A Short Walk Off A Craft Beer

The Brewery (Brouwerji) Martens is a "proud and ambitious" family business, founded in 1758 in Bocholt Belgium [1] . Martens is the third largest beer producer in Belgium, producing an astonishing 3.6 million hl per year. They are the supplier of private brands for large supermarket chains such as Aldi, Makro, Carrefour and Cora. In 1758 the brewery was founded as an annex to a village inn, but in 1823 Theodorus Martens married into the family. Theoderus was the son of a brewer, and from him the company takes its name. The company began brewing lager style beers in 1923, but in 1962 shifted towards strictly brewing half of their beer according to the Reinheitsgebot [2] for export to Germany. In fact, 85% of the beer produced at Martens is destined for export [3] . Martens produce a staggering number of beers under their name, and varying other brands such as: Martens, Maternus, Schutters, Kristoffel, Karlskone, Holtland and many others. In 2008 Martens also began ...

The Brewery SingleCut Beersmiths is a brewery from Astoria NY, founded in 2012. The brewery was founded by Rich Buceta who financed the brewery by selling his collection of antique guitars [1] . The name of the brewery comes from a type of guitar that only has one (lower) cutaway [2] . SingleCut was the first brewery to making beer in Queens since prohibition, although in just seven years since their opening, there are now at least twelve operating breweries [3] . SingleCut name their beers after famous musicians, famous quotes from musicians, guitar and amp parts, or their address [4] . The beer that we're looking at here is, it would seem, named for a sketch from SNL, recreating a fictional VH1's Behind the Music episode. In this sketch the band Blue Öyster Cult, played by actors, are recording their biggest hit "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". Christopher Walkin (playing their producer) requests "more cowbell" in a second take. Eric is the name...

The Brewery The Köstritzer brewery was first mentioned in documents in 1543, making it one of the oldest breweries in Germany. Being one of the oldest breweries in Germany, it also allowed them to also be one of the oldest producers of Schwarzbier [1] in Germany (though they did not invent the style). Naturally, since the brewery is quite old [2] , it has a storied and interesting past. The brewery is located in Bad Köstritz, Thuringia, which is sort of in central Germany (but Thuringia was part of the former GDR, which is relevant later on). With the foundation of the University of Jena in 1558, the brewery experienced a boom in local popularity [3] . In 1696, the count of Reuss-Ebersdorf, Heinrich X, took over the brewery, and it took the title of "knightly estate brewery". However, with the promotion of the counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf to princes, the brewery became the "princely brewery in Köstritz" [4] . Köstritzer was really popular in the eighteenth c...