Regina SinskyConstellation Brands Will Sell Struggling Ballast Point To Small Illinois BreweryForbes - Chris FurnariSix months before Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) purchased San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing Company for an eye-popping $1 billion in 2015, an entrepreneur by the name of Brendan Watters sold his small hotel franchise business for a comparatively tiny $8.5 million to Red Lion Hotels …
Regina SinskyBeer Archaeologists Are Reviving Ancient Ales — With Some Strange Resultsverified_publisherNPR - Rae Ellen BichellThe closest that Travis Rupp came to getting fired from Avery Brewing Co. in Boulder, Colo., he says, was the time he tried to make chicha. The recipe for the Peruvian corn-based beer, cobbled together from bits of pre-Incan archaeological evidence, called for chewed corn partially fermented in …
Regina SinskyWhat the Boston Beer-Dogfish Head Merger Means for the Future of Craft Beerverified_publisherFortune - John KellWhen I paid a visit to Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in early 2016, one of the questions I asked founder Sam Calagione was why so many of his beer peers …
Regina SinskyGlyphosate Found in 19 of 20 Beers and Wines Testedecowatch.com - Olivia RosaneGlyphosate—the active ingredient in Monsanto‘s Roundup weedkiller that some studies have linked to cancer—is also a secret ingredient in nearly 20 …
Regina SinskyWeed killer chemical glyphosate traces found in beer and wine: reportnydailynews.com - Theresa BraineGlyphosate: It’s not just for breakfast anymore. Though much has been made of the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer being found in …
Regina SinskyNorwegian Super Yeast Takes Center Stage at SF Beer Weekverified_publisherEater - Caleb PershanSan Francisco Beer Week, a celebration of the latest and greatest in Bay Area beer, is set to star an ancient ingredient rather than an experimental new one. Or really, kveik might be both: A traditional Norwegian yeast, it’s centuries old — but brand new to American brewers like Almanac owner …
