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Meet Orval’s Anne-Françoise Pypaert, the First Female Trappist Brewmaster

One trout, one ring, one beer, two women.
Legend has it that Abbaye d’Orval started with one woman. As the story goes, Countess Matilde of Tuscany, freshly widowed and grieving, stopped by a ...
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Brasserie de la Senne: The People’s Brewery of Belgium

A river (of beer) runs through it.
Yvan De Baets and his team had to laugh when his brewery Brasserie de la Senne opened in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010. “We had a ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Imperial Pastry Stouts

Like grown up kids in a candy store!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, maple syrup, coconut truffles, oh my. Cacao nibs, marshmallow fluff, nuts galore, and even pies in the sky. When it comes ...
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Patagonia Provisions Launches First National Regenerative Organic Certified® Kernza® Brewing Project

Food for thought.
When we make the beer we love, we use significant amounts of precious resources, particularly water, grains, and energy. But thanks to the growing climate ...
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What Is a Russian Imperial Stout?

Dark and mysterious.
Stout. Just saying that word out loud gives us goosebumps. Not because they’re scary. But because when we think of some of the beers that ...
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A Pretty Big Dill: Hop Culture’s Pickle Beer Primer

In dill we trust.
Sit down at the bar top at your favorite greasy spoon, and the first order of business is grabbing an easy-drinking lager or session IPA. ...
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The 300-Year-Old Breweries Driving a Craft Renaissance in Lille, France

Drink in the history.
What are the oldest craft breweries in America? Some might point to the 127-year-old Anchor, which closed earlier this year. But Yuengling technically holds the ...
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What Exactly Is a Pastry Stout?

Take a stroll on the sweeter side.
Although initially used pejoratively to refer to sickly sweet, adjunct-laden beers, “pastry stout” has been universally adopted in the craft beer community. We can credit ...
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Cerveceria Itañeñe’s Lucía Carrillo Is Mexico City’s Self-Proclaimed Beer Witch

Mexico's hottest new brewery.
Lucía Carrillo considers herself a witch. The head brewer and founder of Cerveceria Itañeñe in Mexico City finds comfort in that identity for many reasons. ...
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Oyster Stout! Oyster Stout! Oyster Stout!

"But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck" - John Steinbeck
Nothing compliments a Maine summer’s day more than a helping of oysters on the half shell: briny and refreshing, a spiritual connection between you and ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Czech Pilsners

Meaning "from Pilsen (or Plzeň)” in Czech.
Today, pilsners have become one of the most widely consumed styles worldwide (even Miller Lite cans include the word “pilsner” on them, for goodness’ sake). ...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Lambic Style Beer

Dive head first into spontaneously fermented beer!
Lambic-style beers have an air of mystery and intrigue. While the style has deep roots and tradition in Belgium, it’s only within the last decade ...
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Will That Coffee Stout Keep You Up at Night?

Are coffee stouts caffeine bombs? We decided to find out.
Concerned about the amount of caffeine in your coffee stout? Bothered about the beans in your brew? If it’s long past your bedtime and you’re ...
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Sierra Nevada’s Iconic Oktoberfest Collab Returns with German Innovator Kehrwieder

Prost!
Sierra Nevada does Oktoberfest differently. For the past nine years (minus a two- to three-year break during COVID), one of the most iconic breweries in ...
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Curating Craft Beer: A Growing Number of Museums Showcase American Beer Culture

Four score and seven beers ago.
As Anchor Brewing, America’s first and oldest craft brewery, bottles its final beers, craft beer lovers around the country scramble to find a last case ...
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