Cannabis infusions are the latest evolution in beer’s 10,000 year history

Archaeologists suspect that humans have been brewing beer for more than 10,000 years, which would indicate that we developed fermentation technology prior to the agricultural revolution. The oldest known beer sample dates from more than 8,000 years ago, made in China using a mix of rice, grapes, hawthorn tree fruit and honey. In the millennia […]

Craft beer’s argument for not selling out is totally flawed — and it’s great news for Anheuser-Busch and Heineken

REUTERS/Javier Galeano Despite craft brewing fans’ battles against industry giants, most Americans don’t really care who makes the beers that they drink. Forty-five percent of American drinkers believe that independence does not matter when picking a craft beer, according to UBS evidence lab’s third annual survey of roughly 1,200 US alcohol consumers. In other words, almost […]

Why IPA beers have ‘India’ in their names — and how they fit into a key part of human history

Most beer fans — hop-heads especially — know the basic lore behind the term IPA. The India Pale Ale was created so that the British could keep drinking beer while colonizing the world. When India was a British colony, it was tough to brew beer there because of the hot weather. There wasn’t yet widespread access to refrigeration, […]