Saturday, April 9, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Saturday, March 9, 2011

Craft Beer Spotlight: First-Ever Colorado Beer Week!
Huffington Post
The first-ever Colorado Beer Week launches in Denver today! This nine-day festival, Apr. 8 - 16, celebrates our award-winning craft ales and lagers that have earned Colorado the "Napa Valley of Beer" nickname. With the city awash specials, tastings and ...
High-demand, low-supply woes come to a head for some Colorado craft brewers
Denver Post
The exploding popularity of full-flavored craft beers has taken beermakers by surprise. They've always expected vigorous growth, yet the rate of sales increase has exceeded expectations. While total US beer sales declined by 1 percent last year, ...
Check out lots of beers -- without the hangover
Daily Comet
The Find Craft smartphone app will help you search down the closest craft beer. Beer Expert searches a database of about 300000 beers to give you a rundown of what each is made of. My attention was elsewhere when the craft beer craze started, ...
Samuel Adams Expands Philanthropic Program to Include Craft Brewers Nationwide
PR-USA.net (press release)
Focused on helping up-and-coming brewers turn their passion for beer into successful businesses, the program will target funding of at least $100000 to the craft brewing industry in 2011. The initiative is part of the company's Samuel Adams Brewing the ...
Join the Craft Beer Chronicles Tweet up at ColLAboration
Brand X
Our local beer ambassador Steven Armstrong will be hijacking our @iambrandx Twitter feed during Saturday's ColLAboration event, providing colorful commentary on LA's first pop-up beer garden. If you're a fan of the Craft Beer Chronicles, ...
Report on Ska Beer Dinner at Meddlesome Moth's Ale Festivus
Pegasus News
by Airon Peralta of Made with Air Ska Brewing was formed by two men who shared a passions for beer and ska music. DALLAS — Craft beer enthusiasts have packed the Meddlesome Moth for the beer bar's week-long celebration that included an exciting lineup ...
Supermarket did not deserve special story
Pocono Record
I read in your newspaper and saw on television news outlets that Giant Supermarket was selling beer and had a section for craft beer. According to the Brewer's Association, craft beer is defined as a brewery with an "annual production of 6 million ...
Local Beer a Bit Pricey at Indians Games
Cleveland Scene Weekly
CNBC's Darren Rovell tweeted that the Indians stocked 6 $29.95 beers on Opening Day and sold out. CLE Hops defends the pricing, arguing that watery, flat Buds are already $7+, so why not spring for craft beer and support a local company.

Cleveland Scene Weekly