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While in Roseville for the Minnesota Mashout homebrew competition this past January, I got a chance to visit Bent Brewstillery.  After two straight days clustered around a bunch of beer geeks judging beers in the basement of Grumpy's, where could I find a change of pace?  Yep, just a short walk through melting snow to a nondescript ...

This years Tailspin Ale Fest in Louisville promises to be better than ever on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Eight Indiana breweries (the venue is just 8 miles from the Indiana state line) are serving including Tin Man and Carson's of Evansville, Flat 12 of Indy and Jeffersonville, New Albanian of New Albany, 450 North of Columbus, Upland of Bloomin ...

Manchester pub crawls: 15 real ale pubs from Ancoats to Castlefield Manchester Evening News Manchester is a fine city for real ale and breweries - from older, more established names such as JW Lees, Hyde's and Robinsons to the scores of new microbreweries and craft beer makers doing interesting things under the railway arches in and aro ...

Around here when a brewery adds yeast to wort for the first time, it's officially new brewery time. That's exactly what has happened up in Ogden this week at Talisman Brewing Company. The first beer currently churning away in the fermenters is Talisman's Uplifted Scotish Ale. It's Talisman's only 4% beer that will be offered. This and oth ...

Winterfest 2016 by the Brewers of Indiana Guild is a great place to try new beers. Winterfest was held this year on Saturday, January 29, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds from 2:00 (early bird) -6:45. With over 80 Indiana brewers plus many guest beers it took a strategy to decide what beer to try. Simple math says that if there were 84 Indian ...

The full re-branding of Nicky V’s into Pi Brewing is now complete. (Photo courtesy of Pi Brewing) As part of our annual Look Back/Look Ahead series, I chatted with owners Greg and Nicole Villareal of Pi Brewing/Nicky V’s restaurant on Coors north of Paseo (Nicole = Nicky V) to find out what’s happening with the brewing side of ...

Greetings, beer lovers! Things are afoot at Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos. First and foremost, the ‘Tub is hosting a Stout Invitational event on February 20. Sure, it’s starting to feel a bit spring-ish out there, but it is still technically winter, and it’s a fine time to be enjoying some black beers. Here’s your c ...

Negative wind chills and endless amounts of snow couldn’t keep thousands from attending the seventh annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew & Music Festival on Saturday. Each year, the winter counterpart to the Summer Microbrew & Music Festival lightens up an otherwise gray winter atmosphere. And, each year, the festival builds up ...

E&T magazine Process automation and the homebrew revolution E&T magazine That's especially true if you are using the same real hops and malted grain that the professionals use, rather than the treacle-like liquid extracts provided in most packaged home-brew kits. Plus, while your bread dough won't go mouldy in the time it ...

As the warm weather slowly approaches the crew at RedRock Brewing Company will be offering up a new limited release that's designed specifically for the summer heat. RedRock's Summer Ale is special Pale ale that will be brewed with tangerine and grapefruit peel. The citrus peel will enhance the hops used that already have a similar natural b ...