ACB covers craft beer news, entertainment and lifestyle 24/7, and we’d like to think we do a decent job. But there’s a lot of great craft beer journalism out there – and were constantly running into articles that we wished that we’d written.
So welcome to another ACB Newswire – recent articles that we’ve enjoyed – and thought you might as well.
LSD Beer
One of the most important reasons that we enjoy drinking beer is to our moods enhanced – let’s face we all drink to get high. And Minneapolis-based Indeed Brewing may have had that in mind when they named their psychedelically themed, Lavender Sunflower Date Honey Ale, (or LSD). But the he TTB, (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau), which regulates beer label was reportedly not amused and you should read how This Brewery Got Into Trouble for Its LSD – before you name your next beer.
And on the subject of drinking for the high, you might want to read “Reflections On The Drinking Experience.”
5 Big Beer Mistakes
Hey no one’s perfect and we all make mistakes – even hugely successful brewing mavens like Boston Beer’s Jim Koch. He recently sat down with Esquire’s Aaron Goldfarb to talk about his new memoir Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two, which covers his massive successes over the past three decades and also delves into The Five Biggest Beer Mistakes Sam Adams’ Jim Koch Ever Made.
Plus, this dude enjoys a good time, and you might also want to read about Jim Koch Stealing the Show At Boston Calling.
Beer Behemoth Takeover
Hey money changes everything and that may one of the factors in Devils Backbone’s recent decision to sell their award-winning brewery, to Belgian-based international Conglom, Anheuser-Busch InBev. What this all mean to the company’s founders and as well as to brewery’s legions of fans remains to be seen -but you can learn more about how it all went down in The Big Beer Buy-Out.
And if you want to learn more about Big Beer’s strategy to upend craft beer, you definitely need to check out “If You Can’t Beat Them, Buy Them”