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On Sep 28, 2022
A story of friendship, whiskey, and patience. Read about our newest release and collaboration with @FirestoneWalker here: https://t.co/rxMQFruPR8 https://t.co/h60pC2768y
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Boulevard x Firestone Walker Barrel-Aged Wheat Wine

Two beers with the same mission, brewed and aged in a way that reflects each brewery’s program and how they differ – then combined into one. This collaboration features both brewery’s innovation skills: A wheat wine blended and fermented with white grapes from Paso Robles, and a wheat ...

@Boulevard_Beer shared
On Sep 28, 2022
A story of friendship, whiskey, and patience. Read about our newest release and collaboration with @FirestoneWalker here: https://t.co/rxMQFruPR8 https://t.co/h60pC2768y
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Boulevard x Firestone Walker Barrel-Aged Wheat Wine

Boulevard x Firestone Walker Barrel-Aged Wheat Wine

Two beers with the same mission, brewed and aged in a way that reflects each brewery’s program and how they differ – then combined into one. This collaboration features both brewery’s ...

Winemakers Blend Firestone Walker’s 25th Anniversary Beer

Winemakers Blend Firestone Walker’s 25th Anniversary Beer

Every year, Firestone Walker in Paso Robles, CA, celebrates its anniversary by asking the area's top winemakers to blend a barrel-aged beer.

Trendy Rosé Beers Reach a New Set of Drinkers

Trendy Rosé Beers Reach a New Set of Drinkers

While you won't technically find a description for rosé beers in style guidelines, brewers say the trendy summer style is helping them find a new audience.

Using Kveik to make Quick "Lagers"

Using Kveik to make Quick "Lagers"

Breweries are using kveik, a kind of Norwegian farmhouse yeast, to produce lager-like beers in a matter of days or weeks rather than months...

Maine Beer This Week: January 7th, 2021

Maine Beer This Week: January 7th, 2021

Here’s this week’s guide to the latest beer releases, rundowns of what’s on tap, upcoming brewery events, and a roundup of Maine beer news.

Over 100 Commercial Beer Clone Recipes From the Breweries Themselves

Over 100 Commercial Beer Clone Recipes From the Breweries Themselves

if you are anything like me, you decided to get into homebrewing because you love craft beer and wanted to see how easy or hard it was to do it yourself. We don’t necessarily have this ...

The Legend Lives On: Parabola 2021

The Legend Lives On: Parabola 2021

Introducing Parabola 2021, a whiskey barrel-aged beer with intense flavors of black cherry, dark chocolate and roasted coffee.

History of beer

History of beer

[15][16] In Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq), early evidence of beer is a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, which contains the oldest surviving beer ...

6 New Rosé Beers You Want Right Now

6 New Rosé Beers You Want Right Now

The rosé beer trend keeps going strong. These are six of the best new rosé beers you’ll want to drink this spring and summer.

BLVR&D BARREL-AGED PACK 2020

BLVR&D BARREL-AGED PACK 2020

In the expansive rickhouse that holds over 5,000 barrels for our brewing team, we occasionally tuck some special things away until the exact moment of barrel-aged perfection. Once the ...

Ask Kate About Beer: What does beer “gravity” mean, and does it matter?

Ask Kate About Beer: What does beer “gravity” mean, and does it matter?

Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about beer but were too drunk to ask. Have a question? Shoot it to ...

America’s 40 Most Delicious Beers

America’s 40 Most Delicious Beers

When it comes to beer, there’s nothing wrong with everyday thirst-quenching lager, readily available, easy to quaff, and usually inexpensive. Lovers of craft beer, though, look for ...

Five beers to know this week: Stone anniversary, the Cadillac of melons and a terrible idea

Five beers to know this week: Stone anniversary, the Cadillac of melons and a terrible idea

The work of world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama is a contemplation of the infinite. She does this through meticulous repetition of dots on a canvas or collages of elements that look both ... ...

PorchDrinking Dream Bottle Share | Julia Herz

PorchDrinking Dream Bottle Share | Julia Herz

We spoke with former Brewers Association Craft Beer Program Director, Julia Herz to find out what she'd bring to a "dream bottle share."

Brewing beer goes back 12,000 years, and that's just the beginning

Brewing beer goes back 12,000 years, and that's just the beginning

Avery’s Travis Rupp, the Indiana Jones of Brewing, drops knowledge on where it came from and why we love it so.

Brewing Change in the Land of Grapes — Chachingo Craft Beer in Mendoza, Argentina

Brewing Change in the Land of Grapes — Chachingo Craft Beer in Mendoza, Argentina

To most ears, “Mendoza” conjures snowy Andean peaks, high-elevation vineyards, and oceans of Malbec. Its name is imbued with a wildness, as well as indulgence. Here, everything revolves ...

The 19 Best Beers of 2018

The 19 Best Beers of 2018

After all of the blind tastings and all of the reviews, we've finally got a list of our favorite beers of 2018.