The Craft Beer Chronicles: The Northernmost Foeder in the World?

“You wouldn’t believe the number of tourists who stick to the bars in sight of their cruise ship. We get barely a trickle up the hill, so we started this shuttle”. Matt, of Alaskan Brewing, stroked his predictably long beard. “I love bringing people up on it, though. Means I can play tour guide a bit too. Did you know […]

The Craft Beer Chronicles: New England

It’s a richly immersive little bit of the USA, is New England. Maybe because it’s closer to old, O.G. England? It has culture, it has “history” (by North American colonial standards) and it has the softest of water which means they make the softest of beers. It also has a very, very long coastline full of edible sea creatures, all […]

A Beer Tourist’s Guide to…New York City Part 1: Manhattan

Yeah, we went there. Sue me if you don’t like the list (US law is not applicable here in the UK so you will lose). New York City is probably the stupidest place to write about when it comes to indie beer, given there are as many bars serving good beer as there are bars serving…well, bad beer. NYC has […]

A Beer Tourist’s Guide to…New York City Part 2: Brooklyn

Yeah, we went there AGAIN. Sue me if you don’t like the list (US law is not applicable here in the UK). New York City is probably the stupidest place to write about when it comes to indie beer, given there are as many bars serving good beer as there are bars serving…well, bad beer. NYC has had something of […]

A Beer Tourist’s Guide To…Portland, Maine

Yep, turns out there’s two of ’em. Indeed, the two Portlands perfectly typify the raging debate that has decimated US craft beer nerd-istry for the best part of a decade: Which IPA is better, East Coast or West Coast?