Word: microbrews
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...best place for brewery-touring is Denver, partly because of its water, partly because it's the home of Coors and partly because skier, mountain-biker and hiker dudes love them some beer. Sure, Portland, Ore., has more microbrew outlets, but many of its 46 brewhouses are brewpubs, which produce beer only for their own bars, and part of the fun of a beer tour is seeing where bottles you can buy at home are manufactured. San Diego may have a more innovative beer scene--guys experimenting with huge alcohol and huge bitterness--but it has only 28 breweries...
...billion spirits industry (a brand like Smirnoff outsells the combined annual production of these small distilleries in a single week), but their liquors often are distinctive in taste, are creatively bottled and fit the trend for locally produced foods. "The microdistilling industry is exactly where the microbrew industry was 20 years ago," says Bill Owens, a brewmaster and photojournalist who helped pioneer the microbrew craze with his pumpkin ale in 1985 but is now the president of the American Distilling Institute, a resource for the burgeoning artisanal-spirits industry. "There are nearly 100 independent producers in the U.S. and Canada...
...wine connoisseurs, the phrase homemade wine conjures up images of the dense, sweet plonk made in some grandfather's basement. Like bathtub gin, amateur vino is long on tradition and alcohol but generally short on finesse and taste. But taking their cues from the microbrew-beer hobbyists of the 1990s, an increasing number of oenophiles are making their own vintages that are not only refined but often also award winning...
...Julie Bradford, editor of the U.S.-based All About Beer magazine, says the microbrew boom stems from "an interest in tradition, flavor and quality, and as reaction against globalization." Few Asian countries have embraced the trend like Japan, where the economy may be stuttering but bargoers are still eager to spend their yen on a pint of jibiiru, or craft beer, from one of the country's 300 or so microbreweries. And we're not just talking about local favorites; the popular Yona Yona Ale from Yoho Brewing in Nagano and Hitachino Nest Beer of Kiuchi Brewery have both...
...their company, which includes, among other restaurants and microbreweries, Boston Beer Works. It’s been a successful 10 years, and for good reason: Boston Beer Works has dozens of popular brews, all available in “growler size,” a half-gallon of delicious microbrew perfect for any guys’ night out (or in). Slesar’s experience in brewing goes back to his own school days, where he earned a degree in the craft...