Jamie Bogner
Editors’ Picks: Playing Games with BeerBy Joe StangeThe proliferation of time-wasting app games in recent years has inevitably included some related to beer. But are any worth playing? That depends entirely on how you value your time. We tried them out, so that you don’t have to.
Podcast Episode 244: Eric Toft of Schönramer Is Fixated on Consistency, Drinkability, and CharacterBy Jamie BognerThe Wyoming-born brewmaster of the Private Landbrauerei Schönram in southeastern Bavaria digs into the details of how they brew their captivating, award-winning lagers.
Infographic: Top Hops Going into 2022By Jamie BognerCitra reigns, with Mosaic in ascendance. Here’s a visual look at the most-grown hops in the Pacific Northwest, and how they’ve changed in popularity over the past seven years.
Podcast Episode 243: Wild Fields Share Their Winning Ways in Everything From Brown Ale to Mixed CulturesBy Jamie BognerAt the 2022 World Beer Cup, California’s Wild Fields won four gold medals—a feat no craft brewer had achieved. But those who’ve followed the career of Ryan Fields aren’t entirely surprised—his studious approach has been paying dividends for years.
Podcast Episode 242: Jos Ruffell of Garage Project and Phantasm Muses on New Zealand Hops, Thiol Expression, and Dramatic Festival ExperimentsBy Jamie BognerNew Zealand’s Garage Project may not be a household name in North America, but between their work with local hop growers, Phantasm powder, and crowd-pleasing fest pours, they’ve built a reputation among peers for creativity and honest experimentation.
Editors’ Pick: Belgian Café CultureBy Jamie BognerRegula Ysewijn’s recently revised book, “Belgian Café Culture,” is a striking look at a country’s traditional third spaces as well as a compelling plea to support and preserve them while we can.
Podcast Episode 241: Edward Slingerland Argues that Beer Is an Evolutionary Adaptation, not an AccidentBy Jamie BognerScholars have long argued that alcohol is a way of “cheating” the brain’s pleasure circuits. But in his book, “Drunk,” Edward Slingerland synthesizes research that shows our success as a species is linked to our 14,000-year relationship with beer.
Infographic: Craft Top 50By Jamie BognerIn this yearly update, we plot the moves in the Brewers Association top 50 craft brewers by production volume, from 2007 to the present.
Podcast Episode 240: Eric Larkin of Cohesion Approaches Lager Expression Through LimitationBy Jamie BognerThrough his career, Cohesion’s Eric Larkin has always gravitated to breweries with narrower style focuses. Now, with the Czech-style lager focus of his new endeavor, he’s exploring the creativity possible within the bounds of style expectations.
Podcast Episode 239: Roaring Table Brews For Elegance, Simplicity, and TextureBy Jamie BognerIn the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich, Illinois, Beth May and Lane Fearing of Roaring Table have built a small, unassuming brewery that's making waves with an impressive variety of styles.
Pick Six: Lisa Allen’s Favorites Are Rooted in Nostalgia & ExperienceBy Jamie BognerThis six-pack from Heater Allen’s Lisa Allen is filled with formative beers that she’s stuck with through the years as well as inspirational lagers connected to specific beer-hall memories that have influenced the way she brews today.
Podcast Episode 238: Laura Burns of Omega Yeast Offers an Expert Approach to Stable Beer HazeBy Jamie BognerThe R&D director of the Chicago-based yeast purveyors combines her brewhouse experience with years of lab work in yeast genetics to help brewers understand how yeast does—and doesn’t—create stable haze.