BeerAdvocate magazine - #128 (September 2017)

In this issue

On the Cover: From a living room in Central Asia’s secluded Haa Valley, a farmer serves farm-made Bang Chang and Sin Chang. Learn more about the beers traditional to Bhutan, a Buddhist country nestled between jungle and Himalayan summits, on pg. 58. Photo by Martin Thibault.

Beer Culture

Bottle Clubs Give Barrel-Aging Specialists a Chance in Business

2 mins

Trainers Incorporate Beer-Making Equipment Into Brewery-Hosted Workouts

On a typical Saturday morning, Johnathan Wakefield can be found hoisting kegs out front of his brewery, J. Wakefield Brewing Co., in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.

2 mins

Eat Your Beer

When two opportunistic undergraduate students at UCLA decided to brew their own beer, they wondered what to do with all the spent grain from their homebrewing endeavors.

1 min

Kiko Santiago IPA Coppertail Brewing

Coppertail’s labels don’t exactly scream Sunshine State.

2 mins

Mug Club 2.0

Craft Brewers Modify Loyalty Programs to Sow Deeper Relationships

4 mins

Old Dogs And New Tricks

It’s a scary time to be a craft brewing pioneer. After growing at gangbusters, double digit rates for a decade, lean years have come for big craft.

2 mins

Fruit Of The Vine

Now that fall’s here, it’s harvest time for a great many things. To zymurgical enthusiasts, that means grape season.

1 min

The Shaved Duck

Tucked away in an attractive brick neighborhood, just east of the second largest urban park in St. Louis, sits The Shaved Duck, one of the finest beer and barbecue joints west of the Mississippi.

2 mins

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BeerAdvocate magazine Magazine Description:

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.