Bud Light seems to think people like craft beer because of its labels. In a new design debuting today, the brand ditched its iconic boomerang, synonymous with tailgate parties and NASCAR tracks for the past 11 years, for Anheuser Busch's trademark "AB" crest (which was removed back in 2001). The beer now sports a very craft-brewy contemporary label meant to evoke "a more modern twist" to the recognizable brand, Alexander Lambrecht, Bud Light's vice president of marketing, said in a statement.

Local hero Luch Scremin co-owns Engine 15 Brewing Company, which produces Nut Sack Double Brown Ale. He applied to register the mark for his beer and was turned down because “nutsack” makes violets blush. But he appealed and won and forced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to have a very serious discussion about the definition of “nutsack” and its uses in the common parlance.

According to the Ohio Division of Liquor Control, the state has licensed 579 alcohol manufacturers — more than double the number of licenses from just five years ago:

It is against the law to possess alcohol in Saudi Arabia.

More beer is headed our way. Expect Westallion Brewing Co. to open next spring in the city it is named for. Third Space Brewing, a production brewery, plans to open a production brewery by summer of 2016 in the Menomonee Valley.

Prohibition crippled a thriving brewing industry in the United States. Between 1900 and 1913, beer production in the United States rose from 1.2 billion gallons to 2 billion gallons. By 1916, there were approximately 1,300 breweries in the country. But four years later, a nationwide ban on alcohol went into effect. Only a handful of breweries were still standing when Prohibition lifted in 1933. Their secret? Switching production to something other than beer.

There’s an old manufacturing plant at 1701 West 16th Street in Durkeeville, a neighborhood in the Mid-Westside area of Jacksonville, Florida. Go there and you won’t hear or see much. The building’s long been silent, it’s rusted fencing leaning to the side and its white brick darkened by about 60 years of neglect and Floridian humidity. Why the building still stands isn’t really clear. Maybe Jacksonville wants its teens to have safer places for casual vandalism—again, we don’t know.

The ten best foodie treats that will compliment your tall, frothy, chilled pint of the black stuff.

Grilling meat gives it great flavour. This taste, though, comes at a price, since the process creates molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which damage DNA and thus increase the eater’s chances of developing colon cancer. For those who think barbecues one of summer’s great delights, that is a shame. But a group of researchers led by Isabel Ferreira of the University of Porto, in Portugal, think they have found a way around the problem.

Every once in a while, a well-respected craft brewery will whip up a one-off malt liquor just for the hell of it. Some of these beers were one-off experiments, others get limited distribution, all are worth seeking out.

Beer brewing and wine making videos to help you become a better brewer as well as product videos featuring our ingredients, equipment and popular beer kits. Northern Brewer is here to help you brew, share and enjoy.

The crazy-quilt geography of American beermaking, visualized.

Brewers use any number of spices to evoke warm feelings of fall in their pumpkin beers. Here are 6 of the more popular spices used in pumpkin beers, along with the common flavors they impart.

Trick-or-treating is about to take on a whole new meaning for grown-ups. We present the updated Craft Beer & Brewing candy and craft-beer pairings for Halloween.

Are you a pumpkin lover or hater? Here are 5 pumpkin beers we dig during the fall.

On October 14, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which contained an amendment sponsored by Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) creating an exemption from taxation of beer brewed at home for personal or family use. This exemption went into effect on February 1, 1979, making homebrewing legal on a federal level in the U.S.

ould you like to drink a beer that took 65 million years to make? Thanks to a collaboration between Fiction Beer Company and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science we can make that happen. The creation of the KT Pale Ale includes not only the typical ingredients such as water, malt, hops, and yeast, but also the addition of KT Boundary clay, conifer charcoal, and amber, so truly this beer took 65 million years to make!

To be clear, it’s not like you can’t find a pint of Sam Adams in this town. In fact, its ubiquity is one of the reasons that finicky barkeeps such as Toste and Lanigan choose not to serve it. As anyone who’s been to Faneuil Hall can tell you, Sam Adams’s Boston Lager is a fixture at the city’s faux Irish pubs, sports bars, and hotel lounges. After all, Koch’s company is America’s number one craft brewery—by a pretty large margin.

The U.S. passed 4,000 breweries for the first time since the 1870s last week. Although precise numbers from the 19th century are difficult to confirm, this is almost certainly the first time the United States has crossed the 4,000 breweries mark.

GABF Brett Bronze Medal was brought home this past weekend by the 2015 Golden Ale. This same award winning 2015 Golden Ale will be released to the public October 8, 9, and 10. As always there will be a two bottle per person day limit. A limited number of bottles will be available each day and sales will begin at the New Glarus Brewing Co. Hilltop Brewery no later than 9:00 a.m. and ending when the beer is gone.