Sam Komlenic, Town&Gown

In the process of writing this column over the last few years, I have tried to encourage you to experience beer culture in all its forms. Visiting beer bars, breweries, and brewpubs allows you to not only taste some unusual and outstanding products of the brewer’s art, it also exposes you to true beer culture;…

Before there was light beer, there was “small” beer, a colonial staple made from the weaker second or third runnings from a brewer’s mash. Small beer was served as a nutritious, low-alcohol beverage that was consumed by nearly everyone on a daily basis, even children. How times have changed. Light beer, as we…

The concept of like-minded, drinks-related businesses joining forces to promote their wares is hardly a new concept. Wineries have been at it for years, craft brewers are now doing it in record numbers, and distillers, such as those in Kentucky, have even developed statewide trails to attract enthusiastic visitors. The myriad of beverage alcohol…

The Dog Days of summer find many of us reaching for a lighter-bodied beer — one that’s refreshing and easy to drink, perhaps with a little less alcohol than our usual tipple, much like the lighter fare we might choose to enjoy during summertime meals. If that’s the case with your hot-weather drinking habits,…

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines brewing as: to make (beer, ale, etc.). OK then, what else could we make by brewing besides those usual suspects (beer and ale)? What could that “etc.” possibly refer to? How about “distiller’s beer,” for making whiskey and other spirits? We usually think of vodka, whiskey, and the…