Beyond the expense of the exam itself the other costs can up quickly. However, the good news is that if you don’t have a lot of cash to throw around, it’s still completely possible to have all the study materials you need for next to nothing.

My road to Cicerone was a long one full of hard work, failure, and self discovery. In this series of posts, I'll talk about how I approached the exam, the resources I used, how I conducted tastings, how the day of the exam went for me, and what I learned along the way. 

In an Op-Ed letter to PorchDrinking.com today, Breckenridge Brewery and its parent company, Anheuser Busch's The High End, argue that they should be allowed to participate in the Colorado Brewers Guild and other state guilds. 

I've enjoyed beers from all 10 of these breweries, but have only visited two. Which ones have you been to? Which ones would you like to go to?

You don't have to look very hard to find multiple examples of shady behavior by AB InBev similar to the ones described here.

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.