The Kirin/Brooklyn Brewing announcement ticked a business part of my brain today, so I’m coming out of “Talking about acquisitions” retirement. The conversation around these events has changed a ton since INBev rocked the beer drinking world and bought Goose Island, but it’s still an interesting climate that, when observed […]
Author: Samuel Sly
What kind of keg are you?
Keg: noun a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters). a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds (45 kilograms), used for nails. Also, kegger. a keg party; beer bust. The majority of us are very familiar with kegs. We’ve bought, drank from […]
Three ways to fuck up the Burning Can festival and Beer Relay
Morning, on my way – 7:08 AM You’re awake, right? – 7:10 AM On June 4, 2016, I peeled my face from my pillow in time to read these texts. 15 minutes later I was dressed and riding with a friend up to Lyons, CO for the Burning Can festival […]
BnL Tasting Room – The Sour PBR
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Cerebral Brewing Crowler Shotgun
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Is the Craft Beer Community the Easiest to Troll?
The Situation Last week I had a revelation: I think the knee-jerk reaction so many people have to negative or inappropriate events in the craft beer industry coupled with the need to give an expert opinion or criticism is starting to work against the intended effect. Now, I’m not saying we need […]
BnL Podcast Drinking Game
What fun is a podcast about beer if you can’t drink along? Now you can with this handy-dandy guide that perfectly complements the stupidity of the Beer n’ Loathing Podcast. This will be an ongoing list, or as the fancy fucks like to say in the corporate world, a “Living […]
Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines 2016: We Meet Again, Vail
As I type this sentence, I am sitting in the lobby of the Vail Daily. It’s currently Sunday, the day after the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival. It’s nearly 11am and I was expecting to be sitting in traffic going back towards Denver, but instead my car was […]
The #BigBeersHunt2016 Results. Try not to Pee.
Well, the weekend is over. Vail survived another Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival despite all our best efforts to try and bring the city to its knees. Yes, we ALL had a part in it. Total community. I’ll have several stories to share from the three days that are […]
On the Hunt at Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival
This weekend will be the 16th annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywine Festival (Great recount of the fest’s history available here). Last year was my inaugural visit and while I certainly had a wicked time (read about it here), I felt like I can do better this year. But how, […]
Happy Holidaze from Beer n Loathing
There’s snow on the ground, flights delayed, reindeer shit in our yards and sheets to clean from our relatives coming to stay so it’s gotta be the hangover of the holidays, aka the holidaze. New Year’s is only days away meaning about half of the US population is going to […]
How to Properly Use Leftover Champagne
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A Quick Craft Beer Kamikaze
Remember kamikazes as a kid? Basically filling up your cup at the soda fountain with every single goddamn drink that would come out of the taps? No? Then your childhood was sad, lonely and not delicious. Well, we had some leftover bottles sitting around at the ass end of a […]
Not Your Father’s Root Beer – A Review (sort of)
I bought a six pack of the now hotly debated “is it craft, is it junk?” beverage Not Your Father’s Root Beer by a place called Small Town Brewery back in June. I’d heard of it only just a few days prior and didn’t even know if it was common […]
My First Infographic: How Many Fucks do I Give About Beer Acquisitions?
In light of the AB-InBev making an offer that SABMiller actually would bite on, I decided to take a quick look back over the acquisitions and other equity firm deals that have gone on over the past few years. Really, most of the action has been in the past 18 […]