When I was a kid going up north was a big event in the summer. It was an exotic trip. There were new kids to play with at the campground or on the beach. There were woods to walk through, lakes to swim in, and exotic places to eat (different hamburgers). When I got a little older I could ride my ...Read More

Visiting breweries is a fun activity for a lot of people.  It is a big business too. It is estimated that in 2018, worldwide people spent $1.1 Trillion with a T on travel and tourism.  Within the travel industry people have often traveled for culinary and drinking experiences.  Culinary meccas range ...Read More

Drinking a perfectly poured, draught beer is pretty easy. In fact, at times, maybe it is a little too easy. It seems to be a simple and beautiful thing. But like many simple and beautiful things, there’s a lot more to making it happen perfectly than may first appear. To begin, there is the ...Read More

Most brewers use code dates on beer packaging. They do this to help manage inventory and to prevent very old beer from reaching the consumer’s hands. The easiest and most consumer friendly code is a date that says sell by on the package or label. The sell by date can be set anywhere from 6 months to ...Read More

What happened with alcohol consumption? Was there some spike in alcohol consumption? We know per-capita consumption of alcohol in the United States going back 170 years to 1850. In 1850, Americans consumed 2.2 gallons of alcohol per capita.  Now the number is 2.1 gallons. The highest point was in ...Read More