Specialty Beer News - Friday, April 22, 2011

Craft beer tasting brews competition at Queen's Park Toronto Star Speaker of the House Steve Peters hosted his fourth annual craft beer tasting. The packed house included MPPs from across the political spectrum, Queen's Park staffers, and people from the craft beer industry. For the first time, Premier Dalton ...

Fort Collins craft brewers join forces on a collaboration beer The Coloradoan The finish blend will be served at each brewery's locations across Fort Collins during American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22. "American Craft Beer Week is all about recognizing and celebrating craft brewers and craft beer culture,” said Doug Odell, ...

Iowa breweries planning Craft Beer Week bash Sioux City Journal (blog) By Tim Hynds | April 21, 2011 - 2:56 pm Details are still being firmed up, but if I were you, I'd plan on being in Des Moines on May 21, for an American Craft Beer Week blowout planned by the Iowa Brewers Guild. The guild, a statewide group composed of ...

Lester's Is Opening Soon with Craft Beer, Good Wine, Guatemalan Coffee, and a ... Miami New Times (blog) Though there won't be chow, there will be plenty beer and wine. The wine selection will include about a dozen options from smaller vineyards around Europe and California, and as far as beer is concerned, "It's mostly craft beer, for the most part. ... Miami New Times (blog)

New Belgium Brewing, CEO: 'Let your life speak' Northern Colorado Business Report In 1987 he started winning awards in national home brew competitions with his own beers. In 1989, when Doug, Corky and Wynn Odell opened Odell Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, we became friends. We found our niche in the bottled craft brewing scene. ...

Celebrating craft beer Tampa Bay Newspapers PINELLAS PARK – A collection of craft beer brewers, many of them local, served up samples of their latest concoctions to crowds gathered at the Cajun Café on the Bayou April 16. The event, called the Spring Craft Beer Festival, benefitted the Dunedin ... Tampa Bay Newspapers

Gearing up for the inaugural Madison Craft Beer Week Isthmus Madison's first Craft Beer Week will run April 29-May 8, which, and you are correct, is actually Craft Beer Ten Days (even without counting the pre-party day). There's just that much beer spilling forth in this big event highlighting the work of craft ...

Hop over to the Ale House at Amato's Denver Daily News Complementing the craft beer selection is a wine list of 33 wines, including many of Colorado's best wines, as well as handcrafted cocktails featuring Colorado-made liquors. The upscale casual menu includes many dishes that incorporate local ...

Female beer experts rates 20 most eligible bachelors of craft beer, including ... Westword (blog) That discussion, full of such weighty subjects as beard analysis, beer smarts and brettanomyces, gave way to a vote, with a top twenty -- and six Colorado residents made the cut. To qualify, the men had to work for a craft brewery in some capacity and... Westword (blog)

The Craft Beer Chronicles: A study in Beaune's beer philosophy at Public ... Brand X Not only did she craft the beer list at Public School 612, but by the end of 2011, Beaune and BeerChicks compadre Christina Perozzi will have consulted on a dozen beer programs in the downtown area. “Downtown's my favorite place to go right now in LA ...