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Pendle Today Real ale inspires hotel's new menu Pendle Today The Holiday Inn Express, in Pendle Way, has teamed up with Moorhouse's Brewery to tantalise the taste buds of guests with cask-inspired dishes, such as beer battered haddock and steak and ale pie. Along with the traditional options, some of the more ...

Have you heard? The February edition of 5280 Magazine is out, and it is chock full of articles about the Denver beer scene. The Denver Beer Lover’s Guide 2016 contains a wealth of information, suggestions, current news and more that is sure to be a useful guide whether you’re a local resident or just visiting. Check out & ...

If Dustin Gomes face looks familiar, it’s no coincident. For the past few years he was the man making sure Whole Foods Market in Kailua was fully stocked with amazing beer. He’s also been actively working on his own brewery start up, Kailua Brewing Company, as well. Dustin recently joined the Maui Brewing Company team as a Brand Am ...

Yesterday, I discussed the beer Cartwright Brewing made when it launched an early microbrewery in Portland in 1980. It was definitely the most interesting part of the papers posted by The Oregon Hops and Brewing Archive. But there is an element that's almost as interesting. Chuck Coury, Cartwright's founder, came to the project from wine-making ...

Many of you have already tried some of Epic's Son of a Baptist (SOB) Coffee Stout via Epic's Thursday Growler program. Now the new stout has an official label and it will be packaging soon for your enjoyment. Like Big Bad Baptist, Epic has contracted with various coffee roasters in the different markets that the beers are sold. There could b ...

So the final ‘best of last year/look out for this year’ post has rolled around again – stretching the whole thing out into February. It’s the annual list of 10 Scottish and English beermakers who are going to have breakout years, or will otherwise be interesting to watch, to see how they get on. This ... The post Breweri ...

We’ve got to admit… the Blacklist expansion announced today has got us very excited. Not only do we get to see our good friends expand their business but we also get to see another important example of Duluth’s craft beer scene solidifying its status as a serious beer town… some even call it Duluth Beer City. Duluth Be ...

We’ve got a bunch of used bourbon barrels clogging up our barrel-aging room and need to make some space. Every single one of these Kentucky gems was used to age gold-medal-winning Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt as well. If you want one, you’ll need to pick it up during normal business hours Monday – Friday. Purchase here for ...

Not long ago, some friends of mine wanted to get together for a weekend afternoon in Minneapolis.  Being the beer geek I am, I suggested trying out the relatively new Able Seedhouse, and everyone was game.  The first I heard of this place was actually a review I saw from fellow blogger Paige Latham on her Alcohol By Volume blog, and ...

An hour before leaving for Oproer I get a message from Mark. He has something to do before meeting me in his new brewery and might run late. When I walk in 15 minutes after the doors opened he indeed isn’t there. Other people are getting ready for a new day at their new workplace. Twenty minutes later Mark walks in, carrying a new oven fo ...