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Harwich and Manningtree Standard There exists in popular mythology the stereotype of the real ale club member. Harwich and Manningtree Standard The beer drinker. This portrays an image of a male, maybe somewhat advanced in years, definitely with a beard and most definitely with appalling dress sense. There he stands, grinning inanely w ...

Columbus Alive Food News: BrewDog announces Franklinton as brewpub site Columbus Alive Scotland-based brewery BrewDog, which is currently building its U.S. base of operations in Canal Winchester, announced Franklinton as the site of its first brewpub. Although the exact location hasn't been decided yet, BrewDog revealed it is looking i ...

TRAVERSE CITY–The TC Ale Trail and Little Fleet have once again teamed up to present a local beer competition. The inaugural Stout Challenge will be held Friday January 29 at Little Fleet. Ten Traverse City area breweries will be bringing their “Best Stout,” and 200 beer lovers will have the opportunity to taste and vot ...

Yorkshire Evening Post Taverner: The Head of Steam is at the heart of a real ale revolution in Leeds city centre Yorkshire Evening Post Even the nearby Yates's has seen the light, installing three real ale handpulls. “Things are certainly on the up,” says Paul. “The whole area had a really good Christmas trade. It's b ...

FLINT– The need for safe clean drinking water in the city remains high and so does the dedication of Oskar Blues Brewing ’s CAN’d Aid Foundation . They were one of the first organizations to publicly act when the scope of the disaster became clear, and their commitment hasn’t stopped since their initial shipment . M ...

Mountain Xpress Beer Scout: Homebrewing 101 Mountain Xpress THE BREWING BUG: "It's rare to see brewers who only homebrew once a year," says Hops & Vines owner Alex Buerkholtz. "Usually people that homebrew do it once every couple of weeks or once a month — they're actively doing it because they enjoy the ...

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle T ...

I'm a bit short for blogging time this week, though there is a remarkable post over at Oregon Hops and Brewing Archive that will feature prominently in (hopefully very near) future posts. A trove of documents reveals what the state of brewing was like in the late Carter administration as Chuck Coury struggled to make one of America's first micr ...

Recently my wife (Sj) and I took a Sunday drive into Delano to visit the two breweries in town.  You can check out my South Fork Brewing review HERE.  After finishing our beers there, we bundled up against the bitter wind, the last pink light of dusk lighting our way the two blocks to Lupine Brewing Company.  I managed to grab a ...

Vernal Brewing Company's .50 Caliber IPA made a brief appearance via growlers to those of you living in the Vernal area late last year. The promise of it being packaged in cans has been on the horizon for months. Now, 50 Caliber is packaged and headed out to liquor stores. It's Vernal Brewing's first "high Point" offering and the buzz on it so ...