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Original photo by Tristan Schmurr “Trolls” via Flickr Everyone wants to make good beer. Everyone. Presumably, everyone also wants to drink good beer. It’s OK to be critical of the beers you drink, and it’s OK to not always be satisfied with everything you are drinking. Breweries that have just opened and are trying to c ...

November: the month we set back the clocks and darkness creeps in. The weather becomes chilly, and thoughts turn to the coming winter. While some may fall into a bit of a funk this time of year, beer drinkers everywhere get excited about stouts, porters, and barrel-aged beers. And what better way to celebrate than Day of Darks at Wynkoop?! Day ...

Brewers Association (press release) (blog) Democrats and Republicans Come Together in the Name of…Beer Brewers Association (press release) (blog) With the ingredients of bipartisanship, beer and friendly competition, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) presents the second annual Hill Staff Homebrew Competition! Individuals, g ...

DCBeer had a chance to interview National Geographic’s Atlas of Beer authors Nancy Hoalst-Pullen and Mark W. Patterson. The self-described beer doctors are PhDs, so please don’t come to them with your dumpster-smelling, rubbery-tasting pale ale. Do come see them tomorrow, at their event, a tasting and promotion of their book at Nati ...

Charleston City Paper The Rick and Morty RickMobile swings by Famulari's Brew Pub Wed. Dec. 6 Charleston City Paper The Rick and Morty RickMobile is rolling across America in the world's biggest Rick that doubles as a store and will be stopping by James Island's Famulari's Brew Pub Wed. Dec. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. This is the only South Ca ...

Not to be outdone, there are a couple more breweries with new suds on the horizon to make your tongues squeal with excitement. First off: we have this new American Pale Ale coming from Epic. The RiNo APA is Epic's latest pale ale in their portfolio. The term RiNo (River North) pays homage to the bustling neighborhood that Epic's Denver brewe ...

Kaktus went ahead and remodeled the interior of its Nob Hill taproom. Kaktus Brewing had the unfortunate timing of opening its Nob Hill taproom just as construction began on the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project. Now, as the last of the orange cones have been removed, Kaktus is looking to finally find its niche with a taproom remodel. “As ...

Whoa, has it really been since March that I posted here? Whoops. I’ve been busy writing beer columns for The Advocate newspaper, that I let this blog slip. Sorry about that. Hopefully I’ll get more content up soon. But good news for beer fans here in Baton Rouge, as a new brewery has announced its intentions to open in 2018. Check o ...

Hackney Gazette Hackney 'only borough where number of pubs has risen' – but CAMRA chief who helped compile them urges caution Hackney Gazette The figures were published by City Hall as part of the Mayor of London's draft strategy for the London Plan, in which he has vowed to protect pubs. James Watson, CAMRA's regional pub protec ...

It's beer preview time again or "beerview" if you will. First up we have new packaging for a beer that definitely gets the award for most clever name. Bohemian's Czechulator. This beer originally hit back in December of 2016 and it's due once again for it annual appearance. The nose is nutty, chocolate, clean notes of malty sweetness. Some toff ...