Craft Beer

The canning revolution continues to grow! A couple of weeks ago, I met with Pateros Creek Brewing Company owner and brewer Steve Jones. He talked with me briefly about his plans to expand his business into putting his beer into cans. Steve wanted to get more of his product out onto local shelves. Pateros Creek has plans to start canning using Mobile Canning LLC of Longmont later this year, sometime around summer according to Steve Jones. Steve initially told me that he plans to put his Cache...Read Full Story

Today is Singles Awareness Day . Either it's a retaliation holiday for single people who didn't have a date for Valentine's Day, or it's a day to celebrate the joy of enjoying a single bottle, can or pint of our favorite craft beer. Personally I like the latter better! Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 . If you have some Colorado brewery news items you'd like included in the daily Colorado Beer News post please contact me today. This...Read Full Story

For those of you who don’t know, Avery Brewing Company is a brewery in Boulder, Colorado. Its about a mile from where I work, and their tap room is a popular after-work watering hole for me and my co-workers. Usually we are fighting over one or two menus for our group when we are choosing beers. Well now they have an iOS app for that ! The Avery app is fairly nice, albeit very simple. The app has three tabs at the bottom: brewery, beers, and tap room. The brewery tab is a simple, “hi we’re...Read Full Story

Belgian Alcoholic Beverages, including: Stella Artois, Leffe, Kriek, Wheat Beer, Interbrew, Lambic, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren Brewery, Framboise, … Orval Brewery, Cantillon Brewery, Dubbel Belgian Beverages – click on the image below for more information. Belgian Beverages Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia...Read Full Story

Today is Valentine's Day . A day to remind that special someone in your life how much they mean to you. Show him or her your love today not just with flowers and candy, but also perhaps with a special brew that pairs well with delicious treats. Say "Beer Mine Valentine". Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 . If you have some Colorado brewery news items you'd like included in the daily Colorado Beer News post please contact me today. This...Read Full Story

Type: Fresh-hopped (Belgian) Golden Ale Origin: Fort Collins/Denver, CO Price: $8.49/750 mL ABV: 7.0% NSP: 6.18 (unscaled) website I hope Andy's not too bitter that all the beer I used to share with him from my recon efforts I now drink and review myself. I was a little confused about this one. The bottle says 'Brewed and Bottled at Funkwerks , Inc. in Fort Collins, CO'. So naturally, I thought this beer was a product of Funkwerks, a new (late 2010) brewery that focuses exclusively on saison...Read Full Story

Belgian Beverages, including: Stella Artois, Leffe, Kriek, Wheat Beer, Interbrew, Lambic, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren Brewery, Framboise, Rodenbach, … Brewery, Cantillon Brewery, Achel Brewery Belgian Beverages – click on the image below for more information. Belgian Beverages Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia...Read Full Story

Otley Brewery opens first pub outside Pontypridd The award-winning Otley Brewing Company has opened its first pub outside of Pontypridd by taking the keys to the popular King’s Arms in Pentyrch. The Brains owned pub, which is set in the heart of the village, will see a change in menu, décor and will offer a wider selection of real ales. Otley hopes to recreate the success of its critically-acclaimed flagship pub The Bunch of Grapes in Pontypridd, which is famed for its fresh, locally sourced...Read Full Story

A trip last year to San Francisco for the Craft Brewers Conference gave me an opportunity to explore the city’s bustling craft beer scene and I took full advantage of it. Meeting many of the brewers from the area gave me new places to check out. Stopping by the famed Anchor Brewing Co , as well as hidden gem  Beach Chalet , was phenomenal. When most folks think of San Francisco, they get visions of the Golden Gate Bridge , the Grateful Dead, Alcatraz Island, riding the trolley into...Read Full Story

It's that time of year again when men with oddly-shaped balls chuck them around the field to the cheers of shouting fans. I don't mean the Superbowl either where heavily-padded Americans stop every few seconds and Madonna comes on at half time. Yes it's the 6 Nations and the brewers of Wales have been coming up with some beers to go with the rugby as everyone knows rugby and beer go together well. First up is Hop Head Jay at Neath Ales with his 6% 6 Hop Nations IPA. Now his Green Bullet is...Read Full Story