Kevin Kain
@casketbeer.bsky.social
A blog about humble beer by “roving glassware reporter” Kevin Kain. North American Guild of Beer Writers member. Also @craftbeerbrew @pelliclemag
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“Mr. Kerger says that he would like Einbecker to be making half its revenue from nonalcoholic products within five years. 'Beer is no longer the future.’”
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
Germans Are Going Off Beer. That’s Forcing Brewers to Adapt or Go Bust.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Mr. Kerger says that he would like Einbecker to be making half its revenue from nonalcoholic products within five years. 'Beer is no longer the future.’”
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
So nice getting beery things to read in the mail…
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So nice getting beery things to read in the mail…
If these were still used today, think of how snobby I could be? “What? You put your Vienna Lager in a barrel with Munich pitch?”
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If these were still used today, think of how snobby I could be? “What? You put your Vienna Lager in a barrel with Munich pitch?”
One of the scraps not making it into my pitch publication…
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One of the scraps not making it into my pitch publication…
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Thanks for all the tips. Two other questions. 1. Is the Beer and Oktoberfest a total waste? I’m drawn in by the drinkware collection. 2. What’s a good bottle shop, particularly one that might have Franconian beer? I already have Die Bierothek on my radar.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thanks for all the tips. Two other questions. 1. Is the Beer and Oktoberfest a total waste? I’m drawn in by the drinkware collection. 2. What’s a good bottle shop, particularly one that might have Franconian beer? I already have Die Bierothek on my radar.
YOU CAN’T PARK THERE!!!
ICE agents attempting to drown their guilt? It won't work.
Also, he should be charged with a weapons charge on top of the DUI.
Tsk! Tsk!
youtu.be/19xmzuPNDP0?...
Also, he should be charged with a weapons charge on top of the DUI.
Tsk! Tsk!
youtu.be/19xmzuPNDP0?...
Oak Brook police DUI arrest of ICE agent
YouTube video by Chicago Tribune
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November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
YOU CAN’T PARK THERE!!!
Listening to the Selling Lager episode of the Drink Beer, Think Beer pod and it’s interesting how many times trad English styles and cask beer have come up. 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Listening to the Selling Lager episode of the Drink Beer, Think Beer pod and it’s interesting how many times trad English styles and cask beer have come up. 1/2
I’m planning a quick overnight in Munich. I’ve only been once before and it was years ago. Also a quick overnight. So…recommendations?
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I’m planning a quick overnight in Munich. I’ve only been once before and it was years ago. Also a quick overnight. So…recommendations?
Cruz Del Sur in Brooklyn just announced they’re closing. It was the only place in NYC I knew of that sold a torta ahogada. Any other spots ppl know of?
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Cruz Del Sur in Brooklyn just announced they’re closing. It was the only place in NYC I knew of that sold a torta ahogada. Any other spots ppl know of?
Love seeing stories featuring handpumps and trad English style ales dominating the best review category in the 2025 @nagbw.bsky.social awards! Congrats to all winner and publications in all categories.
October 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Love seeing stories featuring handpumps and trad English style ales dominating the best review category in the 2025 @nagbw.bsky.social awards! Congrats to all winner and publications in all categories.
Monkey Gone to Heaven came on while I was on the GWB between New York and New Jersey.
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Monkey Gone to Heaven came on while I was on the GWB between New York and New Jersey.
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My much-better-half picked me up these today, so it seemed a good enough reason to break out some English Wedgewood in the gorgeous shape of this Keith Murray designed tankard from c. 1940 ...
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My much-better-half picked me up these today, so it seemed a good enough reason to break out some English Wedgewood in the gorgeous shape of this Keith Murray designed tankard from c. 1940 ...
Does anyone else find it weird that ppl still listen to Michael Jackson besides me-he?
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Does anyone else find it weird that ppl still listen to Michael Jackson besides me-he?
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BLOG POST: "...we recognise the problem in tourists demanding that the places they visit stay exactly the same, while expecting bars at home to do the opposite... But Belgium really does feel different, for a few reasons..." 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/10/we-d...
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We don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s our problem
On a recent trip to Liège we ended up visiting a couple of more modern bars which, although very pleasant, didn’t give us what we want from Belgian beer.
boakandbailey.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
BLOG POST: "...we recognise the problem in tourists demanding that the places they visit stay exactly the same, while expecting bars at home to do the opposite... But Belgium really does feel different, for a few reasons..." 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/10/we-d...
boakandbailey.com/2025/10/we-d...
Stein and #properglassware paired up is an oxymoron.
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Stein and #properglassware paired up is an oxymoron.
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All-foam mlíko pours got trendy in craft beer circles. But now feels like the right time for řezané pivo, the Czech special pour layering dark and pale lagers. It’s perfect for fall.
(Illustration: 3 mugs of striped řezané pivo.)
vinepair.com/articles/rez...
(Illustration: 3 mugs of striped řezané pivo.)
vinepair.com/articles/rez...
After Mlíko, Could This Traditional Czech Beer Pour Be the Next Big Thing?
First came mlíko, which gave us “milk tubes,” “mlíko bombs,” and other variations on the all-foam beer serve. With bars and taprooms looking for new ways to attract customers, will the two-beer mix kn...
vinepair.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
All-foam mlíko pours got trendy in craft beer circles. But now feels like the right time for řezané pivo, the Czech special pour layering dark and pale lagers. It’s perfect for fall.
(Illustration: 3 mugs of striped řezané pivo.)
vinepair.com/articles/rez...
(Illustration: 3 mugs of striped řezané pivo.)
vinepair.com/articles/rez...
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GOOD MORNING! This week's round up has zombie brands, dead pubs, cask beer in Italy, and more. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/09/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/09/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 20 September 2025: La Belle et la Bête
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got honey beer, gale beer, and estate pubs.
boakandbailey.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
GOOD MORNING! This week's round up has zombie brands, dead pubs, cask beer in Italy, and more. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/09/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/09/news...
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Researching cask beer in Italy, I noticed countless places around the country using Tübinger mugs for lager and British-style dimple mugs for ale. They don’t seem to have the confusion that we do here in the US. Here’s a pub with a Tüb in Napoli: #italiansdoitbetter
September 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Researching cask beer in Italy, I noticed countless places around the country using Tübinger mugs for lager and British-style dimple mugs for ale. They don’t seem to have the confusion that we do here in the US. Here’s a pub with a Tüb in Napoli: #italiansdoitbetter
The well established use of the word “stein” for a glass mug continues this year in the US. But in an odd turn of events, I’ve been seeing lots of posts of actual steins where they’re referred to as stone mugs and things like that. No mention of them actually being a stein. 🤦♂️
September 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The well established use of the word “stein” for a glass mug continues this year in the US. But in an odd turn of events, I’ve been seeing lots of posts of actual steins where they’re referred to as stone mugs and things like that. No mention of them actually being a stein. 🤦♂️
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Here we are. Six months and a handful of days to spring 2026. Gather ye your whatevers while you can, if you know what I mean. Meantime, here’s the meandering beery news notes for a Thursday.
The Thursday Beery News Notes For The End Of Summer 2025 – A Good Beer Blog
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September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Here we are. Six months and a handful of days to spring 2026. Gather ye your whatevers while you can, if you know what I mean. Meantime, here’s the meandering beery news notes for a Thursday.
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It would not surprise me to discover there were more bars serving cask ale in Italy than in one of its supposed homelands, Scotland. Though even that probably wouldn’t be enough to shame Scottish pub operators into offering it.
Having been to Italy a few times before, I was kinda embarrassed when I recently realized there are hand pumps scattered all over the country. Making it back there this summer, I made sure to do a little investigating and wrote about it on the blog. www.casketbeer.com/home/2025/9/...
Cask in Rome: Hitting the Handpumps in the Eternal City — Casket Beer
Is cask beer really a thing in Rome? Explore the Eternal City’s handpumps at pubs like Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, Treefolk’s, and Be.Re., as well as the Italian breweries such as Hilltop Brewery, Shire...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It would not surprise me to discover there were more bars serving cask ale in Italy than in one of its supposed homelands, Scotland. Though even that probably wouldn’t be enough to shame Scottish pub operators into offering it.
Having been to Italy a few times before, I was kinda embarrassed when I recently realized there are hand pumps scattered all over the country. Making it back there this summer, I made sure to do a little investigating and wrote about it on the blog. www.casketbeer.com/home/2025/9/...
Cask in Rome: Hitting the Handpumps in the Eternal City — Casket Beer
Is cask beer really a thing in Rome? Explore the Eternal City’s handpumps at pubs like Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, Treefolk’s, and Be.Re., as well as the Italian breweries such as Hilltop Brewery, Shire...
www.casketbeer.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Having been to Italy a few times before, I was kinda embarrassed when I recently realized there are hand pumps scattered all over the country. Making it back there this summer, I made sure to do a little investigating and wrote about it on the blog. www.casketbeer.com/home/2025/9/...
Oktoberfest beers are starting to hit shelves. Who’s excited?
July 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Oktoberfest beers are starting to hit shelves. Who’s excited?
Though I’m looking forward to drinking amazing wine in Tuscany and cask ale in Rome in a few weeks, I can’t stop thinking about Ichnusa Non Filtrata. Maybe it’s the heat.
July 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Though I’m looking forward to drinking amazing wine in Tuscany and cask ale in Rome in a few weeks, I can’t stop thinking about Ichnusa Non Filtrata. Maybe it’s the heat.