Monday, January 16, 2012


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 ...