Specialty Beer News - Thursday, April 29, 2011

Beer Week kicks off tonight at Harley museum Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Beer Week 2011 formally kicks off Friday night with the second annual Milwaukee's Taste of Great Brewers at the Harley-Davidson Museum, 400 W. Canal St. The event, running from 6 to 9:30 pm, showcases the art of craft brewing, ...

More craft beer quenches thirst in the high desert Borderzine By Omar Lozano on April 28, 2011 El Paso — Even as beer drinkers around the US are still suffering from a recession hangover that has hurt major brewers, craft brewedbeer is continuing to please more palates and this trend is finally showing positive ... Borderzine

Brew Blog: Texas Beer Fest Houston Press (blog) Not only are there many bars around town serving up Lone Star libations, we now have the TexasBeer Fest to look forward to. Texas Beer Fest, an offshoot of the so-called "Craft Brewing Revolutionary Guard," is the brain-child of Clif Wigington and ...

Manayunk's 13th annual Brew Fest Extravaganza is Saturday Newsworks.org (blog) By Jimmy Viola The 13th annual Brew Fest Extravaganza includes a four-hour beer tasting from 1 to 5 pm on Saturday with 50 craft beers from 20 microbreweries. (Jimmy Viola/for NewsWorks) The deck of the Manayunk Brewery on Main Street overlooks the ...

Dark Lord reappears Saturday nwitimes.com The company eventually moved to Munster and opened a popular brewpub, but has kept its focus on unique craft beer. The brewing process for Dark Lord is more complicated, Struve said, because the beer is much stronger and it requires more ingredients ...

New bar opens its doors in Westmont Cherry Hill Courier Post It's called The Irish Mile Bar & Restaurant and is positioned somewhere between a neighborhood sports bar and a craft-beer refuge. So, what does that mean? Vibe is uber-casual and food is mostly pizzas and sandwiches but many of the bar's 24 taps and ...

The Craft Beer Chronicles: CityWalk's Karl Strauss re-opens tonight with new ... Brand X San Diego's oldest craft beer producer, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, will celebrate the grand re-opening of its northernmost brewpub at Universal CityWalk tonight with a ticketed tasting buffet, showing off its makeover to Angelenos, and inaugurating ...

Leinenkugel encourages SMU students to love their work Winona Daily News Leinenkugel's presentation focused on the history of his family, the resurgence of craft brewing, and how his company was giving back to the local community. The Leinenkugel family started brewingbeer in Chippewa Falls, Wis., in 1867, and after 140 ...

Beer, blues fest set for Carillon Park Bizjournals.com (blog) Local cuisine and a unique selection of draught craft beer will be available for sampling and full tasting. Homebrewing demonstrations also will be held by nonprofit Dayton DRAFT, and the BrewTensils' Brewster's Cup Homebrew Competition Awards will be ...

Spring events fill weekend Delmarva Now This year's festival features a craft beer tasting event with an educational twist. Tickets for this event are $30 at the door, and includes an opportunity to taste up to 60 beers produced by 28 breweries. Much of the focus of the Salisbury Festival, ...