Christopher Staten
DRAFT Magazine's Beer Editor
www.draftmag.com
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U.S. craft beer is essentially an extension or amalgamation of European brewing styles. We’ve pushed the envelope with new hop flavors and bittering levels, but the imperial IPA still owes its existence to the English. The fruited saison? That’s still Belgian. We romanticize the origins of centuries-old English IPAs on the high seas and pious monks silently crafting abbey ales, but in 200 years’ time, what story will drinkers tell about the American beer style?
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According to the report, the tap pours if someone stares at it while thinking about beer. That sounds like something DRAFT’s readership is perfectly capable of doing. It also sounds like a Jedi mind trick.
