“Our iconic West Coast-style IPA is hopped to high hell, with four pounds per barrel,” says David Walker, one of Firestone Walker’s founders. “We felt it was time to create a package that better reflected the beer. This is the look Union Jack...
Category - Hop Art
By Anita Smith The bright green hue isn’t the only new thing about this label – there are cameos from brewery employees and friends, along with other hidden gems. The Shape of Hops to Come is a beer you want to take the time to truly savor, not just...
Bold and dark, Great Lakes Blackout Stout is a Russian Imperial stout that commemorates the infamous power outage that left some 55 million people of the Great Lakes region in the dark. As with many Great Lakes brews, the story behind the beer is...
By: Anita Smith Run, run, as fast as you can to get your hands on this year’s Sly Fox Christmas Ale, which is decked out with gingerbread men (and women). The 2018 label (it changes yearly) features the iconic holiday cookie, which hints at the...
It’s been six months since the Eagles won Super Bowl LII and the city has finally come back down to earth. YEAH RIGHT! Philadelphia continues to nurse its postgame hangover and how about all those newborn babies named Carson and Nick? No wonder Evil...
If ever there was a brewery devoted to San Diego’s fun-in-the-sun lifestyle, it’s Ballast Point. The liquid their brewers create is pure West Coast sunshine. The images that grace their cans and bottles, come from the imagination of Californian Paul...
Spring House Brewing Company brews some scary good beers. With a background in chemistry and inspiration from the realms of sci-fi and horror, owner and Brewmaster Matt Keasey has created everything from devilishly dark stouts, like Big Gruesome and...
A beer that inspires brewers and artists alike. Painters mix colors and use brush strokes to communicate memories and emotions. Brewers combine hops and malt to convey in liquid form something that cannot be expressed verbally. And other times...
If you’re Belgian, or a great-big beer fan, capitol ‘R’ stands for one thing only: Rodenbach. The Rodenbach Brewery, located in quaint, historic Roeselare, Belgium, was founded back in the early 1800s by a family of interesting characters. A few of...
Conflict and creativity produce great beer. At least that’s the philosophy David Walker and Adam Firestone put into practice at their miniature, state-of-the-art, experimental brewery called the Propagator. It’s also the reason why the label...