BeerAdvocate magazine - #115 (August 2016)

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On the Cover: Dennis R. Hock, founder of Draai Laag Brewing, crafts wild beers that are uniquely rooted in Pittsburgh. Read more on pg. 40. Photo by Noah Purdy.

Cast In Stone

Brewers Experiment with Equipment that Has Winemaking Origins.

4 mins

A Theory of Evolution

It’s been a year of intrigue, plot twists and turns no one could plausibly claim to have seen coming. The big guys continued their steady shopping adventures, scoring many flashy new outfits while quietly lamenting craft-on-craft deals, like one Tampa-based looker that went to a peer. Multimillion dollar deals begat billion dollar deals, while a half-dozen or more transactions constantly swirl in the rumor mill.

2 mins

The Dram Shop

As a creative writing major, former touring musician, and the son of two entrepreneurs, it was only a matter of time until Zach Millar started an interesting business of his own. After spending 11 years at Missoula’s Big Sky Brewing, first in the taproom, then as a distribution manager for the brewery’s 26-state wholesaler network, he decided to apply his skills to the only one of the three tiers he hadn’t dipped his toes into. The Dram Shop was born.

2 mins

Reuben's Brews

We’ve all heard the old adage about teaching a man to fish.With a slight twist, it often rings true in the beer industry,too: Buy a man a beer and he’ll drink for an hour, but give him a homebrew kit and he’ll quit his day job and open a brewery. Something like that.

4 mins

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BeerAdvocate is a quarterly magazine that celebrates beer, its culture, its history, and its community. Since launching in 2006, the goal of BeerAdvocate has been to provide fresh, honest, and insightful stories on beer and brewing. To date, our talented contributors have won 12 awards from the North American Guild of Beer Writers for their work.