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I'm glad the folks over at the Utah Brewers Cooperative have finally embraced the moniker "Squasatch" in their marketing. Squasatch if you can't tell is a marriage between the names Squatters and Wasatch. It's been a nickname for the UBC in Utah's beer scene ever since the two breweries first joined forces well over a decade ago. It only made s ...

Lancashire Evening Post Co-op teams up with CAMRA Lancashire Evening Post CAMRA chief executive Tim Page said: “We're delighted that such a well-known retailer like the Co-op has demonstrated its commitment to communities and become the first to develop a set of principles to guide its store development with the needs and .. ...

Ok, so we may be cutting this close to the finish line for 2015, but here's our look back over the last 12 months in Beer in Ireland and beyond. This should be fun! There may be arguments as we write this!! (Janice's are in Italics) Best Irish Cask Beer  As we all know, Cask is a rare beast on these shores, but there are some nota ...

Arcade Brewpub to Open in Cedar Rapids KGAN TV (CORRIDOR BUSINESS JOURNAL) -- Quarter Barrel, the first vintage arcade-themed brewpub in the Corridor, will be open on New Year's Eve after a long wait in Cedar Rapids. The arcade-brewpub at 616 2nd Ave. plans to offer pizza, craft brews and nearly ...

Back when this blog started, 3,633 days ago*, I used to do a year-end award for the best new beer released that calendar year. I managed to keep it alive through 2011, when the sheer force of new releases overwhelmed me. In 2012 I gave a sort-of Satori to Occidental Brewing for excellence in lager beer, and general overall awesomeness. Since th ...

If you had blindfolded me, allowed me to smell, taste, then asked me to name the brewery I would have rattled off a half dozen west coast brewery names and maybe even one from Florida. Head Brewer Hollie Stephenson of Highland Brewing Company is reaching back to her west coast brewing roots with this West Coast-style IPA. For those hop heads ou ...

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 ...

Red Crow Brewing opened their doors on October 17 of this year and have been doing amazing things in Spring Hill since. Before opening Red Crow, Chris Roberts was driving a truck and his wife, Mistie, was staying at home watching their three daughters and keeping things in order. Though it paid the bills, Chris wasn’t happy and bega ...

The Beer In Review This is my yearly wrap-up for my beer-tastic blogging exploits!  I started doing this blog in 2012, initially with the intent of posting Jack Of All Brews club events.  I discovered that I enjoyed writing things up but wanted to expand into more beer and brewery reviews as well.  About 2 years ago I start ...

There are plenty of ways to drink ourselves into the new year. A great number of us have the obvious answer of, “drink craft beer!” when embarking on this endeavor, but this time around we’d like to introduce some beer cocktail options instead. Using Michigan beer and cider of course! Blood-Orange Pomegranate Beer-mosa with Ch ...