Tag Archives: Beer

Hops and Dreams Coming True for American Brewers

Boston is known for its baked beans and clam chowder, but at one point the city had the greatest number of breweries per capita.  Whether (or when) the city will make that claim again we don’t know, but The Samuel … Continue reading

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Self-taught Malters Become Massachusetts’ One and Only

Say you want to start a local brewery. You network with local farmers, you have access to local grains, there’s nothing stopping you. Au contrare, my friend. In order to make the grains usable in the beer brewing process, they … Continue reading

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Home Brew: The Pioneers of a City-Wide Effort

As a home brewer in Portland I raise my glass in salute to the many other tenderfoot brewers in the city. In this town you can hardly throw a stone without hitting another basement nano-brewery. The long dark wet winters and independent nature of Portlanders … Continue reading

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Ambacht Crafts Balanced Belgian Brews

Ambacht Brewery, located just outside the IPA-crazed city of Portland, is not ashamed to tell people they do not make an IPA. In fact, they consider it one of their main selling points. b Ambacht, which translates to “craft” in … Continue reading

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Video Blog: Portland’s Burnside Brewing Co.

Learn more about Burnside Brewing Company on Real Time Farms! Carrie Stiles Fall 2011 Portland Food Warrior This post is from one of the interns in the Real Time Farms Food Warrior Fall Internship Program. These interns are in Asheville, Austin, Nashville, … Continue reading

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Homegrowing Hops

Did you know that hops grow best between the latitudes of 34-50 degrees? That’s one reason, among many, that Belgium has had a long history of making beer, and why some breweries in the northern half of the United States … Continue reading

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