Specialty Beer: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Wednesday, March 31, 2011

FIGUEROA: Introducing North County's beer background
North County Times
But when Todd Davis gets together with his pals to sample the latest finds, more and more it's craft beer that ends up on the tasting menu. "There's just so much enthusiasm now for good beer," said Davis, 41, a commercial real estate agent from Cardiff ...

Goose Island all about growth
Chicago Tribune
Goose Island's website banner declares with sad irony "Chicago's Craft Beer," while this morning I read that the brewery that I once lived just down the street from has sold out to InBev. Of course the spin is that you will retain complete control over ...

Craft-Beer Explosion: Area eateries extol the finer points of brew
Press of Atlantic City
Alyssa Perone pours a craft beer at Firewaters, located inside the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:01 am | Updated: 7:14 am, Thu Mar 31, 2011. Thanks to area pubs such as Firewaters, Goodnight Irene's ...

Small brewers having a boom with craft beers
The Bolton News
According to a report from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), which represents small local and regional brewers, big brewers' beer sales are down nationally while small brewers are having great success producing a diverse range of popular craft ...

ll stories on this topic » Congress to consider tax breaks for craft brewers
Bizjournals.com
... tax breaks to the growing craft brewing industry. The Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act (Small BREW Act) would reduce the excise tax on the first 60000 barrels of beer produced by breweries each year from $7 to $3.50 per barrel. ...

ll stories on this topic » Hangar 24 opening distribution center
Redlands Daily Facts
In January, Ace and Mission beverage companies, which distribute Budweiser and craft beers, became Hangar 24's Los Angeles County distributor. "Over the last three years Hangar 24 has been an incredible success story of ours and we look forward to ...

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Top 10 Craft Beers for Pussies
Phoenix New Times (blog)
Only the piss-water taste of Whatever Light has crossed your lips and you are extremely frightened of beers that are too skunky or perfume-y or have any other sort of flavor. No worries, we're here for ya. Memorize this list of "safe" craft beers and ...

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AC Beer Festival returns to celebrate suds
Press of Atlantic City
Masciandaro says the beer festival is the ultimate playground for a creative home brewer. "Craft beers are expensive," Masciandaro says. "The ability to create your own … there's a challenge to it. You can go to any liquor store or bar and you can ...

Bell's Brewery Inc. to begin selling beer in cans in 2012
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
"Right now cans are doing about 3 percent of the craft beer market," Larry Bell said. "They probably will skew a little bit higher in Michigan, we think, because the nature of drinking opportunities for cans in this state is greater than other states. ...

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Goose Island selling to Anheuser-Busch
Chicago Tribune
Beer geeks are already wringing their hands that the sale of Goose Island Beer Co. to Anheuser-Busch -- better known as Budweiser -- will compromise one of craft beer's leading lights. But Goose founder and Chief Executive Officer John Hall said the ...

This Stone ale has a craft beer kick
MyCentralJersey.com
Stone Double Bastard Ale, an example of a fine craft beer, is more sipper than quaffer. / STAFF PHOTO: MARK SPIVEY A deep, dark amber with shades of copper and ruby, accented by a thin off-white head and clingy lacing. Huge notes of rich malt, ...

Debate on beer bill laid over until today
The Coloradoan
"We hope to join the other 45 states that allow customers to purchase real beer." McEvoy said the bill will reduce the amount of shelf space craft brewers have for their products. "We are the Napa Valley of craft beer, and craft brewers will lose a ...

More than 30 brewers expected at second Bay Area Craft Beer Festival
San Jose Mercury News
By Dana Guzzetti The upcoming Bay Area Craft Beer Festival in Martinez shows the Bay Area's rising reputation as home to a thriving beer culture and community. "The Bay Area is one of the premiere places for craft beer," Justin Crossley, ...

Whole Foods Gets Behind the Bar
NACS Online
The upscale grocer is testing bars inside the store that sell craft beers and local wines. by RSS Feed by Email MCLEAN, Va. – Move over Starbucks, Whole Foods is stealing a page from your playbook. The upscale grocer is raising the bar, literally, ...

BlackboardEats to host pop-up dinner featuring Walter Manzke at Biergarten in ...
Los Angeles Times (blog)
That's when the Web-based restaurant-deal service will send out an offer to attend a $49 four-course dinner prepared by chef Walter Manzke and paired with bottomless pitchers of craft beer from San Diego. The one-night-only event, which is also being ...

What's on Tap: Better beer at NIOSA
San Antonio Express
One of the real bummers about going to big outdoor festivals is that the beer selection is almost always a letdown. For the craft beer drinker, it's especially painful to pay premium prices for lousy macro lagers. The fine folks running Night in Old ...

Beer giant buys a craft brewery
Marketplace
Pirko: It's difficult to reconcile how you are in that business producing a very large amount of beer with this other sort of boutique-y business and that you have a clash of values. These are almost two different products. Craft beers like Goose ...

Lyme Regis: Ale nearly runs out at popular beer festival
Bridport and Lyme Regis News
By Adrianne Maslen » Hundreds of people sampled some of West Dorset's finest craft beers and ciders at the Three Brewers Beer Festival at the Marine Theatre on Saturday. A festival called The Cobb Ale started in Lyme in the 14th century and lasted for ...

Revolution will bottle and can its beers
Chicago Tribune
But seeing his beer on shelves will be the culmination of a dream dating to when Deth was a Goose Island brewer in the late 1990s. Having seen the strain of keeping up with demand of other craft breweries, he will be limiting his beer to Cook County, ...

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Specialty Beer News Tuesday, March 29, 2011

A-B is buying craft beer brewer Goose Island
STLtoday.com
19, 2007 -- John Wyzkiewicz monitors equipment at the Goose Island Brewery in Chicago, Ill. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Looking to tap deeper into the fast-growing craft beer market, Anheuser-Busch announced Monday that it is buying ...

Grocery beer sales could harm small business, craft brewers
The Coloradoan
Colorado's liquor sales laws have helped make the state a craft-brewing mecca. The craft brewers have been able to establish distribution relationships with the liquor stores, giving their products a high profile. It's unlikely they'd be able to build ...

Whole Foods to expand in-store bars
ABC7Chicago.com
By next year, the upscale grocery store chain plans to open small bars in more than a dozen stores throughout the country. The bars are already open in a few markets including in Chicago. They offercraft beers and local wines. ...

Your Los Angeles: Is craft beer too trendy?
Los Angeles Times
How long have you been into craft beer? A long time. My dad is a big beer guy and he gave me taste of beer at a young age. It was a hoppy IPA and that's the kind of taste I've just grown to like. Hops, absolutely. Bitter, floral-iness. ...

From the Complaint Dept.: Mission Valley Craft Beer Festival
San Diego Union Tribune
By Peter Rowe At the Mission Valley Craft Beer Festival on Sunday, we should have had a better time. Hosted by the Handlery Hotel and Resort, the second annual party had a lot going for it. The weather was blustery, but the outdoor fest was blessed ...

CEO to contest Mich. ban of obscenely named beer
MSU State News
Human biology junior Steve Hanrahan is a craft beer drinker and a fan of the brand Flying Dog. But Hanrahan won't get to taste the company's newest beer at any East Lansing bar — it's been banned in Michigan because of a potentially offensive label ...
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Craft Beer Is Brewing Business for Agents and Insurers
Insurance News Net (press release)
For insurers, the explosive growth of the US craft-brewing industry means more than a wider selection of good beer--it's sparking opportunity in an increasingly niche-oriented insurance industry. This niche, including microbreweries and brewpubs, ...

TailGate's BlackTop Blonde: SoCal's First Craft Beer In A Can (Sort Of) Hits L.A.
LA Weekly (blog)
28 2011 @ 10:30AM Though we've had our share of canned craft beer for a while now, the first Southern California craft beer available in a can hit LA-area beverage shops over the weekend. Well, sort of. San Diego-based TailGate Beer founder Wesley ...

LA Weekly (blog)

Flying Dog Brewery Rages in Suit
NBC Washington
By KELVIN ROBINSON A Frederick, Md., based craft beer maker has filed lawsuit against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission over First Amendment Rights. This started in 2009 when Flying Dog applied for a license to sell its most popular brew in ...

Fox brews crafty beer
inmycommunity
Picture: Martin Kennealey www.communitypix.com.au Buy this photo THOUGH Fremantle is better known for its gusty afternoon breezes, cafes and salty sea smell, it may soon be known for its growing interest in craft beer. And, the Monk Brewery and Kitchen ...

Monday, March 28, 2011

500 bottled beers on the wall, and 40 on tap, await brew fans

Specialty Beer News - Monday, March 28, 2011

E-mails show lobbying of Hick by brewers started early
Denver Post
I was able to enjoy the fine Colorado craft beer and BBQ at the Inaugural Dinner last week." Oyler and others requested the regulation be killed. By Jan. 25, the brewers guild had proposed new language that essentially repealed the reporting ...

Sheep herders command attention in Escondido
San Diego Union Tribune
They hit the La Mesa Village Antique Street Faire and the Mission Valley Craft Beer Festival. They watched waves and sheep herding. They.... Wait, what? Sheep herding? In San Diego County? “I live in Encinitas,” said Bill Polonsky, 58. ...

CSJ Rooftop Report: Gene's and Fountainhead Get Ready
Center Square Journal
When encased-meat mecca Gene's Sausage Shop opened in late 2009 and craft beer destination Fountainhead opened the following April, both promised rooftop destinations for patrons, complete with hot food and multiple beer and wine options. ...

Wrigley Field Welcomes Back Vienna Beef Hot Dogs
Chicagoist
The White Sox is also hopping on the craft beer bandwagon, changing its "beers of the World" kiosks to "Midwest Craft Brews," featuring beers from neighboring states; the Cell has long served Bell's Oberon. They'll also have an Irish pub and Wow Bao ...

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Craft beer sales continue to grow
MassLive.com
By George Lenker There is certainly a lot exuberance in the craft beer market these days, and with good reason: craft brew sales were up again last year over 2009, marking over a decade of consecutive growth. I just hope this exuberance is not ...

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Whole Foods tests bars selling craft beer and local wine in its stores - USATODAY.com

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Sunday, March 27, 2011

Craft brews cater to more discerning tastebuds at Atlantic City Beer Fest
Press of Atlantic City
Michael Ein Joel Ruda, of Atlantic City, looks over the craft beer selection at Canal's Liquor Store on Fire Road in Egg Harbor Township. Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:02 pm | Updated: 10:14 am, Sun Mar 27, 2011. The line between the delicate ...
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The Visual Art of Craft Beer Part 1 – My Top 5
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Here, in my Visual Art of Craft Beer Series, I plan to discuss some of my favorites. Hopefully, in doing so, I will open up the floor for debate. I'm sure there are a bunch out there that I either don't know about or have simply overlooked. ...
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Craft Beers Growing in Popularity Throughout Central Wisconsin
WSAW
New data shows craft beer popularity continues to brew in the US, and that trend may not be more evident anywhere than here in central Wisconsin. "I like the fact that the beer is fresh and the fact that the beer has flavor," says Scott Andrews, ...
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Unique beer tastes allow growth
Sky News Australia
'It's a little more hoppy, it's certainly tasty,' another beer enthusiast said. Craft beers poured at the 'Heartland Brewery', typically use more expensive ingredients than mass market beer makers and more of it, including malt. ...
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Toasting the towns: Mt. Pleasant Brewing Co. makes beers for local festivals
The Morning Sun
It's also nice for us to have a beer just for them, and special for the festivals or the occasion.” By Ryan Berlin Before Mt. Pleasant Brewing Co. makes one of its craft beers, head brewer Kim Kowalski sits with an empty glass and visualizes what he ...
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Royal Oak micro brewer lands major distribution deal, contract with Meijer
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
“We've been looking for a Michigan craft beer to put in our portfolio for a while,” Van Norman said. “It's a growing segment and the people at MillKing It Productions are so passionate about what they do. We're excited to be involved with them. ...
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Fenton beer drinkers can expect half a dozen new flavors from the Michigan ...
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
The old fire hall is being rented out to the Michigan Brewing Company by the Fenton Downtown Development Authority and will be turned into a new location for the business FENTON, Michigan — Craft beer drinkers can expect new flavors when the Michigan ...
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Hops spring eternal
Boston Globe
(During tastings, the beer is sold at wholesale prices — a 22-ounce bottle costs $3.) Veidis has 17 years of experience in the “craft beer'' industry, having studied at the American Brewers Guild and installed breweries in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, ...
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INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS WEEK IN REVIEW: Concern mounts over Pentagon decision
nwitimes.com
Sun King Brewing Co. is expanding again, adding two beer tanks at its Indianapolis operation this morning. The craft beer operator and Poynter Sheet Metal of Bloomington are combining on the project. Sun King is also joining with another Hoosier brewer ...
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