The St. Louis region is home to various breweries with long-standing histories of beer-making roots.

Those who enjoy a cold one after a long day of work, and who have a DIY streak, might be interested in these affordable countertop beer machines.

In recent weeks, the craft beer world has been thrown into something of a tizzy by the emergence of a single new company, with claims that could theoretically upend beer production as we know it: Cool ...