Beer With Strangers

This week's stories and show notes: Beer could be the next big thing at UMES The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has one of the premier hospitality management programs in the region, but being the best means staying on top of trends. When it comes to food and beverage the rising trend is the brewpub, a return to a time when taverns made their own house beers. Hops could fall out of favour in craft beer industry as brewers look to barley "The beer industry has been too hop-centric for several years," Hughes told the drinks business. "What we're starting to see now is more brewers experimenting with traditional flavourings like malted barley." Hops have dominated the craft brewing for nearly a decade, but a combination of high demand and new agricultural advances could mean that the crop's reign is coming to an end. More bars are booting corporate beer from their taps and doubling down on craft At some point over the next few weeks, kegs of Founders will kick at Pizzeria Paradiso, and bottles of Wi