Intrepid beer hunter Zak Avery explores the city so good they named it twice.
It is said that no-one really comes from New York; it’s a city built on a perpetual influx of people who simply don’t want to be anywhere else, or have nowhere else to go. This cliché of the melting pot has created a semi-mythical city that can satisfy any desire – culinary, cultural or otherwise – ...
Beer Journeys
from Issue 16 published on 25/01/2008
American icon Garret Oliver has written arguably the definitive book on food and beer matching. Zak Avery met him and tasted some of his pairings
Garrett Oliver is an iconic figure within the brewing world. As brewmaster of the Brooklyn brewery, and the author of the definitive book on beer and food matching (The Brewmaster’s Table), there’s not a lot that he doesn’t know about the gastronomy of beer. He’s also an affable, gregarious host, an...
Beer Trends
from Issue 5 published on 24/03/2006
Should it be a case of youth over experience, or is older better? Zak Avery considers the age of beer
Quote 1: “Fresh beer tastes better”
Quote 2: “This will improve and last for at least 25 years”
These are two quotes from opposite ends of the beer-production spectrum. The first quote comes from Anheuser-Busch, who produce (in terms of volume consumed) the most popular beer in the world, Budweis...
Beer Analysis
from Issue 4 published on 27/01/2006
