Crosspatch Corner - I Grouse Over Zymurgy's 2016 Best Beers in America List
Unsurprisingly, 15 of the top 20 beers on Zymurgy's list are IPAs or Pale Ales. Enough with the IPAs already, people. Expand your drinking repertoire, please. There is a whole wide world of beer out there that isn't all hop bombs.
ABInBev-SABMiller Merger Approval Possible Soon - Here's What that Could Mean for Independent Brewers
It's possible that antitrust authorities will approve the $107 billion merger between Anheuser Busch INBEV and SABMiller by the end of the month.
Off Flavors Identified in Goose Island's Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout and Barleywine
After offering refunds for off flavors in its 2015 Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout and Barleywine, Goose Island identified the cause of the tainted beers: Lactobacillus acetetolerans, a rare form of bacteria first classified in the 1980s.