Tuesday, May 31, 2011

ColLAboration 2: The Return of the Fantastic Four

ColLAboration 2: The Return of the Fantastic Four

10 Best Craft Beer Vacation Destinations

10 Best Craft Beer Vacation Destinations

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Specialty Beer News

American Craft Beer Week is here
Make sure to stop by one of SB's brewpubs this weekend to celebrate American Craft Beer Week (May 16 – 22). This weeklong affair brings a spectacle of beer-centric events around the nation to honor our country's burgeoning craft beer industry. ...

From peaches and cherries to beer and wine, Michigan is a food lover's paradise
The owner of Michigan-based Villas and Vines saw local artisans making cheese, craft beers, smoked fish and award-winning wines. He looked around at the rolling orchards of peaches and cherries and the fields of blueberries and realized, ...

Food Network show seeks food truck fare
But those at the Navy Yard at Noisette sipping craft beer and eating Ambergre Sloan's vegan Diggity Doughnuts already were in heaven. Sloan, 36, is able to serve a surprisingly large and eclectic variety of flavors out of her teal food truck. ...

Earthquake not a setback for Speight's
“We'd normally only do seven beers, you know the normal beers that you see in the pubs and one or two of our craft beers. Now we're doing something like 31,” says brewery manager John Craig. Work's largely been halted at the company's Canterbury ...

Britain's new "MasterChef"? American Tim Anderson
Beer is how Tim Anderson made his way to food and beer is still how he earns his living. Despite his new national acclaim, Anderson still goes to his day job managing Euston Tap, a craft beer pub in the old gatehouse to London's Euston Station. ...

Beer Class at Punk's Backyard Grill: Hops
One of the four main ingredients in beer, hops do a lot of work to create the aromas and flavors that we love. From clean Pale Ales to “hop-bomb” IPAs, this class explores the varieties and roles of hops in craft beer. Learn about and taste five

Lager Head's Smokehouse brings brew accolades back home to Medina
Sun Star Courier (blog)
The Lager Head's Smokehouse crew picked up two awards at the craft brew competition. The IX Center was transformed into a regional Mecca for beer lovers May 13 and 14 when the International Beer Fest took over Cleveland. The crew from Medina's Lager

A Look Back On This Week's Top Stories: May 15-21
Craft Beer Week Pick: O'Shy's Tap House Has 46 Beers On Tap: Okay so Craft Beer Week is over, but that doesn't mean you can't drink up. Our weekly Largo Dive Bars feature on O'Shy's is an off-the-cuff review of the bartender's top choices.


New brewer joins the Houston beer scene
The brewery opens at a time of blistering growth in craft beer around the state. Houston's Saint Arnold Brewing Co. and Hill Country-based Real Ale have both vaulted into the nation's 50 largest craft breweries. Several others have entered the business


Bethesda Celebrates Craft Beers
May 14 - 22 marks National Craft Beer Week. For beer officiandos, it's a week to celebrate the talents of our local brew masters. In Bethesda, it was Rock Bottom's week to shine. The restaurant/brewery posted a list of recently brewed beers (see photo ...


Craft Beer, An American Tradition
As we celebrate American Craft Beer Week, we can look back at a rich history in this country -- right from the very beginning -- of having access to some of the greatest home-grown beers in the world. In fact, prior the birth of our nation,

Craft Beer Week Pick: O'Shy's Tap House Has 46 Beers On Tap
The area fostered good conversation over an extensive selection of quality craft beers. Based on Phil's recommendations, I sampled the 'best of ' multiple categories that O'Shy's has to offer. This included cider, ale, lager, stout and wheat ale. ...

First Craft Brew Festival Downtown Des Moines Saturday
By Christina Palladino - email Hundreds of people are expected to sample local beer downtown for the first ever Craft Brew Festival. Iowa's wine industry ranks 14th in the country for the number of wineries in the state. All that wine brings in a lot


Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Long Island Craft Beer?
Two new store are promising to open this summer selling craft brews or beer making kits for the aspring brew master and Long Island Craft Beer Week is running through May 22. There's plenty of brewers on Long Island to choose from: Blue Point, ...

Now open: Republic, a craft beer bar at Seven Corners
Gone are the obnoxious beer banners. Sgt. Preston's is a mere afterthought after the debut this week of Republic, a new bar headed up by Matty O'Reilly (of Aster Cafe and 318 Cafe). The new bar on the block was quite the scene last night. ...

Craft Beer Week continues. . .
Americans have been told that Miller Lite is a pilsner beer, and full marks go to those advertising gurus whose hysterical laughter cannot be heard through those ad campaigns. Even without Big Beverage's interference, pilsners have had a rough go ...

New Glarus Brewing's Deb Carey is first runner-up in national small business ...
With the high finish, Carey, one of only a few women nationally to own and operate a brewery, will bring renewed recognition to the state's growing craft beer industry, said Tom Porter, owner and brewmaster of Lake Louie Brewing in Arena. ...


Things are a Brewin' at Two Brothers
By Tina Tuszynski | Email the author | 11:00am A craft beer is, by its very definition, a community beer. According to the Brewers Association, a craft brewer is small, with an annual production of less than six million barrels annually. ...


Big Rock looks to China for suds sales
With a growing craft beer market in China, local brewery Big Rock is eager to explore what opportunities may be available in the nation of a billion people. "We've had our beer sold in other parts of the world with great success and we're thinking this ...

Monday, May 16, 2011

Weekly Specialty Beer News

T.G.I. Friday's® Brews a Summer Menu with the Flavors of Craft Beer
PR Newswire (press release)
The new menu combines innovative dishes with craft beer, proving that great food is "better with brew." Friday's® guests can celebrate the relationship between great food and a cold draft, pairing new seafood or steak dishes with the bold, ...

Move over Bud - local craft brews are selling big
The Virginian-Pilot
While overall beer sales held steady in the United States last year, sales of craft beers – made by small, independent breweries – rose more than 8 percent, to $7.6 billion from $7 billion in 2009, according to the Brewers Association in Boulder, Colo. ...

The Virginian-Pilot
Craft Beer Week On Tap
Gapers Block
The Chicago History Museum is hosting a week of educational events as a companion for the larger Chicago Craft Beer Week, which begins next Thursday. Tours of dive bars, Irish pubs, German bars, and samplings of IPA--complete with an educational ...

Gapers Block
Asheville wins Beer City poll again
Asheville Citizen-Times
For a third year, Asheville has been crowned Beer City USA in Papazian's online national poll. Raise a toast - Asheville is Beer City USA for a third consecutive year. Asheville's craft brewing community easily cruised to victory in the online 2011 ...


Beer + cookies = the perfect pairing?
Durham Herald Sun
So Jimmy VerVaecke and Alison Collins launched South Durham Confection Co., a business dedicated to the creation, baking and sale of savory cookies that can be paired with a range of different styles of craft beer. The two founders of the company, ...


The Black Angels, Craft Beer Week and The Chinese-Canadian Wartime Experience
The Province
There's a lot to take in at the second annual Craft Beer Week, which has tripled in size after the success of last year's festival. Tonight, there's a Belgian beer showcase at Biercraft on Cambie Street and a battle between a sommelier and cicerone at ...


Advertising agency Frank Unlimited breaks intro campaign for Redhook ...
dBusinessNews Seattle (press release)
Craft beer Redhook gets the lead role in “his” breaking print, outdoor, online and radio ad campaign, introducing a new shortneck bottle, and at the same time, personifying the brand's character attributes. The signature, leadoff ad reads, ...

Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl: Photos from a Successful Drinking and Aerobic Event
Miami New Times (blog)
Saturday's third ever Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl was the perfect way to see Miami's sights without a car. This occasional ride results in new friendships, tasting of hard-to-find craft beers, and learning about new bars. Over a hundred cyclists made ...

This year's Craft Beer Week kicks off on May 15
Providence Journal
You might not know Mayflower Brewing is making beers out of Plymouth, Mass. And who isn't happy to see Narragansett beers back cooling in the chiller? Every one of them is different and has its own story, but for this year's Craft Beer Week, ...

South Elgin Stanley's a home to craft beers, ballgames
Chicago Daily Herald
Many younger people have been drawn in by the craft beers, and Fridays often bring in the mid-20s set. Saturday is mostly 40 and up. Lunch draws senior citizens, while families flock in for dinner to take advantage of the $5 kids menu. ...

Asheville celebrates third Beer City USA title
Asheville Citizen-Times
What: Toast and celebration of Asheville's third Beer City USA poll win. The band Clouds of Greer performs. ASHEVILLE — Even the most passionate craft brew fans in Asheville were surprised Monday to learn the city had won a third consecutive Beer City ...

Father, son ready to brew new beer for local drinkers
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson has a strong community of enthusiasts who brew ales at home, but there's a shortage of local craft beers, Bruce Greene said. Both Greenes emphasized their beer will have a strong Southwestern feel, taking advantage of local ingredients when ...

The steady growth of session beers
Boston Globe (blog)
Great article on Advertising Age's website this morning about the growth of lower-alcohol craft beer. I've been predicting -- and hoping -- that the new trend in craft beer will be session beers, which are generally defined as those that contain no 

Wild Heaven beer hits metro Atlanta shelves
Bizjournals.com
The craft beer will be available first at Ale Yeah!, Ansley Wine Merchants, Beverage SuperStore, Bullock's Wine & Spirits in Woodstock; Cook's Warehouse in Decatur; Decatur Package; DeKalb Bottle House, DeKalb Farmer's Market, all locations of Green's ...

Maui Brewing Reports Q1 Growth in 2011
TheFullPint.com
Maui Brewing Co. has been recognized as Hawaii's #1 craft beer since 2005 and the company has a strong commitment to the local economy, and deep concern for the environment. MBC craft beers are packaged with the most eco-friendly materials. ...
Let brown ales reassure, comfort
Chicago Tribune
But sometimes when you arrive home at the end of a long day, all you're looking for is a beer that tastes good. Brown ales have long served as a sort of gateway beer into the craft brew world for many a beer geek, including yours truly. ...

Chicago Tribune
8 Malts, 8 Hops, & 8 % Alcohol
Patch.com
Before Cowan began to tell his tales of his ascent into Jewbelation, Nick Sharma from the Willows Market served free samples of the beer. The local grocer has about 600 craft beers in stock, including He'Brew beers. Steve Masmussen from the Milk Pail ...

Getting Up Guide: Tuesday, May 10
Washington Post (blog)
Let's have a look at what's happening in and around DC tonight: •The Washington Ballet's ever-popular Beer and Ballet happy hour gives you an inside look at the company's upcoming “Carmen.” •Rustico, the paterfamilias of the area's craft beer bar scene ...


Beer Sales Continue to Fall But Craft Brews Keep Growing
Technorati
Beer sales in the US continued their slow decline in 2010 with total consumption down -1.0% according to the latest beer industry statistics from The Brewers Association. However, the real story is that the craft brew segment and the microbrews are ...

Technorati
Plainfield businessmen want village to host craft beer fest
Chicago Sun-Times
27 on village-owned property west of the DuPage River and south of Lockport Street, will feature beer from at least 50 craft breweries, said Caton. He noted that there is a “new craft beer movement” brewing across the country, where people gather at ...

Low alcohol content: The next great thing in beer? (Ad Age)
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The Seattle brewery Redhook is fast becoming the poster child for an against-the grain trend in craft beer making: lower alcohol content. You know, the kind of beer you can drink “four or five of” without ending up “overstuffed. ...

Here Comes Wild Heaven
Patch.com
Wild Heaven began distributing draft beer in September. Starting today, beer fans across metro-Atlanta will be able to find Wild Heaven' offerings available in packs of four 12-oz. bottles at area stores, including Ale Yeah!, Hop City Craft Beer & Wine ...

Common goes to the White House, Craft Beer Week map, best doughnuts in Chicago
Metromix Chicago
By Jessica Galliart Sarah Palin voices her anger over "vile" Chicago rapper Common's trip to the White House as part of a poetry program. The rest of the world laughs. [AV CLUB CHICAGO] Excited about Google Music? There are some similar, local options ...

Delaware Diner's Digest: Sam Calagione, a sleeper, is topped by a Van Winkle
The News Journal
With the celebration of American Craft Beer Week less than a week away, events are being hosted in all 50 states Monday through May 22. Kevin Finn, an owner of the Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant chain based in Wilmington, believes that Calagione's ...
Irish eyes - and lips - are smiling on craft beer
MassLive.com
By George Lenker The idea that craft brewing may be a recession-proof business seems to be global. While US statistics show that craft beer has grown—in both production and sales—even in these tough economic times, I have just seen some evidence that ...

MassLive.com
The Radar: American Craft Beer Week, World's Biggest Model Airport, Rushdie's ...
Intelligent Travel from National Geographic Traveler Magazine (blog)
American Craft Beer Week kicks off next Monday and for the first time, official events—from tastings to tappings—will be hosted in all 50 states. American Craft Beer Week, now in its sixth year, honors the more than 1700 small and independent craft ...

Intelligent Travel from National Geographic Traveler Magazine (blog)
Food Calendar
North Shore News
Craft Beer Week: In celebration of this event, Taylor's Crossing will serve a choice of grilled achiote prawn salad with fresh fruit salsa, rustic duck confit pizza, puttanesca alla birra, slow roasted veal cheek goulash or a meat and cheese plate, ...

The Week in Beer: Celebrating American Craft Beer Week
AnnArbor.com
For the first time in its six year history, American Craft Beer Week will see official events hosted in all 50 states, making it the largest-ever celebration of US craft brewers, according to the Brewers Association. American Craft Beer Week is May ...

BRICK BREWING, ONTARIO'S ORIGINAL CRAFT BREWERY, IS HONOURED WITH FOUR MORE ...
CanadianBusiness.com
The Company is a regional brewer of award winning premium quality and value beers. The Company, founded in 1984, was the first craft brewery to start up in Ontario, and is credited with pioneering the present day craft brewing renaissance in Canada. ...

The Great Escape: Craft Beer and Music in Cooperstown Friday
Patch.com
By Christine Loughran | Email the author | 5:53am If you appreciate craft microbreweries, sip an Ommegang. If you appreciate classic rock, jam to tunes by Levon Helm. This Friday, have a little of both as Cooperstown's Ommegang Brewery presents the ...

The Good Life: Quality Dining, Craft Beer In Massapequa Park
Long Island Press
By Chris Cooke on May 12th, 2011 In celebration of Long Island Craft Beer Week, against my natural inclinations to keep such establishments—those rare, hidden gems of a restaurant, the kind of place you selfishly hope no one will discover lest it lose ...
The Great Canned vs Bottled Beer Debate 2.0: Craft Brewing Weighs In
Triple Pundit
Known for constant innovation in a quest for creating tasty brews, many craft breweries are switching to cans and debunking the myth that only premium beer comes in a bottle. And as to the claim of the metallic taste? Well, this is no longer valid as ...

Triple Pundit
Low Alcohol Content Beer on the Rise
NACS Online
Craft is beer's fastest-growing segment, with sales up 12 percent in 2010, compared with an overall industry decline of roughly one percent last year, according to the Brewers Association. While some crafts have pushed the alcohol content envelope in ...


Beer Man: Boston Beer Co. offers up a tasty sampler pack
Appleton Post Crescent
Sampling a 12-pack called for help from fellow craft beer aficionados, so Mike Champion, Mark Maglior and I started out with the German- and English-hopped samples, reasoning that their more delicate hops would be overwhelmed by the pine and grapefruit ...

Homemade Brew
Wall Street Journal
By BRETT TAYLOR Little Town NYC, a new craft beer bar near Union Square, has a painting depicting a "Greetings from New York" postcard, with logos of breweries from around the state overlaid on a map. It's the perfect metaphor for a place offering only ...

Seattle Beer News | Craft Beer Selections at Safeco
The Seattle Times
Luckily, they have much more variety in the beer department, although things are a bit different at Safeco Field for 2011. After my third Mariners game this year, I think I finally have the beer situation figured out; just in time for the roof to be ...
American Craft Beer Week showcases improved local beer offerings
NOLA.com
By Todd A. Price American Craft Beer Week started in 2006 to spread the word about small American breweries. New Orleans joined the national event in 2009 when a handful of bars hosted tastings. This year, from Sunday through May 21, more than 45 area ...

NOLA.com
Nightlife notebook: MN Craft Beer Week goes big
Minneapolis Star Tribune
On the agenda this week: A week of craft beer, plus comedian Paul F. Tompkins. Mike Hoops stirs the pot in the Town Hall Brewery facility. When beer crusader Jon Landers created Minnesota Craft Beer Week in 2010, he launched it with three bars (Town ...

The 'mother of all beer weeks`
Daily Camera
It will be released locally on Saturday at Boulder Beer and nationally later this summer. (Brian Spady) American Craft Beer Week, the "mother of all beer weeks," is Monday through Sunday, May 22. Sponsored by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, ...

American Craft: At the Crossroads of Food and Beer
Patch.com
The craft beer movement of recent years, which has reminded all of us that the right beer can enhance good food in the same fashion previously limited to fine wine, has instigated a wave of gastropubs like American Craft on Beacon Street. 

The Craft Beer Chronicles: Beer Belly readies for opening next Friday
Brand X
Back in December, the Craft Beer Chronicles profiled Jimmy Han, an LA-native who planned to open a locally-focused craft beer bar in Koreatown. He was the picture of self-assurance then. But five months later, when we revisited Han at 532 S. Western ...

Moon River to kick off American Craft Beer Week on Monday
Savannah Morning News
Titled the “Georgia Craft Beer Rally,” the Savannah gathering will give Moon River loyalists an opportunity to join craft-beer aficionados in celebrations across America. There will be, sometime during the week, celebrations in all 50 states, ...

Vancouver Craft Beer Week: Driftwood Brewing and CinCin
Vancouver Sun (blog)
By Randy Shore 12 May 2011 COMMENTS(0) The Green Man I can't say for sure that CinCin's Brewmaster's dinner was the swankiest of Vancouver Craft Beer Week's festivities, but it was my fanciest meal of the week. First course was a three-bite plate ...

Narragansett Beer Debuts First-Ever Summer Ale
Patch.com
The Famous Narragansett Beer introduces, for the first time in its 120-year history, the seasonal release of a summer craft brew, Narragansett Summer Ale. Distributed throughout New England, Southern New York and Philadelphia at leading package stores, ...

2 Women Behind New Brewery In Nashville
NewsChannel5.com
It's a really social group people really like craft beer but there isn't that much local craft beer right now," co-owner Bailey Spaulding said. Robyn Virball and Bailey Spaulding are the two women behind the new brewery. They pride themselves on using ...
In Vršovice, an array of unusual beers
Czech Position
The latest arrival just might be the high point of the trend: Zubatý Pes (the “toothy dog”), a bar with 15 taps of craft beer, which opened last weekend in Vršovice. “We're trying to give small brewers a place where they can showcase their beers in

Celebrate American Craft Beer Week, which begins Monday
Florida Times-Union
By Roger Bull American Craft Beer Week runs Monday through Saturday, May 21, and is intended to honor the resurgence and ever-growing world of craft beers. For those who don't know, those are the beers made by smaller breweries that tend to have a bit ...


Craft beers steal share from giants
Victoria Times Colonist
These are tough hurdles to navigate for anyone selling beer. So there's plenty of reason to question just why Victoria craft beer brewers and brewpubs are smiling. At this time of year beerdrinking season should have kicked off, patios should be filled ...

Why Texas' Craft Beer Bills Are Doomed, And Why They Would've Been Baby Steps ...
Dallas Observer (blog)
By Jesse Hughey, Fri., May 13 2011 @ 3:13PM ​If you're a passionate beer drinker or state-legislation fetishist, you've probably read by now that two of the House bills favoring Texas craft brewers are dead, and things ain't looking too hot for the ...

Long Island Craft Beer Week Debuts Friday
Long Island Press
By Timothy Bolger on May 13th, 2011 Here's a not-so-freaky way to commemorate Friday the 13th: The inaugural Long Island Craft Beer Week kicks off Friday night at participating bars and breweries across the Island. The 10-day-long series of events ...

Boulder-based Avery Brewing eyes expansion
Daily Camera
The decision was difficult but necessary as demand was exceeding supply, he said, adding that it was necessary to focus the "finite amount of beer" in certain existing markets and grow from there. Other craft brewers -- including the Longmont-based ...

Specialty suds: Jupiter entrepreneur's organic brew gains a following
Palm Beach Post
latest money news » From The Post and AP By Jeff Ostrowski JUPITER — There's no need to tell beer maker Ray Nickolaus how much competition his Belgian-style brew faces. In his day job, the 34-year-old entrepreneur works as sales manager for craft beer ...
Monks' brew
Financial Times
It will also give Sierra Nevada, a new kind of Californian economic powerhouse, yet more leverage in the multibillion dollar craft beer market. And though the partnership is intended to be a one-off, sales may determine the future of Sierra Nevada's ...

Financial Times
Tallgrass Brewing
Birmingham Weekly
I'd like to mention it since all of us who appreciate craft beer enjoy trying new things. One new one that I know just arrived is Tallgrass Brewing out of Kansas. They've only been around since 2007 so they don't have quite the name recognition as ...

Birmingham Weekly
Hops — They're All About Balance
Patch.com
They keep a beer balanced, whether toward bitter or sweet, and are essential in most styles. By Brittany Dern | Email the author | 4:00pm Hops: the beautiful, cone-shaped plant that adds so much flavor and aroma to a craft beer. ...
Chicagoist's Beer of the Week: Argus Holsteiner Lager
Chicagoist
Beckett's, at the intersection of Belmont, Ashland and Lincoln recently relaunched itself with a focus on craft beers and gourmet burgers, which as concepts go puts them on the bleeding edge of mid-2008. Despite that, we stopped in for a bite and a few ...

American Craft Beer Week starts, Chicago's to follow
ChicagoNow (blog)
First, there's American Craft Beer Week, observed May 16 - 22 by the Brewers Association, the national non-profit association on behalf of the majority of today's US breweries. The program started as American Beer Month in July of 2006.

Breckenridge Craft Beer TV Spots Spoof Big Brands
Mediapost.com
by Karlene Lukovitz, Yesterday, 2:30 PM Craft beers' appeal has always resided in their distinctive, individualistic tastes and identities. That's certainly true for Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado -- which, in an unusual move for a craft brewer, ...

Celebrating the first San Antonio Beer Week
San Antonio Express
In little more than a year, San Antonio has changed its reputation from a Lone Star and Pearl town to an up-and-coming craft beer destination. Even our hipster neighbors to the north in Austin are suddenly discovering that some of the best beer in the ...

New owner for Wellington beer festival
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Adventurous beer lovers are about to get a whole lot more opportunity to enjoy the burgeoning range of premium craft beers on offer in New Zealand, thanks to the sale of Beervana, New Zealand's largest craft beer festival, to a private interest. ...

All about the beer in Albany
WXXA
Beer lovers hit the Washington Avenue Armory on Saturday for the inaugural Albany Craft Beer Festival. Organizers promised one hundred awesome beers and about 1200 tickets were sold for the event. In addition to the breweries, the event had some ...

King & Mane out; Tipsy Cow in
Madison.com
The Tex-Mex restaurant King & Mane, seen here, is being transformed into the Tipsy Cow, a tavern with an emphasis on straight-forward bar food and craft beer. KYLE MCDANIEL — State Journal King & Mane, its name a play on its location at 102 King St., ...

Biz Bits: First abbey ale a big hit for Sierra Nevada, New Clairvaux
Enterprise-Record
By LAURA URSENY - Business Editor On the surface, there is a visual discrepancy between the tiny ABBEY of NEW CLAIRVAUX in nearby Vina and major craft beer producer SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. in Chico, but an idea explored by both has resonated with the ...

GO! Community Events for May 15-21
North County Times
There is also a Craft Beer Block, where the public can sample brews for $25 ($30 at the gate); 10 am to 6 pm; University Avenue between 30th and 32nd streets, San Diego; free; 619-294-2501 or www.northparkfestivalofarts.com. ...

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Wednesday, May 4, 2011

How to taste beer that tastes good
Vancouver Sun
By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun May 4, 2011 Craft beer can be a real punch in the taste buds, but there are a few rules and a lot of science that dictate how beers are supposed to taste. "In any particular style of beer you are looking for a clean ...
Small Cap Stock Analysis
Small Cap Network
Moreover, today's beer consumer seems to prefer the taste of craft beers over those produced by brewery giants like Molson Coors, Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller. Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM) markets around 20 beers under the Sam Adams, ...
New brewers raising their heads in Colorado
Denver Post
Others in the top five are Boston Beer Co., Sierra Nevada, Spoetzl and Deschutes. Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors remain first and second among all US brewers. Nationwide celebrations of the brewer's art are part of American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22. ...
Brewers craft a niche in Vancouver
Chicago Tribune
It's a frothy surge that made 2010's first Vancouver Craft Beer Week an instant hit. "A few years ago, the scene was catering to a niche market of beer geeks," says event co-founder Chris Bjerrisgaard, frantically preparing for 2011's expanded festival ...
Inaugural San Antonio beer week
Examiner.com
By Eric Bruce Craft beer tastings, pub crawls, tutored beer tastings, brewing competitions, tours, and a community of beer drinkers is what you will get during the week long celebration of the 'Golden Nectar of the Gods.' Dodging Duck, Blue Star, ...
Leinenkugel's boosts MillerCoors in Q1
Bizjournals.com
Craft brew Leinenkugel's is made in Chippewa Falls, Wis., at MillerCoors' Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., about 80 miles east of St. Paul. The brand reported double-digit increases in sales in the first quarter, outpacing the performance of the beer ...
Get involved in American Craft Beer Week
MassLive.com
With apologies to John Lennon, the above modification of “Revolution” is my way of challenging craft beer fans everywhere to get more actively involved in American Craft Beer Week, which will run May 16-22 this year. Although many of us do our part by ...

MassLive.com
Senate OKs self-distribution for craft beer brewers
The State Journal-Register
By ANDY BROWNFIELD Craft brewers are closer to being able to self-distribute a limited amount ofbeer after the Illinois Senate approved a bill Tuesday morning. Senate Bill 754, sponsored by Chicago Democratic Sen. Donne Trotter, defines craft brewers ...
Taste of Brews Joins 2011 Long Beach Sea Festival; Launches Inaugural Event on ...
PR Newswire (press release)
A refreshing new approach to beer tasting, Taste of Brews pays homage to the passion and excitement that today's full-flavored craft beers are generating among consumers while providing an exciting platform to introduce new styles. ...

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Illinois craft breweries battle the big boys
STLtoday.com
Trudeau says a victory for the beer giant would be the "final nail in the coffin" for Rolling Meadows and the state's craft brewing industry. The showdown centers on whether AB InBev and other out-of-state brewers have the right to sell beer directly ...
Brooks on Beer: Festival Season
San Jose Mercury News
Between the suds celebrations, brew fests and even a beer circus, there's a craft beer festival nearly every weekend through the beginning of summer. The second weekend in May features a pair of beer festivals, starting with Sacramento's fifth annual ...
Crossroads brews good taste
Albany Times Union
Crossroads also won a bronze medal for its Outrage IPA in the category for best individual craft beers in the Hudson Valley, and it won the John Calen Memorial Award for the best English style pale ale in the state, also for Outrage Ale, ...
Scott Bort: Beer fans get their Dark Lord fix at Three Floyd's
Post-Tribune
By Scott M Bort Craft beer columnist May 1, 2011 04:53PM The crowd mills about in front of Three Floyds Brewing during the annual Dark Lord Day at Three Floyds Brewing Saturday, April 30, 2011, in Munster, Ind. | Scott M. Bort~Sun-Times Media MUNSTER ...
GoFivo: Craft Beer On The Cheap
DCist.com
DC is an expensive town to drink craft beer in. Yes, we do have a better selection than a lot of other cities, but that selection comes at a cost. Sites like Living Social and Groupon do have the occasional offer that gets us a quality pint on the ...

DCist.com
Hungary's First Craft-Beer Festival, Budapest, 13 - 14 May
XpatLoop.com
We are proud to announce Hungary's first craft-beer festival: FŐZDEFESZT - Elsõ Hazai Kézműves Sörfesztivál. The festival will be held on 13-14 May, 2011 in Budapest, in Mikszáth Kálmán Square, the middle of the so-called Castle-district. ...
Philly Beer Week 2011 Announces Second Annual Forum Of The Gods
TheFullPint.com
Philadelphia, PA – On Tuesday, June 7, beginning at 3 pm, Philly Beer Week (PBW) 2011 and Ale Street News will present The Forum of the Gods, a round table talk and tasting with five of the biggest names in craft brewing. Featuring Vinnie Cilurzo ...

TheFullPint.com
Do The Brew deemed a huge success
Hastings Tribune
More than 500 people from across the state gathered at Hastings City Auditorium to sample some of the area's finest craft beers and some national offerings as well at the Do the Brew event Saturday. The first local beer sampling event in years — or ...

Hastings Tribune
Tuesday takes
Tribune Review
The Homewood craft beer maker is looking to expand into Larimer. And that expansion -- a quadrupling of its space -- is expected to lead to an initial doubling of production. About 1800 barrels were produced last year. How nice it is to see a home brew ...

Monday, May 2, 2011

Specialty Beer News - Monday, May 2, 2011

Brewing up a craft cerveza
Bellingham Herald
Moreover, they lack the kind of tax breaks that have given beer makers in the United States a chance to survive infancy. For every 100000 beers drunk in Mexico, only eight are craft beers, according to the microbrewers association. ...
Brew fans hoping Asheville will grab Beer City crown again
Asheville Citizen-Times
Holt Menzies ASHEVILLE — Voting starts today in the much-anticipated 2011 Beer City USA online poll, and all around Asheville, craft brew fans are hoping that the city will grab the title for a third consecutive year. But all agree that it won't be ...
Brown's, Pump Station win state brewing awards
Albany Times Union (blog)
Brown's Brewing Co. in Troy took gold and silver medals for its Whiskey Barrel Porter and the Albany Pump Station in Albany won a bronze for its hefeweizen in competition over the weekend at the annual TAP New York Craft beer festival, held at Hunter ...

Albany Times Union (blog)
New homebrew supply store opening in Portsmouth
Foster's Daily Democrat
PORTSMOUTH — Brewing your own craft beer is about to get easier with the opening of A&G Homebrew Supply at 175 High St., Portsmouth. A&G Homebrew Supply will offer quality equipment, ingredients and brewing advice for the homebrewer, from beginners to ...
Mountaineer Brewing Company to be sold
Daily Mail - Charleston
Craft beers have been on the rise in recent years as consumers have switched from more popular brands now owned by foreign companies, to more locally-brewed flavors that cater more to regional tastes. The industry began to grow in West Virginia ...
Fathom Seafood House
Philadelphia Inquirer
Alcohol: Craft beer— with 10 on draft and 25 in bottle — is the focus here, with local faves such as Victory Braumeister pils and Sly Fox Shmitten Kitten kolsch ideal for seafood. There are worthy cocktails, including the mint sweet tea and Dark ...