Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Specialty Beer News

Hand crafted, specialty beer, microbreweries, NM, Casa Escondida ...

Hand-crafted, specialty beers abound in northern NM. The abundance of New Mexico microbreweries is sure to quench the thirst of any Casa Escondida Bed ...

Hold Michigan's craft beer industry in your hand with iPhone game from Grand ...

The game doubles as an index for Michigan's 102 (and counting) craft breweries. GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Thanks to a Grand Rapids software development firm, you can now hold the booming world of Michigan craft beer in the palm of your hand. Fusionary...

MLive.com
BOI means Beer On the Island

A pub crawl and a special dinner that pairs food with craft beer and cigars are new to the Brewmasters Craft Beer Festival in Galveston this year. But for many serious beer fans, the new brews will again be the main attraction. Among those on the ...

Houston Chronicle (blog)
Beer events galore all week
Connect Savannah.com
The entire craft beer scene in Savannah is not confined to the festival on Hutchinson Island. Several of the city's bars and restaurants have Craft Beer Week specials events. Break open your organizer and start filling in dates: Wednesday, Aug. 29 ...

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Specialty Beer News


What to Drink (and Eat) at the LA Craft Beer Crawl

While San Francisco drinkers are partying at Outside Lands this weekend, those down south are gearing up for a whole new boozy adventure: the annual LA Craft BeerCrawl. Now in its third year, the craft beer crawl through seven of Los Angeles' most...
Six Pack: Beer Buzz of the Week

Beer Production Booming At Home and Abroad: The mid-year numbers are in for America's small and independent craft brewers and craft beer continues its unprecedented growth. According to the Brewers Association, dollar sales were up 14 percent in the ...

Specialty Beer News

10 Barrel Brewing | Uptown Market A Specialty Beer and Homebrew ...
Hand crafted beer & lager. Unique and hard to find brews. Specialty & import beers. Homebrew supplies and equipment. Serving the greater Portland ...

Friday, August 10, 2012

Beer is hopping in the Inland Empire
Los Angeles Times
Practically no suburb shall be left behind in thriving craft beer movement. The past two weeks alone have welcomed two new outfits to the ale-destination that is the Inland Empire. Joining a region already home to Hangar 24, Black Market, Dale Bros ...

Specialty Beer News

djournalcom Brewer opens specialty beer store

Brewer opens specialty beer store - OXFORD – Mississippi's new law that raised the legal alcohol content of beer is giving rise to a new specialty store ...

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Savannah Craft Brew Week

Who needs beer? Ciders a growing attraction at Savannah Craft Brew Fest

They're part of a growing line, including Original Sin, that will be highlighted during this year's Savannah Craft Brew Week, which runs Aug. 26 through Sept. 2. “What's really interesting is we just got back from England, and ciders are very hot ...

Six Pack: Beer Buzz of the Week

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

American Craft Beer Week

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Specialty beer news

Alabama Brewers Guild Supports Gourmet Bottle Bill
Alabamians For Specialty Beer. Free The ... Alabama is currently the only state that prohibits the sale of beer packaged in containers larger than 16 oz. Free the ...

 Wine Bar & Specialty Beer - Bars - Key West Innkeepers Association
Wine Bar & Specialty Beer - Bars Wine Bar specialty beer Our wine and specialty beer bars feature the best vintages, most unique microbrews, and ...

 Jake's Burgers: Specialty burgers in a hip, contemporary atmosphere
Wauwatosa Now
Karen Replogle shows off a Wisconsin burger topped with Neuske's bacon, beer cheese and Jake's famous haystack onion strings. Photo By CT Kruger On the go and looking for more great eats? Grab your smart phone and visit MyCommunityNOW's Foursquare list ...


 Twins announce addition of new concessions
MLB.com
The Twins and Sportservice expanded concessions and retail at Target Field this year by adding local craft beers and specialty foods from across Twins Territory. "The Twins are thrilled with the continued evolution of the Target Field menu and ...

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Craft and Specialty Beer New

Craft Beer Lovers Warm Up to Winter Brew
Center Square Journal
By Patty Wetli Certainly not Derek Lindskog, one of the lucky 525 craft beer lovers who snagged a coveted ticket to the inaugural Winter Brew, held last Saturday at DANK Haus. A joint effort of the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce and the Square Kegs ...
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GR Beer Week highlights West Michigan breweries ahead of sold out Winter Beer ...
Michigan Business Review - MLive.com
20 and runs five days ahead of the Winter Beer Festival on Feb. 25 at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park GRAND RAPIDS — Beer dinners, rare beer tastings and other craft brew-themed events are on tap for the inaugural GR Beer Week next month, ...
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Michigan Business Review - MLive.com
Schumer, N.H. senator wager a Senates worth of craft beer
Albany Times Union (blog)
If the Giants beat the Patriots, Shaheen will purchase beer from six New York craftbreweries, one beer for each member of the Senate: Brown's Brewing, BrooklynBrewery, Blue Point Brewing, Saranac, Captain Lawrence Brewing and Ithaca Beer.
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Albany Times Union (blog)
A Q&A with Jim McMahon: He's not into craft beer, he golfs barefoot and thinks ...
Indianapolis Star (blog)
Q. When you Google “Jim McMahon,” the phrase “beer in his hand” frequently comes up. What kind of beer is it? Q. So you're not into craft beer? Q. We hear you're into a band called Brother Trouble, that osso bucco is one of your favorite dishes…what ...
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Crafty light: Tastes great, less filling, and a better buzz?
C-Ville Weekly
Well, aside from its obvious ability to get one drunker faster, it supposedly tastes sweeter and fuller-bodied—more like the craft beers that are taking the beer world by storm. Light beer has been delivering low-ish calorie, alcohol-tinged, ...
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C-Ville Weekly
Liquor, wine continue to take share from beer sales
Chicago Tribune
Aside from modest growth in 2008, beer has lost market share to liquor for each of the last 13 years. Still, the beer industry argues that liquor's growth has been slow, while a retailer said that craft beer presents a potential threat to liquor and ...
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Chicago Tribune
Congratulations New Glarus Black Top – Best Craft Beer of 2011
TheFullPint.com
We asked our readers to vote for 2011′s Best Craft Beer and with a remarkable 20% of all votes, they answered New Glarus Black Top. “A big Thank You! And a raised glass to The Full Pint and all our devoted fans for choosing Black Top the Best Craft ...
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Locals craft, share homemade beer
Sippican Week
By Erik Fox | Jan 31, 2012 Courtesy of: Jesse Ferguson Jesse Ferguson's "Opposite of Hallelujah" winter warmer beer features hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. Beer has a funny way of introducing people to new things. Marion resident Jesse Ferguson, ...
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Sippican Week
Sierra Nevada picks Asheville
The Coloradoan
Nicknamed Beer City USA, Asheville, NC, is putting its name on the craft beer industry. Last week, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. selected Mills River, 12 miles south of Asheville, for an East Coast brewery. The announcement has no impact on New Belgium ...
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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 ...