Brad Japhe is a freelance journalist specializing in travel, outdoor adventure, craft mixology and gastronomy. His work appears in all major media markets across the United States. He is viewed as an ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For centuries before the advent of modern brewing, early Scandinavian beer-makers coveted their “magic sticks,” special stirring utensils that miraculously ...

Brewing beer at home can produce a range of smells, from pumpkin to butterscotch to rotten egg. Fortunately, a rotten egg ...

Is it possible to capture the magic of lambic, the near-mythical Belgian wild ale, with beer produced in downtown Long Beach? That’s what Gabe Gordon set out to do when he opened Beachwood Blendery, ...