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Lancaster’s Benford Brewing Co. is the latest South Carolina brewery to start canning many of its beers, with the first round of packaged product hitting shelves last week. Benford began canning the week of Thanksgiving and by the end November had already pumped out nearly 20,000 cans. Those started rolling out in the Upstate and are ...

Distillery 365 opened in 2015 with both their own spirits and beer. Editor’s note: Just in case anyone thought I might be dooming myself by trying to write every article in the 2015-16 Look Back/Look Ahead Series, what with so many, many breweries out there now, I present the first article in the series written by another member of the Cr ...

A short one for today, this was our last stop on the epic Fargo road trip.  We stopped in St. Cloud on the way home for a late lunch and discovered that they had a new brewery right near where Tyrone used to live while going to school.  We just had to check it out! Beaver Island Brewing: Dam Fine Beer Beaver Isla ...

Press Release: Green Flash Brewing Company is celebrating its hoppy roots with the final release of the 2015 Hop Odyssey series, the boldly hoppy Segal Ranch Session IPA, and the debut of its 4th annual Hop Odyssey series— a national … Continue reading →

Press Release: As part of its sentimental look back on nearly two decades creating delicious craft beer, Victory Brewing Company (Victory) announces the comebacks of some of their earlier popular brews that made them the craft brewing powerhouse they are … Continue reading →

Last week, my latest column for the Publican's Morning Advertiser focused on the response to craft beer by the giant, global brewing corporations that dominate the beer market. It was inspired by a new project at Guinness which has produced some beers I consider to be very good indeed. I suggested that maybe we're getting to the end of the usef ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Firestone Walker Brewing Company Helldorado Blonde Barley Wine Ale.  I picked this bottle up at the brewery…well, I bought a few… From the Firestone Walker Brewing Company website: “You’ve bee ...

This week we continue a series of rare beers that we tasted a few weeks back in my bar.  We actually started with this beer, then moved to the big bold beers. The Bruery White Chocolate 2014 Sarajo and I were lucky enough to visit The Bruery in Placentia (not Placenta) California in Fall of 2014.  We were at Disneyland to cele ...

Hinckley Times Hinckley Camra bid to attract younger members Hinckley Times Young people are being encouraged to join the borough's branch of Camra - the campaign for real ale - with the help of a newly-designated officer. Eighteen-year-old Sam Buswell has been elected the first young person's officer for the Hinckley and ...

expressandstar.com Real ale pub to open in former Wolverhampton Costa expressandstar.com Stafford-based Slater's supply pubs and clubs throughout the country with hand-brewed real ale and this year celebrated its twentieth year in business. The new bar will be aimed at the over-30s and serve up a selection of real ales. It will include ...