At the crux of darkness and drinkability you’ll find them: Dark lagers. They may be described as “schwarzbier,” or “dunkel,” or “baltic porter” or “rauchbier,” but they share a certain rarity and ...
We are about midway through Lent, the pre-Easter time of fasting, reflection and repentance, so it’s appropriate that I make a confession: For years, I had maintained that doppelbocks, a dark and ...
Brewery will alternate between Mexican Logger and Mexican Style Lager Dark Since 1999, one of the sure signs that it’s spring or summer in Durango has been Ska Brewing Co.’s Mexican Logger on the ...
From smoked doppelbock to black lager, this lineup of Gold medalist from BevTest’s World Beer Championships proves lager now ...
When it comes to observation and critique of the craft beer landscape as it exists today, it’s often difficult for me to not feel like some combination of cynic, crank or senior citizen, despite the ...
If I must be banished, let it be to “Sibeeria!” WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about ...
A mystery — a dark, wonderful mystery — has been unfolding on Chicago’s beer store and supermarket shelves in recent months: Where did all of these dark lagers come from? A year ago, the odds of ...
This excerpt is from Joshua M. Bernstein’s Drink Better Beer, which is available now. As America closes in on being home to 8,000 breweries, beer labels are becoming more and more important as a way ...