Comments on: Beer Predictions for 2009

By: Michael Agnew » What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding: Interrogating Collaborative Beers

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:01:59 +0000

[...] a recent post fellow Hoppress writer Mario Rubio noted that “collaboration is the new barrel-aging.” Indeed, [...]

By: Nostradamus

Nostradamus — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:39:04 +0000

I think we’re going to see an increase in cask offerings and a fury with ‘american lambic’…authentic spontaneous fermentation right in the U.S.

By: Josh Christie

Josh Christie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:17:11 +0000

I’ll third the idea of more info on labels. Not only do I love reading my beers, but every little bit of ingredient info helps when you’re a budding homebrewer.

By: Beer for the Daddy

Beer for the Daddy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:06:32 +0000

I will echo Mark on this one. Getting more label info would be great, especially for those learning more and more. The hop and malt varieties also helps bolster the case of beer being as – if not more – complex than wine.

By: Michael Agnew

Michael Agnew — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:29:29 +0000

I agree on the session beers. At least I hope that comes to pass. I actually think that will be the next “thing”. Maybe appellation will be the next next thing as it may take time for enough brewers to grow their own ingredients to make that a real “thing”.

By: markdredge

markdredge — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:58:58 +0000

Love the idea that appellation will be big next. That would be very interesting. As an extension of that I hope more breweries list the ingredients they use (the malt/hop varieties) on bottle labels.

And session bitters should definitely increase in quality and number. The UK is all about session beer and from certain quaters they have been getting better and better – pale and hoppy, so flavourful but less than 4% ABV. Low ABV combined with big flavour (NOT Nanny State hop-tea though, I hope) is the future!