Brewery

Close up of a grain.

Maine is scaling up its local grain economy

Food

Craft brewing, artisanal baking and innovative mills and malthouses are reviving Maine’s economic might.

Two men brewing with bread

This British company is turning food waste into beer

Environment
The World

Drink Bitches Brew

Arts, Culture & Media
At the Shanghai Beer Fest, a waiter for a local brewer sports lederhosen. China is becoming more of an international beer market.

China is getting a taste for craft beers, but not for craft brewing

Culture
Beer buyers contemplate their choices at The Beer Stein in Eugene, Oregon. Many of those choices are brewed by Oregon's 171 craft breweries.

How Oregon became a paradise for beer drinkers

Lifestyle & Belief
Beer buyers contemplate their choices at The Beer Stein in Eugene, Oregon. Many of those choices are brewed by Oregon's 171 craft breweries.

How Oregon became a paradise for beer drinkers

Lifestyle & Belief

If you wanted to build a place with the perfect culture and climate for brewing beer, you’d probably build Oregon. That’s what is fueling the state’s incredible boom in high-quality craft brewing.

A sibling rivalry ferments between identical twin Danish brewers

Lifestyle & Belief

They were born minutes apart and they are both enviable craft brewers, so why won’t these brothers drink a pint with each other? Journalist Jonah Weiner shares the story behind a rivalry that is delighting the beer world.

A sibling rivalry ferments between identical twin Danish brewers

Lifestyle & Belief

They were born minutes apart and they are both enviable craft brewers, so why won’t these brothers drink a pint with each other? Journalist Jonah Weiner shares the story behind a rivalry that is delighting the beer world.

Father Isaac of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, MA.

Hallelujah, America has its first Trappist beer

Lifestyle & Belief

For centuries Trappist monks have been brewing beer in Belgium. Now for the first time the old world tradition has come to the new world to St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA.

Craft brewers seeing surge of popularity among U.S. beer drinkers

Arts, Culture & Media

The U.S. beer market is stable, not really growing, not really shrinking. But a specific subset of that market, the craft beer market, is seeing tremendous growth. It’s part of an increasing American culture of buying local — supporting businesses in your own back yard.