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Some mornings, all you want to do is drink beer for breakfast, as the Replacements once mused. Thanks to Dogfish Head's latest endeavor, we can do just that. Behold: Beer for Breakfast Stout.The beer goes beyond a traditional coffee stout with the addition of pork scrapple, leftover bits from pig butchery that are chopped, boiled, spiced,…

Sam Calagione limps into The Breslin in Manhattan on a recent Friday night, on the eve of the big craft beer fest Savor, and refuses a bar stool — citing a barking back, he insists on standing. There's not point in arguing with the man behind Dogfish Head, the craft brewery based in Delaware that…

I was recently reminded just how far the craft of American beer brewing has come at a dinner to celebrate the launch of Rhizing Bines, a new collaborative beer between Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head. Over several expertly paired courses at NYC's The Breslin, Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman reflected on starting a brewery in…

This beer cocktail is the brainchild of Marcus Wade at Miami's MC Kitchen. The drink was inspired by Loki, the God of mischief and shape-shifter in Norse mythology. Legend has it that in the poem “Loki’s Quarrel,” Loki disrupted a feast and argued with Thor. Fleeing Thor’s wrath, Loki left the party and disguised himself…

I know what you’re thinking: Good gluten-free beer is a myth. It’s impossible to replicate a great IPA or lager using alternative ingredients, right? Well, for the past few years I’ve watched a friend cringe at every sip of Redbridge (by Anheuser-Busch) or Bard’s Tale. One Beer Advocate reviewer recently claimed “I would only recommend this beer…

Thirty years ago, the concept of a craft-beer power ranking system was inconceivable. Back then, there were only a handful of breweries pumping out suds that deviated from the watery-lager norm. Fast-forward to 2012, and there are more than 1,900 breweries in the country — with another 600 or 700 on the way. The scope…

During my early years in New York City, when I was young, drunk and prone to staying up 'til sunrise, I often found myself at a Greek diner with a phonebook-long menu — well, a phonebook circa 1982. At that ungodly hour of the morning, focusing my eyes was impossible. All my reptilian brain craved…

This is American Craft Beer Week, and in honor of the country’s best beers and brewers, we’ll spend the week with William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill, the author and designer of Beer Craft: A Simple Guide to Making Great Beer. Check back throughout the week for beery lessons like style guidelines, pairing advice, and homebrewing…

In this era of the craft beer renaissance, independent brewers are producing some of the biggest, baddest beers imaginable. So, why then are some of the most ardent beer lovers seeking out subtle, low-alcohol brews? Because they love beer enough to want to be able to have more than one, that’s why. With great, intense…

As any reader of Cool Hunting or Hypebeast will tell you, collaborations were all the rage in the streetwear world a few years back. Artists, t-shirt brands, and sneaker companies regularly exchanged designs and ideas. Now, it looks like the concept could cross over to the food and drink world. That's why Food Republic was…