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Hey guys. I wrote a blog post (below; original link here) five years ago about excessive carding in Colorado. I’m pretty sure this post got more comments than any others, as it seemed to have ruffled some feathers of folks, especially in the service industry. Since this post, I have traveled much more extensively and have found this issu ...

Name: The Rare Barrel Location: Berkeley, CA Website: https://www.therarebarrel.com/ What you need to know: Jay Goodwin, who worked previously at The Bruery, and Alex Wallash started out as a homebrewing duo before teaming up in 2013 to open The Rare Barrel. The name of the brewery comes from a well-traveled barrel used to produce sour ...

Name: LIC Beer Project Location: Long Island City, NY Website: http://licbeerproject.com/ What you need to know: LIC Beer Project opened in 2015 with a 20-barrel brewery and taphouse in Long Island City. They began by focusing on farmhouse and spontaneous styles, including the first coolship in the city. As they have adjusted to their ...

Is this week the last SAVOR? Can two breweries become a Gundam? These questions are answered in this week’s edition. Welcome to SAVOR week, everyone. The big news about this SAVOR week above all others is the sense that this one is more subdued than in previous years. It’s one less day and the feeling is that there are fewer even ...

Dexter Mich. — Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales is known for creating truly unique all-sour, oak-aged beers but last year the brewery did something that really shocked the beer world by releasing two non-sour IPA’s. These beers were kept to a pub-only release. Jolly Pumpkin is now announcing the release of their third beer in their non-so ...

Welcome to day 2 of Craft Beer Week. I got to try some really interesting stuff yesterday; the open barrel fermented kveik golden ale from Kiitos was quite good, what did you find? Today's options look to be equally good. Hope to see you out and about later today. Cheers! Tuesday, May 14th   Craft Beer Week on KUAA Radio: All this ...

It’s go-time, again, and we will help prepare you for all that is to come. Some mornings you glance at the old beer calendar and try to figure out what to write about. Well, at least that’s how it works for us, and our glance today brought us to the stark realization that ABQ Beer Week 2019 is just 10 days away. Guess we should prob ...

From time to time, Gordon Biersch Navy Yard will have Golden Export draught as the smallest beer on their menu. It’s a beer with a tremendous name and a tremendous tie to history, while not actually being a historical beer. In the past, export beer just meant a beer that left the town, city, state, or country it was brewed in. They can be ...

The brewery has partnered with three outfitters to celebrate the milestone anniversary Holland, Mich.  — New Holland Brewing Company has partnered with REI Co-op, Merrell and Woosah Outfitters to celebrate 100 years of Michigan State Parks. Together, the partners have crafted a special beer and will host a series of events to be ...

SAVOR Week is upon us once again, and if the calendar seems a little light this year, consider that Meridian Pint is no more. Without one of the District’s premier beer venues, there are probably at least a half-dozen fewer events. Compounding matters, this week is Catholic University’s graduation, which means that Brookland Pint wi ...