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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It used to be that baseball fans would head for the concourse to grab a beer between innings, a cold one as much a part of America’s pastime as hotdogs and Cracker Jack. Now they file up the aisles in search of Belgian-style pale ale.  

"We've seen a growth in craft beer sales, there's no question," Bucek said. "When you see the category grow, there's so much more to offer. It's pretty broad-based compared to what it was back in the day, and it's definitely evolving and ...  

Tell us what your business does. We design and produce apparel ... is exploding and more people than ever are brewing beer at home. Many people are spending time and money on beer just like they would with golf or fishing. Craft beer consumption ...  

The Brooklyn Brewery fears so: The brewmeister of Brooklyn Brewery says toxic fracking chemicals like methanol, benzene, and ethylene glycol (found in anti-freeze) could contaminate his beer by leaking into New York's water supply. Unlike neighboring ...  

Through its flagship premium beer brand, Heineken, has been selling in the market in the past years in limited locations and amounts, the brewer opened an operating company in Kenya and two more in Tanzania and Uganda. The company has also catered for ...  

On our day trip to Corvallis last weekend, we hit up Block 15 Brewery (with an extensive tour) and Flat Tail Brewing, and with a little bit time left before we had to head back to Bend, my wife suggested we also check in on the Oregon Trail Brewery, Corvallis’ oldest brewery located just a couple of blocks south of Flat Tail in the Old World Deli building on 2nd Street. And I’m glad we stopped, because we ended up getting an impromptu tour of...  

Jennifer Cernoch, president of Operation Homefront of Texas ... At the brewery Thursday, Cernoch called Saint Arnold's participation “a blessing” that not only will boost the coffers but also raise awareness of the plight of many military families.  

The S/V Denis Sullivan, a 137-foot, three-masted Great Lakes schooner, will make its entrance into the harbor in Milwaukee on May 26 and will feature a special cargo as it sails this summer — barrel-aged beer from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. The Chippewa Falls-based brewer has donated Big Eddy Imperial India Pale Ale, which will age in a wooden apple brandy barrel aboard the educational sailing vessel. The wooden barrel is from Great...  

TORONTO, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Moosehead Breweries Limited, Canada's oldest and largest independent brewery, announced today a Summer 2012 mobile tour to celebrate all things made well. The tour will connect a documentary film crew with North Americans who share the Moosehead...  

Two Capital Region beverage store operators are distributing Steadfast Sorghum Pale Ale, a gluten-free beer they developed late last year, to 35 outlets through DeCrescente Distributing Co. Inc. Jeremy Hosier and Mark Crisafulli are marketing the beer through their company, Steadfast Beer Co., based at 90 State St. in Albany. Hosier, 29, and Crisafulli, 49, are among the partners who own Westmere Beverage Center in Guilderland. Crisafulli is...  

In this installment of my Bottoms Up! series of beer reviews, I will be reviewing Big Eddy Wee Scotch Ale from Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. Wee Scotch Ale is described as "Our Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale is a tip of the cap to the brewers of Scotland.  

More Cincinnati beer is on the way. Several large tanks were being delivered to the Samuel Adams Brewery in the West End this week for installation at the 1934 birthplace of Schoenling Lager beer. Boston Beer Co. spokeswoman Jess Paar said the new tanks are for fermentation and aging. They’ll expand the brewery’s capacity “so that we can keep up with the brewing demands as we introduce new, innovative styles like our Barrel Room Collection...  

The formation of the New York City Brewers Guild (NYCBG), an organization that professes unwavering dedication "to advancing the local brewing industry and thereby lessening human misery," will kick off with a big beer bash tonight at the Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg. A truly local collaboration, the NYCBG includes the Bronx Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Chelsea Brewing Co., Eataly Birreria, Harlem Brewing Co., Heartland Brewing Co., KelSo...  

Unlike Virginia wineries, breweries in the state haven't been able to sell beer for on-site consumption without having a restaurant. All that began changing on May 15 when Governor Bob McDonnell signed two bills that have craft brewery owners hopping for joy. "This is a big one for breweries," says Steve Crandall, founder of Devils Backbone Brewing Company up near Wintergreen Resort. "Mark Thompson over at Starr Hill Brewery always told me...  

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A landmark railroad depot in Johnson City is on track to be restored and turned into a beer brewery. The Johnson City Development Authority, which bought the vacant CC Railroad Depot in 2010 in an effort to save it, approved ...  

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Featured taco by Chef Greg Reeves: Oyster Taco Featured beer: Enlightenment Brut Be one of the first to taste this Bière de Champagne-style (11%) and flagship beer from Enlightenment Ales, a new nano-brewery in Lowell, MA by Ben Howe, who will also be on ...  

Join BeerAdvocate at The Publick House in Brookline, MA and be one of the first to taste this Bière de Champagne-style (11%) and flagship beer from Enlightenment Ales, a new nano-brewery in Lowell, MA by Ben Howe, who will also be on-hand to discuss his ...  

• Summertime nightclubgoers will be thrilled to hear that the Bowery’s Bantam is adding a new 1,000-square-foot outdoor lounge just in time for the warm weather. The new addition will be called "The Patio," and is slated to open next Thursday. [Bowery Boogie] • It seems that as of late, the East and West coasts have been swapping a few of their favorites. So it’s no surprise, really, that Murray's Cheese Shop should open up in artisan...  

Iron Hill Brewery plans to open a brew pub in Voorhees Town Center this winter, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. It will be Iron Hill’s second South Jersey location, after Maple Shade. Separately, Voorhees Town Center owner Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:PEI) confirmed Tuesday that Firecreek Restaurant & Bar has closed, but said Iron Hill will not be moving into that site. In addition to Maple Shade, Iron Hill has...  

The newest trend in the American craft beer market is the rediscovery of the so-called "farmhouse ale" style of beers. This term is included inside quotation marks here because it is an informal and poorly defined beer style, with the artisanal farmhouse ...  

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law two pieces of legislation aimed at helping Virginia-based brewers. House Bill 359 lets established brewers lease space to start-up and small scale beer brewers. Senate Bill 604 allows for retail sales and sampling on the premises of Virginia breweries. "The legislation signed today will make it easier for our breweries to serve as destinations for potential customers and allow some of our talented...  

Green Ride, an airport shuttle company in Fort Collins, has suspended its Hops Brewery Shuttle service to local breweries after one month, the Coloradoan reports. The city's other airport shuttle company, Super Shuttle, started its own brewery service the same day Green Ride did and its Hops & Shops continues to operate. The co-owner of Green Ride said demand for the shuttle to breweries was less than expected.  

Thompson fame) illustrations on their packaging. The Iron Monkey is inviting you, craft beer-drinker, to meet the brewery’s CEO, Jim Caruso, on Thursday, May 17th at 6pm. The bar will be offering nine of Flying Dog brewery’s best drafts ...  

PORTLAND, OREGON – The beer lineup for the inaugural Pints for Prostates Portland Pale Ale Invitational has been released. The event will be held on July 25 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. “Our goal was to create an ...  

Given the recent surge of new, local craft brewers in the city and the accompanying upswing in interest from various Toronto-centric lifestyle publications (ahem), you're probably inclined to think of the existence of craft beer in this city as a fairly recent trend. You might be surprised to learn, however, that this year the city's oldest craft brewery is actually a quarter of a century old. Great Lakes Brewery, founded in 1987, was...  

Brewers, do you wish you had a way to talk to your fans directly? Well, I want to give you that chance. I want to start running a weekly blog series, called the Brewer’s Corner, where a different brewer (or someone in the beer industry) each week will ...  

YOU THINK WE have a pretty good beer scene now? You should’ve seen this town back in 1879. Every neighborhood had its own brewery, and every corner had a saloon. In the preceding 30 years, more than 250 breweries had opened — many of them closing quickly, but others becoming national powers. A census by Western Brewer magazine counted an astonishing 94 breweries up and running.  

Great Lakes Brewery, founded in 1987, was purchased by the Bulut family in 1991 and, in a craft beer market that has changed considerably since, they've managed to remain independent and grow the company into one of the largest microbreweries in Ontario.  

Brewers, do you wish you had a way to talk to your fans directly? Well, I want to give you that chance. I want to start running a weekly blog series, called the Brewer’s Corner, where a different brewer (or someone in the beer industry) each ...  

Steve Anderson, a brewer at Austin-based Live Oak Brewing Co., is heading west to start his own production brewery, the Austin Chronicle reports. Anderson is moving to Alpine where he plans to open Big Bend Brewing — a 30-barrel facility that will feature a pilsner or helles named Tejas as its flagship drink.  

Lakefront Brewery Inc. has introduced Wisconsinite, a new unfiltered Weiss-style beer made entirely of local, Wisconsin-grown ingredients. The beer was created around a new native Wisconsin yeast strain envisioned by Lakefront president Russ Klisch and developed by Jeremy King of home brewing supplies distributor Northern Brewer. The new strain is believed be to the only North American-grown yeast in commercial use today as well as the first...  

Several Colorado brewers are among winners of World Beer Cup 2012 awards, announced Sunday by the Boulder-based Brewers Association. The bi-annual competition drew 3,921 beer entries from 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states in 95 beer style categories. Awards were presented Saturday at an event in San Diego. Golden's Coors Brewing Co. took the gold prize in the category of American-Style Lager or Light Lager with its Coors...  

AFPBrewer SABMiller profit soars 75 per centNinemsnSABMiller, the South African-English brewer which bought Australian group Foster's last year, says annual net profit has soared by 75 per cent, boosted by growth in emerging markets. Earnings after taxation surged to $US4.22 billion ($A4.34 billion) in ...Brewer SABMiller says annual net profits rocket 75%AFPSABMiller Warns On Mature Beer Markets As Profit JumpsWall Street JournalLatin America...  

Central Oregon brewers are hoisting a collective glass to the state’s newest beer industry advocacy group. The Central Oregon Brewers Guild will represent interests of 12 companies that make and peddle craft ales. The group includes 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend Brewing Co. Boneyard Brewing, Cascade Lakes Brewing, Deschutes Brewery, Good Life Brewing Co., McMenamins Old St. Francis School, Silver Moon Brewing, Three Creeks Brewing, Brew Werks...  

Beginning this week, the Stevens Point Brewery is accepting nominees for its Drop Dead Blonde contest. People may visit the brewerys website (www.pointbeer.com) between now and June 15, fill out an application and upload a photo to enter the contest. Prize is $500, and the title of the brewerys 2012 Drop Dead Blonde. According to Joe Martino, operating partner, the top five contestants will be posted on the brewerys Facebook page, and...  

At 6 p.m., Thursday, May 24, Blue Onion will be hosting a free beer tasting featuring a lineup of four of Texas’ Real Ale Brewing Company beers. The beers are: Rio Blanco Pale Ale, Brewhouse Brown Ale, Devils Backbone Abbey Style Trippel Lost Gold...  

Oskar Blues Brewing Co., the maker of Dale’s Pale Ale, will expand in Brevard, N.C., the Citizen-Times of Asheville reports. Longmont, Colo.-based Oskar Blues has secured a 30,000-square-foot brewery space and an additional 6,000-square-foot space for a restaurant and music, the paper says. The beer-maker plans to open by December and will employ 75 to 100 people. This is the third brewery to choose western North Carolina for expansion since...  

We've listed Hackney's Printers Row as being one of Chicago's underrated beer bars before. This week they're giving up their taps to only local craft beers, highlighted by a rare beer tapping 6 p.m. Thursday. Hackney's will tap Metropolitan’s Generator Dopplebock, Two Brothers Red Eye Porter brewed with Dark Matter coffee, Two Brothers Circus Penguin Pale Ale brewed with organic beets and blood oranges, and Finch's Witness Belgian Pale Ale...  

New Belgium Brewing, the third largest craft brewer in the country and the maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, will build its East Coast brewery in Buncombe County. The company plans to create as many as 154 jobs and invest about $175 million over seven years, according to a news release issued by Gov. Beverly Perdue’s office Thursday. New Belgium Brewing will receive $1 million worth of state incentives from the One North Carolina Fund. Salaries...  

New Yorkers are about to get soaked when they want to raise a pint. Two crucial state tax exemptions that had helped small craft brewers from Coney Island to the Catskills save thousands of dollars a year have been declared unconstitutional by a state court — effectively raising the cost of...  

Boulevard Brewing Co. ranks as the nation’s 10th-largest craft brewer, based on beer sales volume last year, according to The Brewers Association’s latest list. Among all brewing companies, Kansas City-based Boulevard — known for such brews as Boulevard Wheat and Pale Ale — ranks 17th. The top company is Anheuser-Busch.  

Hoping to capitalize on the growing thirst for craft beer in North Carolina, local developer Marty Kotis will open a $1 million microbrewery in Greensboro this fall to supply three of his restaurants with everything from cask ales to porters and stouts. The Pig Pounder Brewery — named after a beer launched by the Darryl’s restaurant chain in 1988 — is on tap to open in October at a 3,700-square-foot free-standing warehouse building that Kotis...  

Telegraph.co.ukEmerging economies drive brewer's sales as mature markets stagnateScotsmanBy MARTIN FLANAGAN ROBUST growth in Africa and Latin America helped brewing giant SABMiller offset a fall in beer consumption in Europe and North America, with annual profits disclosed yesterday up 12 per cent at $5.6 billion (£3.6bn).Annual earnings rise 12 per cent at SABMillerIrish TimesSABMiller boss slams coalition as he threats to move domicile...  

Starting next week, Flying Dog Brewery's Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout will be available year-round with distribution throughout the country. Drink beer and restore the Chesapeake Bay – all year round. Next week, Flying Dog Brewery’s Pearl Necklace ...  

St. Louis Brewery, parent of Schlafly beer, ranked 39th on the Brewers Association’s 2012 list of the top 50 craft brewing companies in the U.S. based on 2011 beer sales volume. It was the local brewery's first time in the top 40, and up from its ranking at No. 42 last year. St. Louis Brewery sold 42,961 barrels of beer in 2011, up 22.5 percent from 35,066 in 2010, according to data the brewery’s co-founder Dan Kopman provided. In January...  

On Wednesday, the Brewers Association released its annual list of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S. The not-for-profit trade group came up with the rankings using beer sales volume numbers from 2011. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 36 of them are small and independent craft outfits. In the last 15 years, craft brewing has grown from one to six percent of the total beer market.That said, all the top spots in...  

BBC presenter Mark Radcliffe was among those wishing the Brewery well at the Kendal arts centre’s 40th birthday bash. Although not at the Fit For 40 £80,000 appeal launch in person, the musician and popular voice of radio sent a long message of support ...  

Windhoek — Protesting former Namibia Breweries workers dispersed yesterday after management served an interdict on them to discontinue a "sit-in demonstration" at the Ohlthaver & List Group's (O) head office in Windhoek. A union official who spoke on ...  

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- We venture east this week for the brew review to once again sample South Carolina’s Thomas Creek Brewery and its Stillwater Vanilla Cream Ale. Although this refreshing and crisp beer with aromatic vanilla hints is a ...  

Jennings had visiting apprenticeship with Young & Co.'s Brewery Plc. "The Ram Brewery" in London. He holds a certified brewmaster certificate from VLB Berlin, and specializes in technical brewing and recipe development. Working under Steve Dressler ...  

Craft beer in a can? Absolutely, affirms Spaulding. The enemies of great beer are light and oxygen, so cans are the best choice to preserve taste. The brewery also chose to use cans made of recycled aluminum because it has a much lower environmental impact ...  

It's not difficult to grab a pint of good beer in Manitou Springs, given the town's bounty of fine food and drink establishments. But many have suggested in the past that the town is ripe for its own microbrewery.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Construction is underway for a brewery in Queens — the first one in the borough since the 1950s, DNAinfo reported. Named SingleCut Beersmiths, it will open this fall in a 5,000-square-foot space at 19-33 37th Street near 20th Avenue in Astoria. SingleCut will have beer tastings of lagers and seasonal ales, all of which will be brewed on site, as well as live musical performances. Distribution will begin late this summer. Queens previously had...  

The Private Beer Sampling on Friday from 7–10 p.m. features more than 75 craft beers, including specialty made casks and other rarities. Look for Tin Roof's Black Tin Coffee Porter, Abita's barrel-aged Abbey Ale and a cask of NOLA Brewing's ...  

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omission Beer will start distributing Omission Lager & Pale Ale nationally. Previously available only in Oregon, the phased rollout will begin on the West Coast and is expected nationwide by mid-June.  

As NY1 News revisits its 20-year history, the station looks back at reporter Andrew Schmertz's May 21, 1996 report on the opening of the Brooklyn Brewery, which re-ignited an old tradition of crafting locally brewed, high quality beer in the city.  

The Tripel, the gastropub based in Playa del Rey, will be celebrating American Craft Beer Week with a special dinner on Monday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. They’ll team up with Smog City Brewery, a craft brewery from Tustin. The night will feature ...  

The Brewery Follies of Virginia City is back for another crazy season of satire, nonsense, foolishness and absurdity. The comedy cabaret show is gearing up at the H. S. Gilbert Brewery. Sunset Magazine called it “…a cabaret show wild enough for any old ...  

Beers from Speakeasy Ales & Lagers seems to have a tap handle in just about every bar around San Francisco. We visited with Kushal Hall, Speakeasy's head brewer, to get a look at the brewing facility, and find out a little about his career in beer—from the time he accidentally emptied the mash tun onto the floor, to the newest beers he's brewing at Speakeasy right now.  

The other day, when confronted with an overwhelming array of craft beers at a local bar, a long-time colleague of mine smiled meekly as the server asked her what she wanted. "I'm a Miller Lite kind of girl," she explained. Having worked closely with her for years, I knew this to be far from true. read more  

It's a good time to brew beer in America. According to beer expert Julia Herz, U.S. brewing isn't just on the upswing, it's on top. "We're now the No. 1 destination for beer, based on diversity and amount of beers," she says. But if you want to see the strength of America's beer industry, you may want to look past beverage giants like Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors. According to the Brewers Association, nearly 2,000 American brewers operated...  

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Cornish brewer Sharp's has launched a new premium range of beers called Connoisseurs Choice, designed to be matched with food. Sharp's head brewer Stuart Howe has created the three beers in the range - Quadrupel Ale 2011 (a dark, ruby ale, at 10% ab)...  

“The world almost seems flipped on its side – a revolution has happened,” reported Benj Steinman, president of the trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insight, in assessing the state of craft brewing. Steinman was addressing a crowd at the ...  

Good River Brewing Co., a brewpub that hopes to open in Amherst, has launched a $40,000 fundraising effort through Kickstarter. Owner and brewer Dan Blatt -- who currently brews at J.F. Walleye's Microbrewery on Middle Bass Island -- also has ...  

A new beer dinner series kicks off with a reception and mini bites at 6:30 p.m., followed by a three-course meal prepared by executive chef Esteban Colon, featuring beer pairings from SanTan Brewery. Yucatan-style chicken skewers with tomatillo-papaya ...  

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A new brewery on Ossington Avenue raises the bar for local beers.It’s the first week of May and Toronto is in the middle of a string of cool, cloudy days. Mid-afternoon, the Bellwoods Brewery is preparing for that night’s service and the space isn’t ready for photography. Mike Clark, co-owner along with Luke Pestl, suggests we return just before opening: given the weather and that it’s [...]  

French Broad beers reflect the interests of each of the three head brewers who’ve run the place. From classic continental ales, through UK-style bitters and porters, to American pales, we’re a work-in-progress that improves with age (just like beer). Current offerings include the Wee Heavy’er Scotch Ale, 13 Rebels ESB, Gateway Kolsch, Ryehopper Pale, India Pale Ale and Anvil Porter. Rotating seasonals include Koko the Stout, Zepptemberfest and...  

(See video below.) Partners Dan Malz and John Merrick hope to open the brewery-microdistillery tasting room in June. They also plan to offer 22-ounce bottles later and want to open a restaurant at the site early next year. Portside will use the same seven ...  

FREDERICK, MD - A Frederick brewery is making a new beer to help restore the Chesapeake Bay. Flying Dog Brewery released their year-round Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout this week to benefit the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Some proceeds from the sale of Pearl ...  

Sa!son, Invercargill Brewery, 330ml. If you can forgive the silly, exclamatory name and aren't allergic to citrus fruit, there's a whole lot to like about Invercargill Brewery's latest variation on its 2011 award winner. A bitter orange taste predominates ...  

Richmond, Virginia Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Blue Mountain Brewery, Hardywood Park Brewery, Legends Brewery and Starr Hill Brewery joined Governor McDonnell for the signing of the Senate bill 604. The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild held a meeting at Hardywood Park Brewery in Richmond to discuss many issues that pertain to Virginia’s Craft breweries and brewpubs. [...]  

The Samuel Adams Brewery story begins all the way back in 1870’s with a recipe Koch’s great-great grandfather, Louis Koch, had made at his brewery in St. Louis, Mo. After more than 100 years, Koch resurrected the brew in 1984 and in 1985 ...  

With the brewery business growing in an economy like this, any sudden cost increase could be detrimental ["Officials: Tax is what ails brewers," News, May 7]. Local brewers received an exemption from excise taxes on the first 200,000 barrels of ...  

Three local entrepreneurs are working to make Bristol a part of the state’s growing craft beer industry and they're looking for your help. Rich Loomis, Bill Collins and Dana Bourque are no strangers to the craft beer scene as they have been ...  

Next week, Long Trail will add its name to the list of Vermont breweries offering its beers in aluminum cans following a growing trend in craft brewing. For years, there have been very few canned options for craft beers. Most consumers had to "trade down" and select imports, such as Heineken, Bass,...  

Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery and Pelican Pub & Brewery captured Champion Large International Brewery and Champion Small International Brewery respectively at the 20th annual Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA). The United States was a standout, winning four trophies; New Zealand breweries claimed two and Belgium, Brazil, Germany and Norway achieving one each. AIBA committee chairman and chief judge, [...]  

Oskar Blues Brewery coming to Brevard It’s a true blue beer tri-fecta. Oskar Blues Brewery of Longmont and Lyons, Colo., will open both a production facility and a restaurant in downtown Brevard. This, on the heels of Sierra Nevada’s plans to build a brewery/restaurant in Mills River, and New Belgium coming into the River Arts District with a brewery and tasting room soon after. The 21st Amendment Brewery announcement that they, too, will open...  

MIRBOO North's brewery has taken out another whirlwind victory, after being served 11 medals at the International Beer Awards last week. Commenting on the brewery's year-in-year-out success on the competitive circuit, Grand Ridge Brewery founder Eric ...  

A Melbourne-based microbrewery has been put up for sale this week. 3 Ravens Brewing Company, of Thornbury in the city's north, has put its brewing equipment up for auction on GraysOnline. An insider told TheShout that "business hasn't been ...  

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Bell's Brewery Inc. is planning a weeklong celebration as the Michigan company opens its new brewhouse. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports opening events are Monday at the facility, which will give Bell's the ability to produce 500,000 barrels of beer a year.  

Independent brewer Bath Ales has launched its latest seasonal brew, called Summer's Hare. The brewer said the beer is light, hoppy and "well balanced with some fruit and malt". It has been brewed using pale Maris Otter floor-malted barley and a mix of Bramling Cross and Chinook hops.  

NAMIBIA Breweries Limited is finalising negotiations with Heineken and Diageo for NBL to obtain a 15,5 per cent stake in the Sedibeng Brewery in Gauteng in South Africa, holding company Ohlthaver & List (O) said on Friday. The acquisition will take place ...  

To say that craft beer is booming is an understatement. There are currently 139 breweries and brewpubs operating in the state of Colorado, and an outstanding 75 in planning. I have yet to see a weekend this spring without a grand opening celebration ...  

In another sign that beer is no longer about plain old barley and hops, MillerCoors is fueling its innovation pipeline with coconuts, apples and a new amber lager created by the company’s brewers during their downtime. The offerings, which are rolling ...  

Andy Cubbin, head brewer for Southern Appalachian Brewery, is this week’s brewer on the hot seat in our ongoing “Know your local brewer” interview series. He and wife, Kelly Cubbin, opened Hendersonville’s first brewery and tasting room about a year ago, after a number of delays, which included lobbying to actually change city laws. But since that opening day, the brewery, which previously had homes in both Rosman and Fletcher, has flourished...  

Wheat beer drinkers rejoice! In a big departure from its usually hops-heavy line-up, Sixpoint Brewery in Redhook has just introduced Apollo, a wheat ale, to its seasonal rotation. [ more › ]  

Pittsburgh Craft Beer week is happening now - April 28th and will be celebrated with over 200 events in and around the Pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh City Paper attended Rock Bottom Brewery's "Beer As Cocktails" Competition Thursday, April 25th.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Rick Reed, owner of Cricket Hill Brewery in Fairfield tried a little experiment five years ago. He plunked down $100 for an empty Jack Daniel’s barrel and filled it with his American amber ale. The cask sat in a corner for four months, as the flavors of ...  

After a day of judging with experts from the region, the winning ales from the 15 different categories were announced, with Hobsons picking up silver for its mild and bronze medal for Old Henry in the bottle category. Paul Albini, the brewer behind mild, ...  

Three local entrepreneurs are working to make Bristol a part of the state’s growing craft beer industry and they're looking for your help. Rich Loomis, Bill Collins and Dana Bourque are no strangers to the craft beer scene as they have been ...  

Justin Hawkins and Adrian Grenier (who starred in HBO’s Entourage) co-founded Churchkey Can Co., a craft brewing startup company that has brought back beer in flat-top steel cans. The cans require the use of a church key to open them, just like they did 50 years ago. According to the Churchkey Can Co. website, the [...]  

If you go out for a beer in a Boston-area bar or restaurant, chances are the beer list offers something made by Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project. The Somerville-based outfit is behind brews such as the cloudy, golden Jack D’Or, the dark ale Saint Botolph’s Town, and the hoppy Fluffy White Rabbits. In the store, the bottles are easily ...  

Vancouver Craft Beer Week: The Belgians are comingVancouver SunSan Diego's Green Flash Brewing, like Driftwood, carries a large roster of Belgian-style beers year-round and as seasonals, from Belgian Brown Trippel and Rayon Vert Pale Ale to Le Freak Belgian-style India Pale Ale. Oregon brewers are showing ...and more »  

The Hills Shire Mayor Greg Burnett said supporting the Tallowood students was a community concern. “The support of Ross, and people like him, is invaluable to the community of Tallowood School,” he said. “Tallowood is continuing to look for support ...  

Today is the 67th birthday of Jack McAuliffe, the father of the modern microbrewery. Jack incorporated his New Albion Brewery in October of 1976, and began producing beer the following year from his tiny brewery in Sonoma, California. His 1-barrel system suggests he may also have been the first nanobrewery, as well. I finally got [...]  

A small Montreal craft brewery is taking a shot at the controversial Bill 78 with a beer named for the era of ultra-conservative former Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis. In an announcement on the brewery’s Facebook page Wednesday, Dieu du Ciel!  

Craft brewer New Belgium will build its East Coast facility in Asheville, officials announced at the Chamber of Commerce. Stay tuned for a follow-up report. Meanwhile, here’s the press release from Gov. Perdue’s office, and below, live dispatches via Twitter. Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that New Belgium Brewing, the third largest craft brewer in the country and the maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, will build its East Coast brewery in...  

Devils Backbone Brewing Co. and Blue Mountain Brewery are bringing back medals awarded to them at this year’s World Beer Cup in San Diego. Devils Backbone is bringing home a Gold for its Vienna Lager in the Vienna-Style Lager category. Blue Mountain is bringing back a Silver in the American-Belgo-Style Ale category for its Blue [...]  

A small-time beer operation in Tennessee says it's the subject of some big-time hassling from Budweiser -- all of it over a bunch of old empty beer kegs. In a lengthy post on the Facebook page for Calfkiller Brewing Company, the company explains its side of the story, saying that -- like many smaller businesses -- it has to save money where it can. Part of that savings comes from buying used kegs that can then be filled up and shipped out full...  

CHICAGO, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pilsner Urquell, the world's first golden beer, announced today the return of its Master Home Brewer Competition.  The second annual competition will challenge home brewers in New York and Chicago to recreate the classic...  

Long gone are the Dallas Brewery, Schepps Brewery and the Dallas-Fort Worth Brewing Co. with its signature Bluebonnet Beer. After a long dry spell, commercial beer production is on a comeback of sorts in Dallas with two start-up craft-brewing operations … Continue reading →  

Pearl Street Brewery is a southwest Wisconsin brewer that doesn't always receive the fanfare given to other regional beer producers. Some may be surprised to learn the brewery has been around for more than 13 years, and over the last few has stepped up its distribution in Madison. The brewery's best seller, D.T.B., is an American Brown Ale that deserves a little attention.  

You would think that as a brewer, you wouldn't need much in the way of excuses to visit San Diego. The area houses a number of the most highly regarded breweries in North America. If you believe the buzz surrounding it, Stone Brewing's World Bistro and Gardens is worth the pilgrimage all by itself. This year, the Craft Brewer's Conference has made  

ONE of the country’s top brewers recently paid a visit to Millom’s own micro brewery. John Keeling, head brewer for Fuller’s, spent a day at the Hardknott Brewery, on the Devonshire Road Trading Estate. Alongside Hardknott’s own head brewer, Dave ...  

Why: To meet the brewers/owners of No Label Brewing No Label Brewing is headed by brewers/owners Jennifer and Brian Royo and their operation has grown quite popular since it debuted in 2010. The brewery has its staple, flagship brews, a few ...  

"The Shandy is a new recipe, which is the lemonade and lager, and the blueberry wheat. It's kind of unique. We're one of the 15 breweries that use real blueberry juice on our beer. It's kind of a challenge to find that much blueberry juice, but it really ...  

ST. LOUIS, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Demand for Bud Light Platinum, the newest addition to the Bud Light megabrand, is outpacing expectations.  In response, Anheuser-Busch is expanding production of Bud Light Platinum to three breweries.  Brewing has already begun in A-B's...  

I thought I was done with this miniseries on alcohol, yeast and civilization, but several people have written me asking about one particular mystery of great relevance to their lives, lager beer. And so here you have it, the seventh ( see the first , second , third , fourth , fifth and sixth here) in my miniseries on civilization, fungus, and alcohol. If you have had a beer lately, especially if it was in a can and cost less than...  

Without the use of ice, you can now enjoy your cold beer a little longer. Sounds impossible? Well, not to Kirin Brewery. Kirin, famous for its draft beer in Japan, has started a new craze in beer-drinking through its latest product, the “Ichiban Shibori Frozen Draft,” introducing its famous Kirin draft beer topped with frozen foam. [...] Related posts: Blue Beer: You Aren’t Seeing Things Japanese Brewer Releases Deceptively Packaged Beer...  

Our tasting panel far preferred Omission's gluten-free pale ale to their gluten-free lager, with regards to its similarity to the original product. It has the hop attack of a classic northwest pale, front-loaded with that fresh, lively, sour-bitter goodness that has you stomping your boot-heel and reciting bridges. Chris OnstadThis beer has so little gluten, it could basically never be kneaded into satisfying bread. One member of...  

A provision in a recently created Pennsylvania law will allow breweries to sell ... home instead of committing to a whole case." "This enables customers to sample a wider range of the brewery's brands, while enabling the brewery to market its ...  

A reliable source sends word that German beer titan Paulaner is opening its very first U.S. beer hall in the Bowery space that's currently home to Attias Oven Corporation/Cannon Co. Attias, an old-timer restaurant supply company, will be moving to...  

Consolidated Breweries, a Nigeria-based producer of brands like ‘33’ Export Lager beer, Turbo King Dark Ale and non alcoholic malt drinks, has reported a turnover of NGN27.9bn ($175.45m) for the fiscal ended 31 December 2011, a 14% rise, compared to ...  

Widmer's Omission Project aims to cash in on the gluten-free bandwagon with a lager and a pale ale. Here's our panel's impression of the lager, which, at under 20ppm of gluten, won't slow you down or fill you up or agitate what might be celiac. Chris OnstadUnderstated, like Charlie Chaplin. It is impossible not to notice that the beer lacks some of the body provided by gluten, but given the feat of making a gluten-free beer, it is an...  

Tampa Bay area breweries are pulling out all of the stops the American Craft Beer Week, and the finale looks to be the best part.  To bookend American Craft Beer Week, Tampa area breweries and several South Florida brewers are converging on Peg ...  

American Craft Beer Week was recognized last week. Springfield is fortunate to have two craft breweries, with the recent openings of Rolling Meadows Brewery and Obed and Isaac’s Microbrewery and Eatery. As the founder of Beer Tours USA (www.BeerToursUSA ...  

When picking a favorite beer to go with food, the Saison is almost always at the top of my list because it works with so many dishes. That's helpful this time of year, when saisons are more readily available from local brewers as a spring seasonal.  

As the brewmaster for Brooklyn Brewery and a world-renowned expert on beer, Garrett Oliver is this country's ambassador for craft brewing. And nothing makes him prouder than touting how far the U.S. has come in this field.  

In the largest annual beer competition in the world, Rotorua’s own Croucher Brewing Pilsner has just scooped the pool. At the Australian International Beer Awards Croucher Pilsner won GOLD and TROPHY for BEST PILSNER.  

Mr. Beer, which manufactures do-it-yourself beer-brewing kits and distributes them to thousands of stores around the country, is under new ownership. Coopers Brewery of Adelaide, Australia - the world's largest home-brewed beer producer - bought the company.  

Victoria Day events in Toronto 2012: FOOD & DRINK | The Brewer's Backyard Following the success of the Evergreen Brickworks' Brewery Market, the creation of the Brewer's Backyard was inevitable. This is a "beer series," and today's kickoff event has been named after Victoria Day, with a little added intrigue: Queen Victoria's Secret. Yes--there is some mystery that goes along with this event! This much we do know: Great Lakes Brewery will be...  

SABMiller Investing $300 Million in Peruvian BreweryBloombergSABMiller Plc (SAB), the world's second- biggest brewer by volume, is investing $300 million in Peru to meet surging beer demand in Latin America's fastest-growing economy, according to the London-based company's local unit.and more »  

Online, a battle is brewing between one of the mid-state's favorite new breweries and the mighty King of Beers. Last Friday morning, Calfkiller Brewing… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Latest from The Business Journals Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant opening ninth site Top burger chefs to brawl for good cause Chef back in South Jersey with Marino’s of Mullica Hill ...  

As a spokesperson from Red Hook Brewery in Portsmouth explained to me, until now breweries were unable to brew or distribute in N.H. beers containing over 6 percent alcohol, or spice and fruit ingredients — which forced the brewery to ...  

New Belgium Brewing Co. and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., two of the nation's largest craft brewers, have already announced they plan to open breweries in North Carolina., Now Longmont-based Oskar Blues will open a new brewery in Brevard, N.C.  

Canada's largest independent brewery to celebrate and document the best of Canada during cross-country road trip TORONTO, May 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Moosehead Breweries Limited, Canada's oldest and largest independent brewery, is excited to kick off Summer 2012 ...  

Intuition Ale Works has only been open for 18 months, but owner Ben Davis already has his eyes on expansion and a new location. He doesn’t plan to abandon his King Street brewery and taproom. What he wants to do is to build a whole new brewery in addition.  

Chesapeake Pale Ale — American Pale Ale, golden in color with a light floral aroma and flavors of light malt ... Deep copper in color, our India Pale Ale has a full malt base and a pronounced hop aroma and is extremely well balanced.  

Flying Dog and The Perfect Truffle team up for a four-course beer and chocolate pairing. Location: Flying Dog Brewery, 4607 Wedgewood Boulevard, Frederick Time: 7-9 p.m. Jim Sawitzke doesn’t want his students to just drink — he wants them to ...  

Once while dining at Incanto, a restaurant in San Francisco, I ordered an Anchor Steam beer. "That came from down the street," said the waiter. "It doesn't get more local than that." Anchor Brewing Company, which has been operating since 1896 ...  

Then came the microbrewery revolution. By the end of last year, some 1,940 craft breweries were making beer, and we recently eclipsed the 2,000 mark. Last year alone, 250 new breweries opened across the country, and more than a thousand more are ...  

Flying Dog Brewery's Tim Martin wants to prove that all beer commercials don't have to be funny. Well, maybe next time. In his brewery directorial debut, 37-year-old Martin brought the laughs with a thirsty snowman and a desperate snow shoveler ...  

While Fort Collins is awash with breweries, it appears it is a one brewery shuttle town. At least for now. Green Ride's Hops Brewery Shuttle suspended its hop on hop off shuttle service between the breweries Monday.  

His death has prompted tributes from across the community. Thornbridge Brewery director Simon Webster said: “Dave has shaped the current beer scene in Sheffield by being the catalyst for so many great pubs, brewers and breweries. “He was a visionary ...  

The answer is: The world's best beer. This year, according to BeerAdvocate, it is Pliny the Younger, the Russian River Brewing Co.'s wunderkind craft brew. The ultra-hoppy, limited edition Triple India Pale Ale is released once a year and sells ...  

Evans Premium Lager, the upstart craft beer company that produces Evans Original, Evans Black and Evans Light lagers, is now on a level playing field with breweries with many more years of experience under their belt. Having won another award on May 5th ...  

A pair of local craft breweries have replaced the largest brewing conglomerate in the world as sponsors of the Honda Indy. The annual IndyCar race announced Thursday that Toronto-based Amsterdam Brewery and Muskoka Brewery had signed on as sponsors ...  

“The infield Wiffle ball field adds a whole new element of entertainment for our infield patrons this summer,” said Brandon Igdalsky ... have interactive games and great giveaways including: tickets to the Pocono 400 race weekend, autographed driver ...  

"I've worked with wood tanks before," Mallett said. "There are a number of old breweries around the country that have had wood tanks, certainly. But to rebuild them and go up that way, I don't know anybody who's doing that." That portion of the ...  

This week is American Craft Beer Week. It is a time for any craft beer aficionado to show some love to truly American craft beer. So, if you haven’t done so yet, you are running out of time to demonstrate your appreciation for what more and more people ...  

Yesterday, we launched an exciting new beer column here on Fork in the Road. And just a few minutes after I saw a comment that "New York doesn't have craft beer," I came across a project on Kickstarter for a promising new 15-barrel microbrewery. Lauri and ...  

The next Session is taking place on Friday, June 1, and it’s being hosted by Carla Companion, The Beer Babe, that month. She’s bringing us back to styles and has selected what may be the most underrated style to write about these days: What is the one beer style usually makes up the first position in the sample flight, but yet is usually the one that we never get really excited about? The Pale Ale. While this style serves as the foundation to...  

The Belgians are coming to Vancouver, but they’ll have their hands full when they get here. Some of the signature events at Vancouver Craft Beer Week will foster a little competition among European breweries with a centuries-old brewing ...  

From Athens’ Crossroads Brewery to Vermont’s Otter Creek, the beer kept flowing all day long. “There is a big focus on local breweries this year – Crossroads, Chatham Brewing, Cave Mountain, and Wandering Star Brewery in Pittsfield ...  

Upslope Brewing Company’s Belgian Style Pale Ale (7.5% ABV) is the second beer in the brewery’s “Limited Release” series but it was the first Upslope beer to win a Great American Beer Festival medal—a bronze in 2009 when Upslope was just starting ...  

Participating teams are asked to register on the day of the event at ‘Pint-Size Park,’ located behind the brewery, by 3:30 p.m. Following the tournament, everyone is invited inside Barley Creek’s Onyx Room to watch the 600-mile NASCAR ...  

"It's a fun thing that gets more people involved in the beers," Fishwild added. Back at Payette's headquarters, Payette Head Brewer Mike Francis climbed to the top of a fermentation tank in a pair of black galoshes while Hurlbutt checked a rubber tube on the side.  

While Colorado might be home to the Napa valley of beers, thirsty craft beer drinkers are not limited to just one of the state that help make up 4 corners area of the nation when it comes to brewing great beers. The neighbors just south of Colorado in New ...  

Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver isn’t the only tastemaker in this year’s Westchester Community College Celebrity Salon Series, which take place in private homes throughout the area. His event takes place on May 24, but check out what ...  

PORTSMOUTH— For Redhook Ale Brewery, things are looking better than ever. According to Ted Lane, spokesman for Redhook, the overall craft beer scene in the United States saw an increase in sales of roughly 13 percent last year. While some of ...  

In collaboration, premier craft beer breweries Oskar Blues Brewery of Lyons, CO, and Sun King Brewing Co. of Indianapolis, IN, are bringing a sleek new packaging silhouette to craft beer retail shelves. The breweries are introducing Chaka, a limited ...  

Senate Bill 604 gives breweries permission to serve their beer at the same facilities where its made. Right now, the breweries have had to include a full service restaurant  in order to do that. Without a full-service restaurant they can only ...  

Jennifer Broome takes us to Fort Collins to check out the breweries there. Fort Collins is sometimes called Colorado’s Napa Valley of Beer or the Beer Capital of Colorado.  It is the second largest producer of beer in the state.  According ...  

This is your chance to celebrate and enjoy one of the fastest-growing industries. There are thousands of craft breweries across America. And soon, another will open in Connecticut. Firefly Brewing Co. is getting ready to open its doors in Bristol.  

The Golden City Brewery touts itself as "the second biggest brewery in ... Mexican entrée and they go down smooth with a light lager. It’s a place to come watch sports, shoot a game of pool or sip your boss out of your mind. Check out the numerous ...  

Neftali "Nifty" Medina opens the door to a spare bedroom, which he calls the "man cave," in his modest Southwest Dade house. The skinny, goateed 30-year-old squeezes between standing guitars and a drum set and then walks over to a large freezer ...  

The Bridge (1004 Locust Street) is putting on a beer dinner on June 5 that will pair five courses of food with unique suds from so-called gypsy brewers. The term refers to nomadic brewers who don't own a brewing facility but instead hop from brewery to ...  

Three Ohio breweries took home medals ... he made the beer because his girlfriend Sarah enjoys barrel-aged golden ales. The beer is named after her. Rock Bottom just tapped a keg of Sarah's Two Headed Buffalo and has a limited supply available.  

It's Craft Beer Week in Minnesota, and local breweries have a lot to celebrate. Over the last five years, most Minnesota craft brewers have seen around a 50% increase in production. Five years ago, Summit Brewing made 72,000 barrels of beer each year, but ...  

Your favorite New York brewski may be about to get more expensive. A state court has declared unconstitutional two state tax exemptions that helped small brewers save thousands of dollars a year. And brewers, distributors, bars and retailers say ...  

It's founding members are the 10 breweries and brewpubs operating in New York City: Bronx Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Chelsea Brewing Co., Eataly Birreria, Harlem Brewing Co., Heartland Brewery, Kelso of Brooklyn, Schmaltz Brewing Co., Sixpoint ...  

It’s American Craft Beer Week, an annual nationwide celebration of locally brewed beers. And Wichita’s two local brewers – River City Brewing Co. at 150 N. Mosley and Wichita Brewing Co. & Pizzeria at 8814 W. 13th St. are celebrating with ...  

He set up shop in a 1890s factory called Hecla Ironworks. In the era when Hecla was making railings and other ornamental iron for buildings, Williamsburg also boasted dozens of breweries. But as traditional manufacturing began to shrink ...  

AN AWARD-WINNING brewery is to honour local history and the royal family, with a special Diamond Jubilee beer. Brass Castle Brewery at Pocklington is producing a red rye ale called Q-Queenie, to coincide with the celebrations in early June marking the ...  

Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. is one of 13 craft breweries in Nassau and Suffolk counties -- plus two from Brooklyn -- that will take part in the second annual Long Island Craft Beer Week, beginning Friday. But Greenport co-owner Rich Vandenburgh ...  

Some of the beers to be on tap include Odell IPA, 5 Barrel Pale Ale, Levity Amber Ale, 90 Schilling ... Odell Brewing is located in Ft. Collins, CO and is a major part of the craft beer community throughout the state. Their passion to brew great tasting ...  

CHEERS - a Middlesbrough man is raising a glass to the official launch of Boro’s newest brewery. And the beer on offer has a definite flavour of Teesside about it. For Matthew Power’s range of handcrafted ales and stouts bears names including North ...  

This year's special event in held in conjunction with American Craft Beer Week, coordinated by the Brewers ... The Set List: Miles Davis' Bitches Brew Robert Johnson's Hell Hound On My Ale Pearl Jam's Faithful Ale As well as a very rare Firkin ...  

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) and premier craft beer breweries Oskar Blues Brewery of Lyons, Colo., and Sun King Brewing Co. of Indianapolis, Ind., are bringing a sleek new packaging silhouette to craft beer retail shelves. In ...  

To honor these "beer revolutionaries," Redhook Brewery and the American Independence Museum are introducing a special limited-release brew: "American Independence Ale". Redhook Brewery's team of craft brewers have created a medium-bodied pale ...  

The makers of Colorado Native Lager proudly proclaim that it is made in Colorado from Colorado ingredients and only sold in-state. AC Golden, the tiny craft brewery buried within the enormous Coors brewery in Golden, has found a new way to keep ...  

from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event will take place during lunch/brunch and will feature brewmaster Eric Warner who will be ready to answer questions about Karbach, craft beer, etc. Tapping of Dry Hopped Bellows- This event will take place at O ...  

The U.S. beer market is stable, not really growing, not really shrinking. But a specific subset of that market, the craft beer market, is seeing tremendous growth. It's part of an increasing American culture of buying local -- supporting ...  

The list of beers and ales is long, categorized as U.S., German, Belgian, Irish, British, and "Rest of World." Of particular note are the Boddingtons Pale Ale, an Ithaca Apricot Wheat, and a Blue Point Blueberry Ale. Don't miss Colie's Café at ...  

"Craft beer drinkers are going after larger bottles so they don't have to commit to an entire six-pack that has just one variety," says Aaron Burget, assistant brand manager, Widmer Brothers. "To deliver to this demand, we needed to create packaging that ...  

Beers available for sampling will include offerings from all of Oklahoma's craft breweries, as well as ales and lagers from several national breweries. The festival will arrive at the tail end of American Craft Beer Week, which is celebrated by breweries ...  

Zymurgy deals with the biochemical processes involved in fermentation, with yeast selection and physiology, and with the practical issues of brewing almost anything. Our educational interests are beers, ales, lagers, wines, meads, and ciders. Our interests ...  

e you discern your friends once likewise often by your door,for the forgive of borrowing a hammer a pin a thread,alternatively even your great grandmother's room pot and linger too long to be invited for that cold mug of family made malt it's period as...  

Piero Rodriguez from Subvert Ales, a Miami homebrew club that is an offshoot of Misfit Home-Brew Club, will tap five gallon kegs of A Gentleman and A Scholar Cucumber Pale ale and Cafe con Leche Coffee Cream Ale--two beer flavors you have probably never tried before.  

Slovenia and Germany, with some refreshing fruit flavours slowly coming out between malty aromas. Going down rather quickly, I went in search for the ‘Mere Gold’ (3.8%) by the Dunham Massey Brewing Company. Brewed exclusively for Mere Golf Club ...  

Here's a very focused sort of beer festival: Drink Craft Beer, an online beer community and beer education website, is sponsoring a festival in July that will celebrate farmhouse ales. Farmhouse ales, also known as saisons, are light Belgian ales ...  

Plenty of Ohio breweries took home awards. Fat Heads Brewery won five medals. Its Head Hunter IPA continued its hot streak in competition, winning a gold. Market Garden Brewery in Cleveland, Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Great Lakes Brewing Co ...  

Reel Big Fish and 2Tone Lizard Kings headline the second annual festival that celebrates the craft beer movement with more than 30 local and national breweries featured. Live music, food, a VIP tent, beer olympics and a beer science garden are featured ...  

A NSW brewer believes there is a large and growing market for its new gluten free beer. Developed by Newcastle-based Koala Beer, WILDE Gluten Free Pale Ale came onto the market in the last fortnight. Director Chris Gordon told TheShout that ...  

Earlier this week I passed along the info about the Chicago debut of Brooklyn's Sixpoint Brewery. They are having a major rollout in bars and stores across the area. I was able to drop in onStandard Market in Westmont, where I had a chance to sample all ...  

Your favorite New York brewski may be about to get more expensive. A state court has declared unconstitutional two state tax exemptions that helped small brewers save thousands of dollars a year. And brewers, distributors, bars and retailers say they have ...  

won the F.X. Matt Memorial Cup for "Best Craft Beer Brewery in New York State," while Chatham Brewing, of Chatham, southeast of Albany, won the Matthew Vassar Brewer's Cup for "Best Craft Beer Brewery in the Hudson Valley." (The fest has its ...  

There is no denying the existence of militantly elitist craft beer evangelists who preach the evil of mass-produced corporate beer while extolling the virtue of hand-crafted-small-batch-fresh-hopped-bourbon-barrel beer. I much prefer those wildly creative ...  

That breaks down to 222 pints per Deschutes County resident of legal drinking age -- more than six times greater per capita than Oregon as a whole. That said, not all of these pints are being consumed by local residents. Export sales of Central Oregon ...  

I blogged a month ago in detail about Baker City’s Barley Brown’s Brewpub and their expansion plans, and there’s good news from the TTB (U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau): approval! The United States Department Of The Treasury Alcohol And Tobacco Tax And Trade Bureau approved our Brewers Notice to open a second brewery in Baker City. Cheers! This is great news, it means Barley Brown’s can (definitely) move forward with opening the...  

Baucus brews up a batch at TamarackFlathead Publishing GroupTamarack Brewery head brewer Craig Koontz hands Senator Max Baucus a bucket of cleaning solution for the mash-tun. Senator Max Baucus, Dem., stopped in Lakeside on Friday to make his first batch of beer, Wakeboard Wit, at the Tamarack Brewery.and more »  

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. was named Champion Mid-Size Brewery ... The Paso Robles-based craft brewery and its brewmaster, Matt Brynildson, previously earned the distinction in 2004, 2006 and 2010 at the Brewers Association's biannual competition.  

The US strain, supplied by Lallemand Brewing, is being used by a number of commercial breweries and will be used for the UK’s brewery’s brand Derail Ale this summer. Produced in ISO 9002 certified plants, no other colours, preservatives or other ...