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San Diego Beer Week 2014: An Insider’s Guide

With so many events happening, what should you do?

Bend, Oregon: Craft Beer and Outdoors Utopia

It doesn’t take long for anyone with the slightest interest in good craft beer and the great outdoors to fall head over hiking boots for Bend, Oregon.

Winner’s Circle: Pete Crowley on The Defender

The Defender took home a gold medal for the American-Style Stout category and a gold in that same category at the 2014 World Beer Cup.

Farmer Brewer Winter Weekend

Andrea and Christian Stanley malt between 5 and 6 tons of grain per week, between their 4-ton malting system and the floor malting operation.

Off-Flavor of the Week: DMS

If you’ve ever taken a whiff of a pale lager and gotten a noseful of corn, then you’re already familiar with this week’s off-flavor.

Holiday Ales

With just a couple of months until the winter holidays, it’s time to start thinking about those winter brews.

7 Craft Beers in Disguise

Browsing through the craft beer aisles at your favorite store, you don’t always have time to read every label or search for the rating of the best beer to take home.

Winner’s Circle: Scott Witsoe on Jean-Claude Van Blond

When Witsoe opened Wit’s End Brewing Co. (named as a play on his last name) in 2011, he started brewing one barrel at a time and quickly made a name for himself as one of Denver’s best brewers.

Hopping Around Hood River

Just an hour outside of Portland, Oregon, where the Columbia River and the Hood River meet, is the small, but brewery-dense town of Hood River.

Off-Flavor of the Week: Diacetyl

Commonly described as having an artificial butter flavor.