Coca-Cola, the automobile, baseball–all important U.S. contributions to the world that were based on models from other countries. We think it’s about time to add beer to that list, and it is definitely a good week to celebrate American craft beer. What better validation could there be than the fact that American brewers’ innovative recipes and methods are shaping the kinds of beer that are being made all over the world?
Collaborative beers, like the Schneider & Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse pictured above, are a formal way that U.S. brewers are influencing beer beyond our shores. More and more brewers from other countries are attending the Craft Brewers Conference and entering their brews in the Wold Beer Cup each year as well. But anyone with some knowledge about the brewing community knows that brewers love to learn from each other and that a lot of this collaboration is happening informally and frequently.
Last month The Lagerheads spoke with Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver about the influence America is currently having on beer cultures in other countries. In preparation for Oliver’s seminar on the “New Beers of Scandinavia” at the National Geographic Society this Tuesday (sorry folks–it’s sold out), we are posting a series of blogs from our conversation with him.
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