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MorningAdvertiser.co.uk CAMRA champion beer to be announced at BBC Good Food Show MorningAdvertiser.co.uk CAMRA national director Nick Boley said: “We are delighted that the Champion Bottled Beer of Britain award will be hosted at the BBC Good Food Show this year, giving more people the opportunity to come and learn about beer ta ...

Shades of Pale has released it's newest offering in their new Hogshead Reserve series of barrel aged beers. The newest entry to their lineup is a Belgian style Tripel which has been aged in High West Whiskey Barrels. This being the second run on the barrels, the recipe was chosen to specifically capture and blend with oak in the barre ...

Farewell to Firkin, we hardly knew ye. In case anyone missed it on social media over the weekend, the long-rumored demise of The Firkin BrewHouse and Grill came to pass, as their own Facebook page communicated the following: To all of our loyal and wonderful customers, unfortunately I must state that the Firkin BrewHouse and Grill is closed. Mo ...

When I was 16 years old, driver's license burning a hole in my pocket and all flush with a bad, nerdy case of early-onset political junkyitis, I jumped in the old yellow Karmann Ghia with my friend Steve and we went election-night party-hopping. This was 32 years ago, in Salt Lake City. As such, the scene at the Democratic party site was dismal ...

What : Wynkoop Brewing Company’s Day of Darks When : Saturday, November 19, 12-4 p.m. Where : Wynkoop Brewing Co. (1634 18th St, Denver) Why : To support the Movember Foundation and local men’s health organizations, Colorado Cancer Research Foundation and CU Cancer Center Over 25 breweries will bring in their “stach ...

Proper Brewing Company and Salt Lake City's Beer Bar have combined forces to brew a unique brew exclusively for the Beer Bar. The Beer Bar Blonde will be a dryhopped Belgian style blonde ale that will use a rotating dryhop selection that will be different with every batch. The staff at the Beer Bar will also be instrumental with the various ho ...

I have noticed lately that every fourth year is a lot longer than the intervening three. This is partially due to the fact that this is the leap year and therefore contains an extra day – February has the cheek to add an extra day even though it’s in the middle of winter – but the real reason this particular year is so incredi ...

There's snow on the ground again here on the Kenai Peninsula; we got about an inch or so last night. Will it stay this time or melt away like the last batch we had? Who knows? Meanwhile, we are moving into a bit of a lull beer-wise, after a whole bunch of events last week, so this blog will be a bit shorter than usual. At the Beers By the&nb ...

We’re late to the game here announcing KC Craft Beer Week. It’s now through Saturday at several spots around town. There’s an election theme pitting the Maltocrats vs the Hopublicans, which let’s face it, are two choices we could all agree on. KCCBW coincides with the Flying Saucer’s Stout Week, so you get th ...

How to see the relationships between beer styles. This is a puzzle I've toyed with since 2011, when I was working on the Beer Bible. There's a feature in the book in which, near the end of each style chapter, a sidebar offers other close styles for people to try ("If you like pale ale, try..."). What I discovered was that the flavors ...