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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Explorium Brewpub to open Jan. 25 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Explorium Brewpub at Southridge Mall will open Jan. 25 with four beers of its own on tap and an assortment of brews from other Milwaukee brewers, said owner Mike Doble. The Milwaukee Craft Brewery League, an alliance of brewers and brewery owners,&n ...

A tipster pointed me to a new hop product that debuted (quietly, it seems) last fall: lupulin powder. Lupulin powder – a purified concentration of the resin compounds and aromatic oils in whole hop flowers – is being test-marketed by Yakima-based YCH Hops (Yakima Chief-Hopunion).... YCH uses a proprietary cryogenic process to separate the ...

An enduring image of 2016 will always be the Boxing Bear staff celebrating after being named Mid-Size Brewpub of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival in October. Looking back over the year, 2016 was a doozy, to put it lightly. The political, social, and economic struggles of 2016 made us glad we have plenty of great places to go for a b ...

I rolled into Asheville in December 1999 after leaving Clearwater, FL.  It was a bit of a culture shock due to the friendly people, the weather and the beer choices. Up until then, the best craft offering I had was a Samuel Adams so you can imagine what it was like for this beer-virgin in the up-and-coming beer city USA. I since have a lov ...

 Shades of Pale Espresso Stout - Releases latter today, so I haven't tried this yet. This is a new stout made with Ogden's Daily Rise Coffee. 8% ABV @ Shades of Pale Shades of Pale Salt City Citrus - Releases latter today, so I haven't tried this yet. This the second New England Style IPA released this month (2Row's Tastes Like Ci ...

Time to kick off the work shoes and lace up those drinking boots – Friday has rolled around again. Last week I began a new series, shining a light on unsung Scottish beers that deserve to be in your cupboard or fridge (or cupboard, fridge and then glass). Seven days ago I started things off ... The post Beer of the Week – Swannay Ol ...

If you got the tickets, we’ve got the beer lists to whet your appetite! All right, this is one of those posts where you can react one of two ways: Be excited, because you bought a ticket Be seriously bummed, because you did not and the event is sold out If you fall under No. 2 there, you might want to just move on with your internet brows ...

La Cumbre has purchased the empty building next door, adding 6,000 square feet. Back when we ran our Look Back/Look Ahead Series entry on La Cumbre, Jeff Erway said he was getting close to acquiring “a property very close to here” that would help expand the brewery’s distribution footprint. The only thing Jeff left out was whi ...

Southport Visiter CAMRA responds to Campaign To End Loneliness Southport Visiter CAMRA has responded to a survey by the Campaign To End Loneliness which revealed that people experiencing loneliness miss simple things in life, such as a drink in the pub, a country walk or a shared meal, writes Neville Grundy. Camra itself ... Goin ...

Talisman Brewing has had a bunch of seasonal beers pop up over the past year. Two of the most popular brews are moving away from their generic special edition packaging to some new "bonafide" names and labels. Talisman's Triple IPA is the only currently made TIPA that's brewed locally, when it hit's the bottle shop it goes fast. As the name ...