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Michele Norris considers one of the beers in the test.

Beer Tasting: The World's Best, And Priciest

Grocery shelves are sagging with every kind of beer imaginable, in taste and appearance. With the help of beer expert Michael Jackson, Michele Norris and Robert Siegel take stock — and taste — of some of the world's finest (and most expensive) beers.

Tea: Out of the Cup, Onto the Dinner Table

Not just for sipping anymore, tea is an easy and exciting way to flavor a variety of dishes. And just as sitting down to a cup of tea is a universal gesture of comfort and friendship, so is sitting down to a meal made with tea.

New Spring Festival Celebrates Craft Beers

In April, Chattanooga Craft Beer Week will wrap up with the inaugural Chattanooga Craft Beer Festival in the First Tennessee Pavilion on April 20, 2013…

A glass of beer and books for the WTCI PBS Ale tRail.

Buy A Pint And Raise A Glass On The Ale tRail For WTCI PBS

Buy a pint and raise a glass for our public media partner WTCI PBS here in Chattanooga. WTCI has teamed up with local craft breweries to launch the Ale tRail for people 21 and older. The R in tRail is capitalized in honor of this city’s rail past.

Jim Koch (left) and Sam Calagione with their flagship beers.

Makers Of Sam Adams And Dogfish Head Beer Announce Merger Deal

The companies' founders say the merger is going to help the craft brewers compete in an industry that is seeing rapid consolidation.

Big breweries are selling less beer, so they're getting creative to attract customers. Pabst Blue Ribbon is market testing hard coffee in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maine, Georgia and Florida.

Pabst Blue Ribbon Seeks Buzz With Hard Coffee

Americans are buying less beer from big breweries, so companies are getting creative to attract customers. Pabst is testing what one customer describes as a "Frappuccino" — with an alcoholic kick.

J-Day, the first Friday in November, marks the release of Denmark's Christmas beer, Tuborg's Julebryg. It's practically a national holiday as the beer is promoted tonight in bars throughout the country.

Christmas Comes Early For Denmark's Beer Drinkers

The Danish tradition of releasing the Christmas beer on the first Friday in November started with a beloved TV commercial from 1980 for a straight-laced 140 year-old brewing company, and now it's practically a national holiday.

Syrian children, who fled their home with their family, take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey on Sunday.

In Distressed Syria, Urban And Rural Cultures At Odds

The revolt began in the countryside, but it is now concentrated in two main cities: Damascus and Aleppo. While poor Syrians are flooding refugee camps on the borders, the middle- and upper-class civilians can pay to cross. Despite tension, some are seeking ways to build a post-Assad future together.

Bears With Taste For Beer Have Quite A Night In Norway

It looks like they broke into a cabin in Norway and helped themselves to 100 or so cans of brew. They left behind quite a mess. It's our second story about burglar bears this week.

"Solar trees," which suspend solar panels over parking spaces in San Diego, collect electricity. Generating solar power like this is just one rung on a ladder the city will have to climb to reach 100 percent renewable energy by 2035.

San Diego Mulls Whether To Let City, Not Utility, Buy Alternative Energy

It's the largest city in the U.S. to commit to using only renewable energy. And even though stakeholders are on board, trouble could be brewing over how to implement the plan.

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