VinePair

JUNE 26, 2025

In regions where craft beer won its earliest converts, many formerly pioneering breweries are either rolling up, or getting rolled up themselves. were too busy trying to clobber each othe r in the Light Beer Wars to take an interest in what were then pejoratively known as “microbrews.” It’s never just about the beer.

Craft Beer

Imbibe Magazine

JULY 2, 2025

Vessel and Vine (Brunswick) Stop by this cozy neighborhood haunt to pick up specialty cheeses, handmade dolmas, or a bottle of small-production wine, beer, or cider from the rustic shelves and tables. wines, and carefully selected ciders and aperitifs. Come for a bottle, stay for the good vibes.

Wine

VinePair

JUNE 18, 2025

And while it boasts a solid selection of toothpaste, Haribo gummies, and Band-Aids, its beer aisle is another story. Essentially, the same stuff can be found at quite literally any other store that sells beer. As noted on the can, the beer was indeed brewed in upstate N.Y., though exactly where remains unclear.

Beer

Just Drinks

JULY 7, 2025

Set up in 2011, Virginia Distillery Co. Sophie Diaz and Fiona Holland July 7, 2025 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Gareth Moore, CEO of Virginia Distillery Company. Credit: Tom Daly/Virginia Distillery Co.

Alcohol

Imbibe Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

The all-women bartending competition , which was conceived in 2011 out of the constant frustration of working in a male-dominated industry, has proven their most impactful legacy. I personally had been trying to break into the cocktail scene after bartending in a more “normal” beer-and-shot-type environment for nearly four years.

Speed Rack

VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. If craft breweries were once started by people with a pure passion for drinking “better beer,” eventually they started to be seen as easy money by entrepreneurial types. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

Beer

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 12, 2024

On January 12, 2011, something very important happened in the Chicago beer world: Haymarket Pub & Brewery opened for the first time. I’ve also added the Crooked Arm Vinyl & Tap in Lisle which we mentioned in the Monday news roundup as a new entry in the beer-friendly bar/resto section. They’ll love that.

Beer

VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s safe to say that the craft beer boom has now reached nearly every corner of the globe. This year’s list of the best beer destinations recognizes cities with up-and-coming craft scenes, many of which have exploded in recent years. Head to the taproom for crisp, low-ABV brews marked by notes of tropical fruits and citrus.

Beer

VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

1 craft beer style in America, if not the world. In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options. Maine Beer Co.

IPA

VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

But beer tourism? Even then, taking a vacation devoted to beer is a harder thing to justify. Nonetheless, there are stellar breweries around the country that bring beer nerds to their taprooms every year to score their most coveted releases. Wine tourism is a bonafide industry. Curating such a list is no small feat.

Beer

Cheers

MAY 22, 2024

Founders All Day IPA, originally launched in 2009 and today one of the leading craft beers , has undergone a rebranding. This is the product’s first brand refresh since 2011. The beer itself remains unchanged. The rebranding hopes to create a more accessible appearance.

IPA

BarLifeUK

JUNE 24, 2024

Secret Bar has been around for 13 years, and its name makes sense when you realise that when it opened in 2011, fewer people viewed the market as a hang-out spot, so the bar was something of a local’s secret. Unwined is co-owned by Laura and Kiki, who met while working at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen back in 2007.

Bar

VinePair

MAY 30, 2024

After over 12 years of brewing and serving Deep Ellum beers at the Dallas facility, we’ve made the decision to close the taproom and move production of the beer to other facilities in our network,” a Monster spokesperson told Brewbound.

Beer

VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. And from the early IPAs of the British Empire to the sticky-sweet Milkshake IPAs of the mid-2010s, the style has persisted as a means to showcase one of the core pillars of beer: hops.

IPA

Good Spirits News

MARCH 13, 2024

Founded in 2011 by three friends, Justin Heilenbach, Bryan Holmes and Kris Nelson, Citizen Cider’s flagship variety Unified Press, was released that same year. If you enjoy ginger beer, you’ll get some of that same charcter here. Citizen Cider is located in Burlington, Vermont along the Pine Street Corridor.

Beer

VinePair

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Keith Greggor during one such legal tangle between the San Francisco brewery and Boston Beer Company (BBC) in 2011. But the initial reaction to BBC’s, ah, zealous enforcement effort by Anchor’s then-CEO echoes in beer-industry eternity. Anchor finds it ironic that Boston Beer feels its training is so special and unique.

Beer

VinePair

JULY 19, 2024

In the last months of 2011, Nally reluctantly distilled 100 barrels of rye plus another 200 barrels of high-rye bourbon. By 2017, Wyoming Whiskey had begun distilling a “true” rye, made with the officially sanctioned 51 percent ratio of rye grain, to replace the dwindling stocks of Nally’s 2011 rye. That’s the fun part about it.”

Whiskey

The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 18, 2024

This produces a 6-8% ABV ‘wash’, a beer-like drink that is then distilled. The peated barley comes from Port Ellen maltings and the water is sourced from Lochan Sholum. Fermentation occurs in 10 wooden washbacks, each 21,000 litres in capacity, and lasts 55-75 hours.

Signature Cocktails

The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Hill and Mooring are also the founders of Mother Earth Brewing, where they apply the same sustainable attitude to the brewing of beer. Whiskey first came off the stills at 291 Colorado Whiskey in September 2011, and since then founder Michael Myers has been dedicated to producing whiskey “Hardmade the Colorado Way”.

Whiskey

VinePair

AUGUST 27, 2024

Ten or 15 years ago, dive bars were beer-and-a-shot spots. Before the cocktail revolution, bartenders might be expected to have command of the classic cocktail canon and rudimentary knowledge of beer, wine, and spirits. Now, I’m starting to see serious cocktails there, too.” “Original ideas are getting more difficult to come by.

Bartending

Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

Salyer has had a front row seat to this evolution, having worked at the award-winning tapas bar since its opening in 2011. Some people are actually looking for [Spanish wine] and wanting to spend money,” says Jessica Salyer, wine director of Katie Button Restaurants, including Cúrate in Asheville, North Carolina.

Wine

Bar Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

Greene King Brewery is launching two new limited-edition cask beers this July, Belhaven Scorcher, and a collaboration beer with Laine Brew Co, King Mango. Introducing the first beer collaboration between Greene King and Laine Brew Co, King Mango is a 4.3% The beer will be available for customers to order across July and August.

Beer

Dry Atlas

DECEMBER 26, 2023

When Tate Huffard, Founder of Best Day Brewing , entered his 30s, he realized his love for craft beers was clashing with early morning surf sessions and the other activities he cherished. In this Q&A, Tate shares his journey from embracing the Californian active lifestyle to creating a non-alcoholic beer brand that aligns with it.

Craft Beer

PubClub

DECEMBER 23, 2024

There are beer and liquor stores along the Strip and of course, it’s legal to drink in the street. One year (2011), it even snowed. The Strip is also incredibly crowded in the main area (in front of Caesars and people gather as early as 8 p.m.). The fireworks run down the hotels from Mandalay Bay to the Stratosphere.

Pub

VinePair

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The movement can be traced back to the 2011 debut of Jungsik in Tribeca, from chef Jung Sik Yim, who previously worked at Aquavit and Bouley. It wasn’t a traditional Korean BBQ with beer and soju, it was a Korean steakhouse,” James says. “It due to its fermented flavors and preparations.

Wine

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 18, 2024

Untappd announced their new Community Awards last week and I spent some time poking through them — before quickly realizing that it’s an absolute firehose of beer ranking data points. I thought I’d look at how some of the world’s most critically praised beers fared. Pretty cool. It didn’t even place.

Beer

VinePair

JUNE 10, 2024

People have been enjoying beer for thousands of years, with the earliest brews believed to have been used for sustenance rather than intoxication at the dawn of the agricultural age. While henbane could increase intoxication and provide beer with pleasing bitterness, it also had the unfortunate side effect of dry mouth.

Beer

Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

But that changed in 2011. Despite all her accomplishments in the wine world, Habibi doesn’t have one thing that wine professionals covet: the Master Sommelier pin. When she was a neophyte sommelier she aspired to be the first Black female Master Sommelier.

Sommelier

Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

At a meal in its cellar in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, the town where Cava is believed to have originated in 1872, Canals & Munné’s X10 Xarel-lo Brut Nature Gran Reserva 2011’s briny, bitter-herb finish cut through the fat of cured meats and cheeses and complemented fire-roasted artichokes.

Wine

VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

When Derek Sandhaus moved to Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital city, in 2011, he fell in love with the spirit, and the raucous culture surrounding its consumption. The three cocktails featured baijiu stirred up with a variety of beers and ingredients like Chinola Passion Fruit liqueur, parsnip, yuzu, and jujube.

Liquor

Just Drinks

JUNE 24, 2025

June 24, 2025 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook ARKAY ZERO PROOF SINCE 2011. Credit: Arkay Beverages/PRNewswire. Licor Zone Mexico has signed an MoU to buy a 10% equity stake in non-alc spirits firm Arkay Beverages.

Zero-Proof

Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Neves points to early, influential spots like Bar X, opened in 2011. Fisher Brewing Company Hugely popular with Utah’s outdoorsy set, Fisher Brewing also stands as a piece of the state’s craft beer history. Whether folks choose to enjoy their brews in the great outdoors or simply on Fisher’s spacious patio, the beer options abound.

Liquor License

VinePair

MARCH 12, 2025

Ive been drinking craft beer since college. Ive been writing about craft beer for nearly 20 years. I had settled into a life of quotidian beer drinking. Then recently I was in Vermont at The Alchemists Stowe brewery and beer caf. In fact, it might just be the best beer in the country right now. Im 46 years old.

Beer

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

She began her journey in the hospitality industry in 2011 at an Italian restaurant, where she quickly gained hands-on experience in bartending, specialty cocktails, and guest service. The inspiration behind the Hail Mary Beer-Rita likely ties directly to the energy, camaraderie, and boldness of the Super Bowl.

Mixologist

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The light bulb went off in 2009 and two years later, in 2011, they would partner with Munemasa Shuzo Co. Uncle Waithley's Ginger Beer oz. Top with ginger beer. In bar after bar in Asia and beyond, the landscape was dominated by vodka, rum, and whiskey. Asian spirits for that matter were nowhere to be found.

Simple Syrup

VinePair

MAY 5, 2025

According to The Oxford Companion to Beer , the most popular beer style in Australia at the time was imported India Pale Ale , but those brews didnt hold up well in the extreme Aussie heat, and they were typically served warm. By the late 80s, Fosters reigned as Australias best-selling beer. And it worked. In the U.S.,

Beer

VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

Founded in Dublin in 1759, its hard to think of a beer with more cultural cache than Guinness. billion pints sold every year thats about 10 million glasses daily the Irish stout is undoubtedly one of the most popular beers on the planet. Just over a decade later, the lager was one of the best-selling beers in Nigeria.

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