| Vol. #12 Issue #3 | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
It’s #NationalBeerDay and as THE place to go celebrate, we want to know: What do you love about beer? What are you drinking now? What are your favorite breweries? What’s your most memorable beer experience? Share with your fellow Beerknurds. Come on, spill it. Beer has the power to bring us together. We celebrate and commemorate with beer….
In March, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. Rumors were flying about whether the longstanding embargo between the two countries was being lifted, and Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro fielded questions on the topic from eager journalists. Little did the team at Flying Saucer realize…
12% isn’t just the ABV of Saint Arnold’s latest Bishop’s Barrel creation—a Belgian Quad aged in bourbon barrels. It’s also the piece of the beer industry pie craft breweries took in 2015. Well, 12.2% to be exact. The Brewers Association released their 2015 data this week and to no one’s surprise craft beer continues to…
In 2015, the Brewers Association reported national craft beer production in the United States to be in excess of 24.5 million barrels. A barrel of beer, which contains 31 gallons, carries a grain bill of between 75 and 125 pounds of malt. The sugar extraction and conversion to alcohol — in other words, cooking and…
St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that unites us all under the power of beer. Even people who don’t drink beer any other day of the year drink beer on St. Patrick’s Day. Luckily, you don’t have to drink light, flavorless yellow stuff that’s been loaded with green food coloring. Trust Flying Saucer to be…
Our very own Captain Keith was recently the subject of The Beer Connoisseur’s Innovator Series, which has featured such craft beer giants as Garrett Oliver and Greg Koch. Keith shared some of the wisdom he’s gained from more than 20 years in the craft beer game, as well as a few observations about his journey within…
Five hundred years ago, in the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, Dukes Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X approved a law that has since come to define German beer. This Reinheitsgebot or “beer purity law” may have been designed to promote food safety, or it may have been a consequence of competition between brewers and bakers for staple grains…
To Texans, Texas is more than just another state in the union—it’s its own country. “Everything is bigger in Texas” and “Don’t mess with Texas” are stamped on the souls of every true Texan, and that “come and take it” attitude stretches across all aspects of Texans’ lives: work, play, politics, and especially beer. That’s…
When I started in the craft beer industry with Flying Saucer 14 years ago, I had no idea the depth of knowledge that would come along with it. Hundreds of tap takeovers, brewer’s tables and meet and greets later, I had the privilege of celebrating Victory Brewing Company’s 20th anniversary with owner and brewmaster Bill…
So you think you want to homebrew. In this day and age, it’s easier than ever to find the answers you need to pressing questions such as: “What’s a beer gun?” “Why does my beer smell like cheese?” And our favorite, “How long do I have to wait before I can drink it?” We’ve got…
