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How The Local Beer Scene Grew During A Pandemic

Feb 23, 2021

When the pandemic began last March, drinking spots all over the state were forced to close their doors, leaving the stat

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Jarret Stopforth, a food scientist and one of the founders of Atomo, reengineered the compounds in regular coffee with his partner until he felt they had created a product that had the same color, aroma, flavor and mouthfeel.
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A Bitter End For Regular Joe? Scientists Engineer A Smooth, Beanless Coffee

Jul 08, 2019
After breaking down and analyzing more than 1,000 compounds, the creators of Atomo have made a no-bean brew that is almost exactly like coffee — including the caffeine — but without the bitterness.
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Athletic Brewing Co. co-founders Bill Shufelt (right) and John Walker, here at the company's production plant in Stratford, Conn., have created a range of high-quality nonalcoholic beers to provide people more options when they're out socializing.
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Craft Beers Without The Buzz: Brewing New Options For The 'Sober Curious'

Jun 20, 2019
More people are choosing to drink less, driven by growing concerns about health and wellness. But there haven't been many high-quality nonalcoholic beers available. Booming demand has forced a change.
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Pabst Brewing and MillerCoors have ended a legal fight that lasted more than two years, extending a contract under which MillerCoors brews beer for Pabst.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon Gets A Reprieve, Will Continue To Be Brewed By MillerCoors

Nov 29, 2018
For nearly 20 years, MillerCoors has brewed nearly all of Pabst's beers. The arrangement will now continue past 2020.
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Some beer makers are excited about the possibility of using modified yeast to flavor beer instead of hops, which require a lot of water to grow.
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GMO Yeast Mimics Flavors Of Hops, But Will Craft Brewers Bite?

Apr 04, 2018
Some beer-brewing scientists have developed a genetically modified yeast that produces the same hoppy aromas and flavors beer drinkers like, without the hops. But some craft brewers are skeptical.
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Souring yeast are more resistant to alcohol and hops, allowing for stronger, hoppier beers.
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The Taming Of The Brew: How Sour Beer Is Driving A Microbial Gold Rush

Oct 02, 2017
As the popularity of sour beers burgeons in America, scientists are going back to the drawing board in a quest to discover the perfect mix of new brewing microbes.
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Sisters Catherine (left) and Margaret Portner have re-established Portner's Brewery, which was opened in Alexandria, Va., in 1869 by their great-great-grandfather, then closed during Prohibition.
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How The Story Of Beer Is The Story Of America

Jul 03, 2017
The Smithsonian's first brewing historian explores everything from immigration to urbanization through the lens of beer. And with the boom in microbrewing, she says beer's story has come full circle.
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Cans of Heady Topper, one of the earliest murky beers credited with making haziness cool.
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The 'Haze Craze': Beer Lovers' Newfound Obsession With Murky IPAs

Feb 20, 2017
East Coast brewers have been making unfiltered, unpasteurized, hazy IPAs for about a decade. Their customers love the aromas and murky look of the beers. Now, the hazy beer craze has gone national.
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A 12-oz bottle of Stella Artois contains 150 calories whereas a bottle of Budweiser Select, only 120.
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Beer Bottles Will Soon Include A Reality Check: A Calorie Count

Jul 21, 2016
Some of the biggest brewing companies have agreed to list the number of calories, alcohol content and nutrition information on beer bottles and cans.
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Breakside Brewery in Portland, Ore., churns out kettle-soured beers that it sells for just $6 a bottle. Brewmaster Ben Edmunds says he uses kettle sours as an acidic blending ingredient to add to other beers.
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How Brewers Are Churning Out Tangy Sours Without The Hefty Price Tag

Aug 28, 2015
Sour beers are made by deliberately adding microbes to create complex brews with a crisp, acidic taste. But that process takes lots of time and money, resulting in a pricey final product. Until now.
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"There's a lot of stress involved. We have 14,000 pounds of stainless steel arriving in two days," Thor Cheston of Right Proper Brewing Company says. "It's a lot of fun though."
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A Craft Beer Tax Battle Is Brewing On Capitol Hill

Mar 12, 2015
Craft beer is a rapidly-growing industry and Washington lawmakers have noticed. Two proposed bills would lower the federal excise tax for small brewers.
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