Beer

Forget the stereotypes of beer-swilling men and frat boys. Femme Ferment and The University of Missouri–St. Louis want to introduce women and students to…

The beer industry has been transformed by the rise of craft brews in recent years, and St. Louis is no exception; it’s home to microbreweries like…

Governor Jay Nixon (D) Wednesday signed eight bills into law that were passed this year by Missouri lawmakers.One of them will be of special interest to…

Legislation that would allow home brewers to bring home-made beer to festivals has passed the Missouri Senate.Under Senate Bill 114, home-brewers could…

Brewery Ommegang in upstate New York is famous for making a kind of dark, malty, Belgian beer, often with high alcohol content.This style of beer has…

Budweiser Black Crown, the latest of Anheuser-Busch's higher-alcohol beers, will hit shelves across the country on Monday. The beer has been sold in St.…

Everyone from the Vikings to 18th century British sailors swore that a pint of spruce beer kept away scurvy. While that may not have really worked, you, too, can capture the essence of your Christmas tree in a glass.

Dec. 21 marks the end of the Mayan calendar — a time of celebration for the ancient people, scientists say, although some modern day folks worry it's a sign of the apocalypse. It may not be the end of the world as we know it, but beer masters inspired by the end of days feel fine.

Spanish scientists have identified the specific gene in yeast that's responsible for the foamy head on your glass beer. And that discovery could lead to what we've all been wishing for — more long-lasting foam on top of our ales of the future.

Some beer brewers are officially petitioning the White House to release its homebrew honey ale recipe. They are appealing to President Obama's sense of his place in history along with the beer-brewing Founding Fathers.