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Most people in the room at Commercial Observer’s Fall State of CRE forum would agree: Never bet against New York City.

In November 1975, the Anchor Brewing Co. released what it called, simply, “Our Special Ale.” The beer quickly became known by two other things on the label: a generic Christmas tree smack-dab in the center and the words, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” Writing in All About Beer, Tom Acitelli notes that Anchor’s

For a beer lover this is the most wonderful time of the year. The annual rollout of Oktoberfest beers marks autumn (or mid-summer as can be the case with seasonal creep) and the start of the world's largest party in Munich. While it's grand to put on the dirndls and lederhosen and hoist liters, the

Thirty-eight years ago next month, Congress passed a deep tax cut that helped spur growth in the number of smaller breweries in the United States. A similarly tax-spurred phenomenon is under way in the United Kingdom. In the U.S., the September 1976 congressional legislation chopped the federal excise tax on beer from $9 to $7

It was the summer of 1992, and Steve McCarthy and his wife were having one of those vacations. The couple had flown to Ireland all the way from Oregon, and rented a car in Dublin. From there, things started promisingly enough. They drove out into the republic’s sparsely populated western reaches, staying at delightful hotels