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Any beer lover visiting Eugene would be remiss not to stop at ColdFire Brewing. Welcome to the road version of Weekend Beer-cap. Yours truly is still up in Oregon for a little while longer, still bouncing around breweries. I am currently down in Eugene, which is one of those towns that most people probably just pass through going between Portla ...

Centralia Chronicle Craft Beer Brewpub Coming to Packwood This Fall Centralia Chronicle When the Packwood Brewing Co. opens this fall, owner Tina Simons envisions groups of locals, hikers and skiers gathered around fire pits and tables, enjoying the brewpub's craft beer and a new gathering place in the small East Lewis County community ...

Westword Ownership Dispute at Tommyknocker Settled as Founder Steps Away Westword But the angry impasse appears to have been resolved after the other co-founder, Charlie Sturdavant, agreed to be bought out by two of the Idaho Springs brewery's original out-of-state investors. The brewpub is now controlled by Gerry Ware of California ...

ChronicleLive North East doing best to survive 'vicious cycle' of pub closures ChronicleLive The British pub sector is continuing to struggle with around 18 pubs closing a week - but the North East is doing the best to weather the storm. According to the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) 471 pubs closed across England, Scotland and Wales durin ...

Polygon The Expanse, once a homebrew tabletop RPG, is going legit - Polygon Polygon The Expanse, the wildly popular series of science fiction books that became a beloved Syfy television show, was at one point a homebrew tabletop role-playing ...

East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk brewery scoops silver award at national CAMRA awards East Anglian Daily Times CAMRA national director Nick Boley said: “Congratulations to Green Jack for coming second place in the Champion Beer of Britain award, which is the highest beer accolade in the country. Ripper is a beautifully balanced a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – Founders Brewing Co. announced today that they will release Curmudgeon’s Better Half as the fifth installment in the 2018 Barrel-Aged Series. Curmudgeon’s Better Half, an old ale brewed with molasses and aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels, is preceded by Dankwood, Backwoods Bas ...

Michael Kiser (blog) Critical Drinking — State of the Burton Union Michael Kiser (blog) CAMRA-bashing is something of a sport these days. As the 188,000-strong consumer group races toward its 50th birthday, the Campaign for Real Ale is routinely criticized for its lack of diversity, relevance, and expertise by people not even born wh ...

BOB fm (press release) Pub crisis sees 18 locals shut down every week as Campaign for Real Ale demands Government tax freeze Mirror.co.uk Pub crisis sees 18 locals shut down every week as Campaign for Real Ale demands Government tax freeze. At least 80 per cent of Brits have seen a pub within five miles of their homes close down recent ...

Boing Boing Lawsuit filed over ginger ale allegedly containing no ginger Boing Boing "In truth, DPSG's soft drink is not made from real ginger," reads the lawsuit filed by Fletcher, who lives in Bolivar, Allegany County. "Instead, Canada Dry Ginger Ale is made from carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, preservatives ...