Beer

What's on Tap at St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival

The collective strength of the St. Louis brewing community will be on full display this weekend at Forest Park. On Friday through Saturday, June 14 and 15, the seventh annual St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival showcases some of the finest brews the region has to offer. The celebration brings togeth ... More >>

The Ten Best Food Events in St. Louis This Weekend: June 7 to 9

Summertime means food trucks, wine fests and farmers' markets. Ease into the season with a fun event this weekend. Choose from National Doughnut Day with Strange Donuts, St. Louis Uncorked at Soldiers Memorial Plaza, Foodology at Missouri Botanical Gardens and more. Recommendations await after the j ... More >>

The Eight Bars With the Best Beer Selections in St. Louis: 2013

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2012 wasn't easy. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. This week: The eight bars with t ... More >>

Deschutes Brewery Brings Weeklong Craft Beer Campaign to St. Louis Beginning Today

Our beer mugs runneth over here in St. Louis. Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery, the nation's fifth-largest craft brewery, is set to commence Base Camp for Fanatics, its week-long campaign to introduce new and specialty beers through tasting events, food pairings and a chance to engage with Woody ... More >>

It's Deschutes Base Camp Week in St. Louis!

It's freakin' beer mania here in St. Louis this week! Deschutes Brewery is in town from Portland, Oregon, and they're partnering with various bars and restaurants in town to bring you a plethora of beer-related activities and events. The festivities, which Deschutes calls Base Camp for Fanatics, o ... More >>

Home Is Where the Brew Is

The Ten Best Food Events in St. Louis This Weekend: April 26 to 28

It's been a long week. Treat yourself. Two beer fests, a centennial wine tasting and a sangria tasting provide plenty of ways to wet that whistle. Read on for some recommendations of where to eat and (most importantly) drink this weekend. See also: -Sniff and Sip at Centennial Wine Expo Friday -Hop ... More >>

First Look: Alpha Brewing Company Opens on Washington Avenue

Just when you thought you've tried every beer there is in St. Louis, Alpha Brewing Company (1409 Washington Avenue; 314-651-093) opened its doors on Wednesday, April 10, and gave you ten additional craft brews to add to your tick list. Tucked away just off bustling Washington Avenue, the brewery an ... More >>

Urban Chestnut to Open Second Craft Brewery, the Largest in St. Louis

St. Louis beer lovers, rejoice! Having entered the local brewing scene a scant two years ago, Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (3229 Washington Avenue; 314-222-0143) announced a major expansion earlier this week that, when completed, will make the craft brewery the second-largest overall beer produc ... More >>

Taste Test: A-B's New Budweiser Black Crown

Earlier this week Gut Check reported that Anheuser-Busch Inbev will release a new beer, Budweiser Black Crown, on Monday, January 21, just weeks before its debut commercial during the Super Bowl. A-B bills the new brew as a golden amber lager with "two-row caramel malt and four types of domestic hop ... More >>

Eins, Zwei, G'suffa

Let them Drink Beer

St. Louis-Based American Patriot Beer Makes Its Local Debut

Lifelong St. Louisan John Beal's favorite beer growing up was Budweiser. "I always wanted the Budweiser car to win," he says. When its parent company Anheuser-Busch was purchased by Belgian brewing behemoths InBev in 2008, the career roofer was "bothered" by the takeover, and decided to take matters ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: July 27-29

Friday (July 27): Crab Festival @ Broadway Oyster Bar A variety of crab including soft-shell, Dungeness, Washington and blue make a special appearance along with a weekend-long live music schedule. Admission is free. Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28. Intro to American Whiskey @ The Wine Merc ... More >>

Report: AB-InBev Outraged Over World Series Bet Excluding Budweiser

Cardinals and Budweiser: Nothing to make light of.​St. Louis gossipmeister Jerry Berger writes this week that Anheuser-Busch InBev "is pissed" with a friendly wager that Mayor Francis Slay made with Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck over the World Series. The bet would have Slay winning some Texas stea ... More >>

Yes, That Is John Goodman Shilling for Soulard Oktoberfest

Goodman: The voice of 2011 Soulard Oktoberfest.​You may have already heard them on KTRS, KMOX, The Point, and multiple Clear Channel stations around town. They're ads with the voice of actor -- and native St. Louisan -- John Goodman pitching for Soulard Oktoberfest. "Guten tag!" greets Goodman in ... More >>

Budweiser Hopes "Bow Tie" Can Boosts Sales

New can: Does it Bud for you? ​We'd always heard that the beer industry was pretty much recession-proof. In good economic times, people drank because they were happy. In bad economic times, people drank perhaps even more because they were depressed. Well, so much for that, at least according to An ... More >>

Stone Brewing's Here. What's the Fuss?

Kristina ColeyGreg Koch, CEO and Co-Founder of Stone Brewing​ So Stone Brewing's selling their beer in Missouri. What's the big deal? Greg Koch, the company's co-founder and CEO came to Missouri to kick off Stone Brewing's debut. His second order of business in St. Louis, after a beer-pairin ... More >>

Get Ready, Arrogant Bastards! Stone Week Starts Tomorrow.

Stone Brewing Co.​ Few craft brewers have arrived in St. Louis with the anticipation and fanfare of Escondido, California's Stone Brewing. But they're here this week, bringing all the Arrogant Bastard Ale and Stone Ruination IPA we've been longing for. The beer hits store shelves and bar tap ... More >>

Review Preview: Six Row Brewing Company

Jennifer SilverbergBeer flights at Six Row Brewing Company​I took a break from writing reviews last week. What did I do instead? I drank beer. Specifically, I drank beer at Six Row Brewing Company (3690 Forest Park Avenue; 314-531-5600). I also tried some of the fare from the brewpub's relatively ... More >>

Beer on the Half Shell

Well-Aged Beer

Washington Post Highlights St. Louis Craft Beer

St. Louis craft beer welcomes more and more breweries.​Former RFT staff writer Kristen Hinman, whose desk was located directly next to Gut Check International Headquarters, has an article in the Washington Post about the growth of the beer scene in St. Louis beyond Anheuser-Busch.Hinman gives prop ... More >>

Fermenting Ferguson: Cork Wine Bar and Hill Brewing Company are the new kids on Ferguson's block

The Beertender Rings the Bell for Bell's Brewery

If you haven't had any Bell's beers yet...well, you just might be new to this whole craft-beer thing. Bell's is one of those breweries that has repeatedly blown our minds over the years, getting us all frothy and hyper and passionate about better beer.Screenshot: www.bellsbeers.com​Bell's has bee ... More >>

The Beertender Fights the Man with Lagunitas Brewing Company

Something I'd like to do more often in the future is spotlight individual breweries that sell their wares in the St Louis area. To that end, let us talk today of a new arrival, the pride of Petaluma, California: the Lagunitas Brewing Company.Robert Campbell, Wikimedia CommonsPetaluma, California, t ... More >>

The Beertender Looks Back on 2009

​Here's when we glance at the newly purchased calendar, note the slightly strange four digits that signify the upcoming year and wonder where the hell it all went.User "Herr stahlhoefer," Wikimedia Commons​Luckily, it's been another strong year for craft beer. The craft-brewing industry grew ov ... More >>

Take a Beercation to Louisville with the Beertender

Fleur-Design, Wikimedia Commons​Beercation (n.): A short, inexpensive trip whose primary justification is the pursuit of rare, local or otherwise unattainable beer.Among potential beercation destinations, my current front-runner is Louisville, Kentucky, only four hours east on I-64. Maybe not the ... More >>

FoodWire: Six Row Brewing Company

Another day, another brewpub for St. Louis: Six Row Brewing Company is now open at 3690 Forest Park Avenue. The address was once part of the Falstaff brewery, giving this new venture a direct connection to St. Louis' brewing history. Six Row currently has six beer styles: a Kölsch, a porter, an ESB ... More >>

The Beertender Celebrates Rauchbier, or Smoke on the Wasser

Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons​One of the things that I love about beer -- and, truth be told, wine and spirits, too -- is the sense that I'm drinking history. When a beer is made according to a nearly-lost brewing tradition, drinking it allows you a vibrant, if brief, glimpse into another er ... More >>

The Beertender: What to Drink This Fall

​If you've been paying attention over the past few years, you know how the beer selection in the St. Louis area has ballooned. (Seventeen breweries!) With so much out there, it can get a little overwhelming at times. Here are a few Must-Trys and New-&-Excitings to seek:(Don't forget that STL H ... More >>

St. Louis Craft Beer Week: Friday's Events

Alberto Gottardo, Wikimedia CommonsThe first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week concludes this weekend.- Of course, the big event this weekend is the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival in Forest Park, featuring area craft brewers, homebrewers and our friends at AB InBev. There are three sessions: 6 ... More >>

Bitter Beer Battle Over "Extreme" Brews?

Well, beer school didn't happen this week. Surgery on my knee was my first priority. Unfortunately, I won't be able to imbibe as long as I'm on medication. This could be a good personal challenge for me. An IBU-tiful brew? Anyway, even if I am down for the count, that doesn't mean the world o ... More >>

Beer School, Week 5: Chip Off the Oak Block

Beer School, Week 4: Ringing Matt's Bell's

Beer School: Week 1

GC Food & Brewery: A Review

Dear Beer

New Microbrewery?

Give Me Beer and Give Me Draught

Notes from the Underground

Urban spelunkers plunge deep to find mysteries waiting to be explored

Pilsner Urquell

Mosaic, 101 Lucas Street, 314-621-6001

Xingu Black Beer

Yemanja Brasil, 2900 Missouri Avenue, 314-771-7457

Three British ales

Starr's, 1135 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-781-2345

Brilliant!

The Beer Hall of Fame is a cool idea -- perhaps too cool for St. Louis

Best Microbrewed Beer

Schlafly Pale Ale

No Wining

Bottoming-out in Augusta

Busch Beer

Crabby's, 701 Utah Street, 314-664-3474

This Czechvar's for You

Sporting a disguise, the original Bud readies for battle in the realm of the King of Beers

Beer Selection

Growlers Pub