Tuesday, January 17, 2012


Beer
 bills: What's ahead?

Some beer enthusiasts have been trying to get the Legislature to raise the allowable alcohol content of beer in the state and open Mississippi to more specialty beers for a few years now. Could they see success this year? That remains to be seen. ...
Upright Brewing to release new bottled beer
Portland-based Upright Brewing will launch its new specialty peach beer, Fantasia, in bottled form on 20 January 2012. The Fantasia was originally brewed in August 2010. The beer is fermented in oak barrels that were stuffed with peaches and inoculated ...



Salt Rock Grill Opening Craft Beer Bar
By Leigh Armstrong Like independent beer? If so, keep a look out at the Salt Rock Grill. The Salt Rock Grill is looking to remodel one of their bars into a bar that will specialize in craft beers, according to an article from Tampabay.com. ...
Steve Hindy Announced as 2012 Craft Brewers Conference Keynote Speaker
With his experience ranging from international journalism to craft beer pioneering, Hindy is expected to inspire attendees with a unique perspective. Hindy spent the late 1970s and early 1980s in the Middle East as an Associated Press correspondent. ...

Dining notes | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012-01-17
Craft-beer guru Lew Bryson has revamped the Kickstarter campaign designed to raise money to create a craft-beer TV series. Originally seeking $60000 for six full episodes - which failed - the drive is now on for $6000 to do a single pilot episode that ...

Monday, January 16, 2012

New events scheduled for 2012 Coastal Uncorked - WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, Sports

New events scheduled for 2012 Coastal Uncorked - WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, Sports

Craft beer
 breweries get boost from state fee cuts

... called The Dayton Beer Company at 906 E. Dorothy Lane. By Mark Fisher, Staff Writer Updated 9:14 AM Monday, January 16, 2012 A new state law that cuts start-up costs for micro-breweries and makes it easier for a growing number of craft distilleries ...
Republican Presidential Debates Go Down Better With Craft Beers
What red-blooded American doesn't like a good craft beer? Germansteins.com Communities craft beer expert Bryan Kolesar of the After-Hours at the Brew Lounge column weighs in to help get us through the rest of the debates in a tasty way. ...

Dogfish brewer takes on the beer snobs
By George Lenker AP photo It's one thing for a columnist like myself to criticize a trend in the craft beer world. It's far more powerful when a leader in the industry makes the same point. But that's what happened when Dogfish Head Brewing's founder ...

New breweries, new beer for 2012
2011 saw the explosion of craft beer in BC spread ever further. A growing number of pubs began installing dedicated draft lines for craft beer; some dedicated themselves solely to craft. More restaurants and new establishments are now stocking local ...

Sunoco Expands Growler Program
Successful testing of the Craft Beer Exchange is bringing the program to Sunoco APlus stores throughout New York. by RSS Feed by Email BUFFALO – Sunoco announced last week the statewide expansion of its Craft Beer Exchange program in New York. ...
Amidst business boost, local breweries fight regulation
Beer connoisseurs are enjoying the boost in locally made microbrews, but the business boom has come with unexpected speed bumps. "Austin is quickly becoming one of the hubs nationally for craft beer," Jeff Stuffings with Jester King Brewery said....

New beer brewer
(AP) -- There's a clue to Brian Podwinski's old job in the name of his brew. He's a retired cop in Lincoln, Nebraska. He first craft beer is called 1327 Pod's ESB. Pod is his nickname and 1327 is his old badge number. A shoulder injury forced his ...
Future set to dish up the past
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show beer consumption as a percentage of total alcohol sales is down to a 61-year low of 44 per cent, yet craft beer from microbreweries is, in its own way, booming. More artisanal, small-brew, ...

Growing the Perfect Pint
“Seeing people actually drink your beer.” Fierro, now a craft beer storeowner, said you could taste the difference when a friend has used ingredients from their own yard to craft a beer. Salinas is proud of his homebrews. One of his current home brews ...

Friday, January 13, 2012

Local Craft Beer Business Hopping
In the Finger Lakes region, there are now around 30 microbreweries. Local beer-enthusiasts Adam Smith and Theresa Hollister saw the surge in craft brewing and created the Finger Lakes Beer Trail, which promotes local breweries.
Craft beer centre stage at Bristol venue
Beerd is the eighth venue in the Bath Ales estate but the St Michael's Hill outlet is the first to focus on speciality beers from artisan and independent breweries, in keg and bottled form. Robin Couling, Bath Ales retail director, said: "We love great ...
Sunoco's Craft Beer Exchange Expands Across New York
PHILADELPHIA -- Sunoco has expanded the Craft Beer Exchange at its APlus convenience stores across the state of New York with several locations in both the Syracuse and Albany markets. Started as a pilot program in the Buffalo market, the Craft Beer ...
craft-beer mixer: Five chefs, five breweries to team up for dinner
By Carol Deptolla of the Journal Sentinel It's like going to a bunch of the city's best restaurants in one night: Five chefs from some of the city's top restaurants will be matched up with five regional brewers of craft beers for the Best of Milwaukee ...
"Why is the government up in my beer?" Local craft beer lovers spotlighted in ...
By Caroline Gallay When Open the Taps first launched in Houston last summer, co-founder Leslie Sprague hadn't the slightest that the grass-roots group of pissed off craft beer consumers would become the ultimate industry advocacy group in Texas. ...
INDUSTRY: Craft breweries on tap in Inland region
“More breweries is great, because I think it's just going to expose more people to craft brewing.” Craft beer, or microbrew, typically refers to beer that/often/ is produced in small batches by an independent brewer. Craft breweries often sell their ...

Press-Enterprise
Sunoco Brings Craft Beer Exchange to More NY Stores
Consumers are shopping convenience stores slightly more often than they were a year ago, but the nation's economic doldrums continue to be a drag on spending, according to Convenience Store News' annual consumer study – Realities of the Aisle 2011. ...

Alaska Beer Week is here
If you're up near Talkeetna, get in on the 6 pm-midnight Alaska Beer Week Kick Off at the Twister Creek Restaurant. It will pair six specialty Denali Brewing Company beers with a homestyle menu. Call ahead to (907) 733- 2537 for reservations. ...

Beer Here Now: Craft Brewing - 2012 in a Pint Glass
I didn't know what craft beer was at the start of 2011. A year later, it's pretty much all I drink. I'd cross London to drink beers by the best of Britain's craft brewers. In fact, whenever I've got time to waste, I'll head to one of London's new craft ...


Craft brewer Stone & Wood expanding
Stone & Wood brews its Pacific Ale and Lager all year round, and once a year rolls out a limited release Stone Beer. Co-founder and chief brewer Brad Rogers attributed the brand's success to continued strong growth in the craft beer category and the ...


Austin native brews up a career
Joe Mohrfeld developed a taste for craft beer in college. Now it's turned into his livelihood, taking him from Colorado to Texas, in a career that's still young, but budding nearly as fast as the country's microbreweries. The 2001 Austin High graduate ...



Pub sells beer for dogs
A UK pub has introduced a beer brewed for dogs on its menu so that patrons have no excuse to leave their pets at home when they go out for a drink. The Brandling Villa in South Gosforth, Newcastle, decided dogs should not miss out on the craft beer ..

Dine & Dish: Menifee's Beer Hunter knows its customers
That's why the Beer Hunter, located in the Countryside Marketplace in Menifee, is your new best friend. This restaurant prides itself for its large, yet selective array of on-tap and local craft beers, a satisfying food menu, and big screen TVs ...

Los Angeles Beer Fans Rally for Blue Palms Brewhouse
Lenzo and partner Dave Almaraz brought the craft beer revolution to Hollywood Boulevard at their location in the Music Box theater and Lenzo, who hails from Ohio, had a simple goal: "Bring a place to Hollywood that offered great beer, good meals and a ...

Golden Road Brewing Introduces Craft Beer Cans to L.A. County
11 2012 at 10:14 AM ​Local canned craft beer will hit LA's supermarket shelves for the first time later this week, and we have Tony Yanow and Meg Gill to thank for it. Gill, the president and co-founder of Golden Road Brewing in Atwater Village, ...

It's All About Variety at Craftsman Ale House
Harrison's newest watering hole offers a wide variety of local beers, spirits and homemade dishes. By Zach Oliva If you like a variety of craft beer and a friendly and welcoming environment, the newest bar on Harrison Avenue might be the place for you. ...

Monday, January 9, 2012

Piraat Beer | Piraat Triple IPA | Van Steenberge Brewery

Piraat Beer | Piraat Triple IPA | Van Steenberge Brewery
 
Galloway restaurant expands its craft beer, french fries menu
Press of Atlantic City
Gourmet Italian Cuisine, in Galloway Township, extended its offerings to include a new craft beersand fries, including Nacho Fries, Heart Attack Fries and Buffalo Fries. Posted: Sunday, January 8, 2012 12:01 am | Updated: 9:25 pm, Sat Jan 7, 2012. ...
Molson Coors brewing up new craft HQ
London Free Press
By Jordan St. John, Special to QMI Agency Six Pints, Molson Coors' new craft beer division, is taking over a property at 75 Victoria St. in Toronto. (Supplied) The beer world subsists largely on rumours, and this is mostly due to the fact that people ...
Kent's 101 Bottles now has microbrews on tap
Ravenna Record Courier
By Kyle McDonald | Staff Writer Craft beer connoisseurs now have an extra excuse to visit Kent's 101 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. The beer store that claims to have the largest selection of beers in Northeastern Ohio recently added an in-store bar with ...
Molson Coors brewing up new craft HQ
CANOE
Back in October, I began to hear rumblings about Molson Coors' new craft beerdivision taking over a property at 75 Victoria St. in Toronto. This property has housed a couple of brew pubs over the years. Michael Hancock's formidable talent succeeded at...

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Extra Extra: Chicago's Craft Beer Scene Growing in 2012
Chicagoist
Before my prediction that the craft beer bubble will burst in 2012 will happen, it'll have to grow first. [Chitown on Tap] The Zion-Benton teachers strike will head into a third day Monday. [NBC Chicago] Firefighters discovered a coffin containing a ...

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Beer festival tickets selling fast
Charlotte Observer
Craft brewers sold nearly 10 million barrels of beer in 2010, up from nearly 9 million in 2009, the association reports. Overall, US beer sales were down an estimated 1 percent by volume in 2010. Weldy himself was won over to craft beers five or six ...

arlotte Observer
Scottsville's first brewery could open in February
The Daily Progress
James River Brewing owners Chris Kyle (left) and Dustin Carter expect to open their micro brewery next month. The craft beer craze will make its mark on Scottsville early next month when James River Brewing opens its doors at 561 Valley St. As well as ...
Cheers to beers
Vail Daily News
They are generally beers that you won't drink as much of, but some that you will really appreciate.” Colorado's craft beer movement was once based on more amber and malty brews, according to Doug Odell, brewmaster and founder of Odell Brewing Co. in ...
NEW BREWERS ON THE BLOCK
The Register-Guard
Existing local breweries said that the opening of another brewery will help, not hurt, them. “We think it's awesome,” said James Book, Ninkasi's marketing director. “It just seems like craft beer is exploding and nobody can make enough, ...
Spring Training Bound? Little Giant Brewing Opening in Bradenton
Rum Bunter
But the one segment that is growing is the craft beer market. It's a special time for beer lovers as some amazing beer is being made right here in the US For those of you that are headed to Bradenton this year for spring training, let us direct you to ...

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