Our friends to the North seem to be pretty hip to the commercial trends, it seems. We already know that "nano" technology is all the rage in electronic equipment and medicine, but who knew the same concept could be applied to beer? Molson Coors, that's...

Over the last couple of years, I've taken to submitting a few of my homebrewed beer to various AHA / BJCP-sanctioned competitions. I haven't done this with the intent to win anything, per se, but I thought it would be a good venue for getting an...

This has already been announced on various social networking sites, but I thought it might be wise to offer a head's up here as well. Kindling Spirits, along with beerphilosopher.com, will be hosting a special Holiday beer dinner on the evening of...

Marika Josephson - a beer enthusiast and transplant from NY - paid a visit to Kindling Monday night for our weekly beer tasting madness. If her latest post on She Brews Good Ale is any indication, she had a good time! I'm always excited to hear about...

Here's a nice little feature in the Fall 2009 issue of Southern Illinois Magazine highlighting Chuck Stuhrenberg's Big Muddy Brewing operation in Murphysboro. Southern Illinois is slowly but surely crawling up out of the mire of bad beer and embracing...