimal beer drinking experience.

 This is less the opening of a can of worms than the flinging them around the parlor. I think the thing that amuses me the most about their effort is the use of strength as a metric. This is a telling cultural artifact, one that highlights the usele ...

Beer makers, big and small, are tapping into consumer willingness to experiment beyond traditional brews. The giants are following the lead of small craft brewers by offering more flavorful styles.

Matthew and Marek from Dirty Robot in San Francisco love robots as much as they love craft beer.  What happens when you combine all those things together? This.

As the battle for the title continues between the Red Sox and the Cardinals, three craft breweries have more than just hometown bragging rights on the line. Schlafly Beer (St. Louis), Harpoon Brewery (Boston) and Boston Beer Co. have put faith in the ...

Pale ale is one of the most popular styles of beer, not just to my taste buds, but all around the world. Made with a greater amount of pale malts, this style is typically lighter in color with a broad range of flavors, bitterness and strength. Althou ...

“Never be afraid to be controversial” is less a statement of policy and more like a reason for living, as far as the BrewDog guys are concerned. Last week James Watt, the brewery’s co-founder, put up on his blog an impassioned argument putting the ca ...

Though the hardware is given to the most technically sound beers, judges taste the entries blind, without reference to beer and brewery names. We have to give credit where credit is due, and some of these names—from the funny to the downright bizarre ...

Smoked beers like rauchbier seem to be the most widely hated of all beer categories, and as a semi-recent convert, I get it. Savory beer is a hard thing to get used to. But there's a trick for learning to enjoy smoked beers: pair them with food. ...

A homework assignment at a Colorado high school may have students excited to learn about fermenting, but has left some parents fuming. Did the school go to far?

Sadly, the Empire State lost its footing in the hops market when Prohibition slayed all things beer related in the country. A killer fungus in the early 20th century also played its own role in putting the nail in the coffin of New York’s hop industr ...

A “beer style” is a term used to categorize beers by using a variety of factors. Let's take a look at the differences between a few popular styles of beer.

What started as a brewing experiment has now grown into one of the most popular seasonal brews. Let's take a look at the history of pumpkin beer.

Edward Snowden has insisted that he decided to become a whistleblower and flee America because he had no faith in the internal reporting mechanisms of the US government, which he believed would have destroyed him and buried his message for ever.

Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, explains why beer is better than wine.

Learn some great tips on how to pair beer with steak. The BA Chart leaves things open ended. Other elements effects steak and beer pairing.

Let's take a look at the Great American Beer Festival medal count and see where the best beers are coming out of.

To honor the millions of devoted Guinness drinkers, we'd like to take this opportunity to teach you how to pour the perfect pint of Guinness.