The brainchild of friends Alex Rabe and Alex Zielke, the Portico Brewing Company is hoping to impress better beer drinkers with its beers with the motto "Put some design in your stein."

Wondering why a doc might be an expert on honey wine? Because about four years ago, Meniru renewed his interest in winemaking, which first began as a teenager in Nigeria. Over the years, Meniru has made plenty of traditional wine, but more recently, he became fascinated by mead.

Sam Adams' Porch Rocker, my recent columns about the House of Shandy Brewing Company and the book “Beer Cocktails” all inspired me to try to find the perfect summer beer cocktail.

The glory of summer is here, as I was recently reminded while enjoying a pleasant lunch at Aragosta’s outdoor patio overlooking scenic Boston Harbor on Battery Wharf. Joined by the Cooking Channel’s David Rocco, I was a sipping a nicely chilled Ruffino prosecco.

Explosion Brewing Company, from the Czech Republic, is trying to change the perception of the pilsner with its line of Boom Beer.

It seems like every week a new brewery opens, or a craft brewery announces that it is expanding. They should all thank Anchor Brewing Company.

Many new brewers attended the recent Beer Advocate's American Craft Beer Fest at Boston's Seaport World Trade Center, and even though he didn't plan ahead, The Beer Nut had a chance to taste many of their beers.

Summer is just a few weeks from officially being here, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the switch to lighter, refreshing beers.

The new House of Shandy Brewing Company has released its first beer, Curious Traveler, a shandy that uses a wheat ale as a malt and real lemons and limes in the flavors.

Samuel Adams includes a lesson in India pale ales in its new IPA Hop-ology variety 12-pack.