A pointy-headed professor. A hand-painted heron. A steel fist rising in the air. These are all works of American art, of a sort — but you can't go to a museum to see them. You go to your local bar or ...

When checking out the selection of beers on tap, the first thing many bar patrons look for is the tap handles. They vary from basic to very intricate, and are an important branding tool for breweries.

Arlington’s Skookum Brewery uses a carved wooden bear claw. Bothell’s Decibel Brewing recycles old microphones. Everett’s Scuttlebutt features a mermaid, which to be fair, is far from beautiful. “The ...

RANDOM LAKE – Near the southern border of Sheboygan County, a small but fast-growing manufacturing shop now stands as the epicenter for what’s become one of the beer industry’s more creative marketing ...