Some American craft brewers love to play games with their beer. Unencumbered by the ancient (and sometimes constricting) traditions present in Europe, they will add absurd amounts of hops, all kinds ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- This week's pick: Atwater Brewery's Vanilla Java Porter. From downtown Detroit comes this porter brewed with coffee beans and vanilla extract. It's actually fairly subtle in flavor.

Derived from Atwater Brewery's popular Vanilla Java Porter, the Detroit-based beer-maker's new Bourbon Barrel-Aged VJ Stout releases this week with more than double the strength. “We put a lot of ...