ACB covers craft beer news, entertainment and lifestyle 24/7, and we’d like to think we do a decent job. But there’s a lot of great craft beer journalism out there – and here some recent beer articles that you might want to check out.

Is There A Legitimate Argument For Shitty Beer?

With the rise of internet and social media, there are more platforms than ever before for both professionals and the public to discuss, well, just about anything. All you need is a “take” on something, a computer and the ability to articulate that point of view and you’re good to go. It doesn’t hurt if you can write and if you’re truly passionate about your position – and Bill Mayoroff proves to have both those skills in spades, in his fervent Defense of Crappy Beer.

Craft Beer Hits The Philippines

The Philippines is a Southeast Asian country that is made up of more than 7,000 islands. And it’s location on the Pacific Ring of Fire as well as it being close to the equator, makes the Philippines prone to both earthquakes and typhoons and some of the world’s greatest biodiversity. What isn’t diverse is its beer, which has been dominated by ubiquitous San Miguel. But finally, things are beginning to change in the country’s remote Palawan archipelago. Because two women, who learned to love beer in San Diego, have landed in Palawan’s capital, Puerto Princesa, and opened The Philippines’ First Female-run Craft Brewery.

Peaching Craft Beer

According to John Verive (one of our favorite beer journalists) fruit in beer is taking on renewed legitimacy among American craft brewers. And now California brewers are dusting off traditional Belgian techniques and creating complex, fruit-forward brews emphasizing localism and showcasing the region’s most prized fruits. Fast-forward to Chris Quiroga — a beer geek turned fruit broker – who connected a family farm’s heirloom peaches with the region’s most adventurous breweries. Craft beer journalism just doesn’t get any better than The Craft Beer Project That Grew from the Masumoto Family Farm’s Peach Tree