As fall is here and we’ve had our first dusting of the white stuff, many fruits are in season. I thought I would shed some light on brewing and using fruit in beers, as this time of year brings many ...

With fruit ciders accounting for one-third of the UK cider market’s value, the beer industry has hopped on the trend Fruit beer is enjoying a modern renaissance in the UK. Tesco’s beer buyer Ben Cole ...

Adjuncts to the basic brewing ingredients of water, grain and yeast have been around for some time. Early Egyptians liked their beer brewed with dates. While not a fruit beer, ancient Chinese beer ...

It is a common complaint that fruit beers are somehow less than “real beers,” that the fact they are fruit-flavored and frequently sweet makes them some sort of “beer cooler” rather than true ales or ...

Fruit beers have gotten a bad rap for years. In the early days of microbrewing, nearly every small brewery made a raspberry wheat ale. It was viewed as a "starter" beer — or worse, a beer meant to ...

If you’re a fan of juicy, hazy IPAs, you likely also enjoy fruity and citrus-forward flavors. But just because you’re on board with subtly hoppy, juice-centric beers, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re ...

Ah, spring. An optimist might point to the idea of renewal, the sweet-smelling buds on the trees around Colorado and the sound of birds chirping on patios. A pessimist might point out that climate ...

Readers might remember the "Sesame Street" segments that featured the Cookie Monster. The monster would excitedly shout, "Cookies!!!" and a truckload of cookies would be showered on his head. I refer ...

It was mid-summer 2020, and Kyle Carbaugh had a choice. He could either continue to brew and can beer for distribution to the Denver-area liquor stores that were demanding it during the rush for ...

If you want to make the beermakers at Surly even more surly, ask them when they're joining the hard seltzer craze. "Most brewers aren't into the idea of making things with less flavor," Surly's Bill ...