Traditionally at About Beverages, once the calendar turns to September and October we start to feature pumpkin beers on our podcasts. For several years we would have anywhere from four to six different options (sometimes spread over two shows). We would pick our favorite and declare it our winner for that year. For the next…

Recently we were made aware of a new alcoholic beverage category, Active Lifestyle. This consists of such things as hard seltzer’s, and low or no-alcohol beers, as well as a few others to be sure. Somewhat unintentionally we began dabbling in this arena a couple of months ago and now we can’t seem to stop.…

This week’s featured beverage has a connection to our theme from last week where we tried gluten free or gluten reduced beers. This week we are trying the F&B (Features & Benefits) IPA from Stone Brewing. This beer is marketed as an “active lifestyle” beer and as such is lower in carbs, alcohol, and as…

If you join us on Twitch.tv/AboutBeverages most Thursday evenings, you will find us engaged in lively discussions about all sorts of things. Beverages, of course, head the list, but we also talk about sports, games, pop culture and most other topics that are put on the table. While we may be the only two who…

For many years, sours have been one of our favorite beer categories. That is a list that also includes IPAs and Stouts. Within those general categories we have an appreciation for all the many varied expressions that exist and look forward to the ones yet to be discovered. Back in 2012, on one of…

If you are at all familiar with our show, then you probably know that Keith works for Trader Joe’s. If you are at all familiar with Trader Joe’s, then you probably know that they have several products that have fervent, dare we say, cult-like followings. One of the products that has been high on the…

When we think of beers from Canada, the first few that come to mind are ones that have been around for years like Labatts, Molson, and Moosehead. While we have never done a podcast on any of those, we must admit to back in the day enjoying cold refreshing Labatts Blue and Moosehead on…