A craft brewer in Maine is partnering with a most unusual item — seaweed. If the beer takes off, the state's emerging seaweed aquaculture industry may benefit.

Few if any U.S. breweries have tried making beer with seaweed. "We're taking a risk," says Carlson, "because when you build a recipe, you want to know everything that's going into it. You don't ...

More craft breweries are using exotic ingredients in their creations these days. There are ales made with all kinds of fruit, beers infused with coriander and other spices, stouts brewed with oysters ...