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Okay, There's a shload of new stuff today, so we're just going to get right to it. Anchor Brewing Our Christmas Ale 2015 - Pours dark mahogany color with Carmel colored head. The nose has nutmeg and toffee notes. There's a nice balance nutty chocolate, gingerbread spices up front with earthy hops and roasted bitterness rounding out the bac ...

Swnews4u Platteville pizza parlor eyes brewpub, 2 more restaurants Dubuque Telegraph Herald The brewery -- called the UpDraft Brew Pub -- will be located on the ground floor of the expansion, with two new restaurants on the upper floors. Two nearby buildings owned by Patakos will be demolished to make room for the expansion. The projec ...

So, the final beer in the five-part best-of list for 2015 is here – a perfect example of a brewery doing what they have come to do best, and then pushing it just that little bit further. It proves – once and again – how that blend of experience and experimentation result in some truly ... The post Best new beers of 2015&hellip ...

Yeah, it got a little weird up in Portland last week. Each year, the Portland Holiday Ale fest sets me right into my holiday mood, and this year was no exception. The festival was more expensive, yet more crowded than any of the previous years, with a $35 entry fee. Entry included a plastic mug and 12 tickets (so essentially the price just to w ...

Craft beer meets high culture: Cask & Larder sets release date for ... Orlando Weekly (blog) As any good German would, Bach wrote a letter to a friend boasting about a barrel of beer he'd received as a gift, effusively describing how much he loved it. Bach Festival Society of Winter Park members Betsy Gwinn and Alex Tiedtke found th ...

Michigan is often viewed as a trailblazer when it comes to the beer industry. Other states want to be Michigan. More and more states are seeing new breweries open that value keeping their community close by supporting other local businesses. And more breweries increases the demand for crops to supply them. Pilot Malt House , an artisan craft m ...

A couple weeks ago, John Rowley, head brewer of Sub Rosa Cellars, which, as you now know, is the new brewery opening soon in Santa Fe, contacted me to let me know that he had some big news. It wasn’t good news, but it wasn’t devastating, either. It was news of a roadblock that happens to thousands of breweries and a lesson that man ...

Southport Visiter CAMRA: Great Local Pubs the Farmers Arms in Burscough Southport Visiter The Farmers Arms is a canal-side pub on New Lane in Burscough, Lancashire, writes Neville Grundy. It was taken over fairly recently and the new owners are keen to improve what's on offer at the pub. It is an attractive brick building with moorings ...

Recently I've made it to nearly 20 breweries and distilleries!  I'm going to chip away at them in the order we visited.  Keep in mind that I'm reviewing based purely on my (and my wife's) experience on a certain day and that your results may vary.  I tend to wait until a brewery has been open for 6-12 months before reviewing, u ...

As Thanksgiving is past, the holiday season is in full gear. Before we know it, winter will officially be here and with it, inviting fires in the evening, barren trees and the tease of a white Christmas. Winter also brings wonderful seasonal beers, my favorite. Usually winter warmers, stouts, porters and the like are fairly ...