Jamie Bogner | Craft Beer & Brewing

Jamie Bogner

Jamie Bogner is the Cofounder and Editorial Director of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®. Email him at jbogner@beerandbrewing.com.


Brew Test: Electric All-In-One Brewing Systems (2016 Update)

We took five systems into our brew lab and put them to the test to help you decide whether an electric turnkey system is for you.

Breakout Brewer: Casey Brewing & Blending

Casey Brewing & Blending is making waves with a focus on barrel-fermented, mixed-culture beers that celebrate heirloom fruit varieties from local growers.

Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallett Picks a 6-pack of Beers that Showcase the Expression of the Ingredients Themselves

John Mallet is a consummate brewer’s brewer, and his focus on getting it right extends to the exact phrasing he uses to describe the beers in his 6-pack.

Jester King Brewery Founder Jeff Stuffings Gravitates to a 6-Pack of Beers with Expressive Personality

Here, he extolls the virtues of dryness, bitterness, low alcohol, and mixed-culture fermentation.

The Barrel Cycle

First there were spirits aged in barrels. Then came beers aged in those used spirits barrels. Now, distillers are taking those used beer barrels back to age spirits in them, and the results are delicious.

Lost Abbey/Port Brewing’s Tomme Arthur Assembles a Continentally Inspired 6-Pack

San Diego brewing legend Tomme Arthur embraces the Belgian disdain for beer styles in a continentally inspired six-pack.

The Bruery’s Patrick Rue Chooses an International and Intensely Flavorful 6-Pack

Here is a six pack of beers that Rue, the eighth certified Master Cicerone, grabs when he’s not drinking one of his own.

Beercation: Denver, Colorado

With 300 days of sunshine per year, one of the largest concentrations of craft breweries in the United States, and the granddaddy of craft-beer festivals, Denver, Colorado, has a long history as a beer travel destination.

Beercation: Tampa, Florida

Florida was long a craft-beer backwater, but over the past few years, that reputation has completely shifted, on the strength of an intensely creative brewing scene on Florida’s west coast.

Join The (Beer) Club

We’ve assembled a list of our favorite of these societies so you can start planning your 2016 beer purchases now.