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Stone Brewing has always had aggressively hopped beers at the forefront of their beer catalog. The description of their Arrogant Bastard Ale begins with these words: “This is an agressive ale. You probably won’t like it.” Stone claims (and I agree) that “Fizzy yellow beer is for wussies.” So they took Arrogant Bast ...

DETROIT – An homage to traditional German beer, food, and music was served up at Batch Brewing Company in Detroit this past weekend. Many guests donned Dirndl and Lederhosen as they drank from commemorative beer steins at the brewery’s first Oktoberfest celebration. “We have a lot of love for German beer, and this is the t ...

The new St. Paul facility will allow Bad Weather Brewing to expand production capabilities to meet increasing demand. The taproom will provide an exciting place for craft beer lovers to enjoy a rotating list of unique offerings, in addition to Bad Weather flagship WINDVANE and seasonal favorites OMINOUS, FIREFLY RYE and MIGRATION. Four new beer ...

I respect our new Rochester brewing businesses and don't want to see them hurt by unnecessary regulation," said Council Member Michael Wojcik. Rochester to Expand Off-sale Hours for Liquor Stores and Craft Brewers appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by Andrew

GRAND RAPIDS – The 5 th Annual Wood Aged Beer Fest (WABF) at Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids has come and gone. Friends, if you weren’t able to attend one of the two sessions on Saturday September 19 th , I’m really, very sorry. The ease and astute organizational flow of this beer festival have only improved since the fi ...

It looks like Moab Brewing has a new Pale Ale headed to grocery stores and watering holes. Right now all we can tell you is that it'll be packaged in 16oz. (tall boy) cans and that it should be popping up before the holidays. This makes me happy! Loves me some session pales. Of course, when they pop up - we'll share where. Cheers!

Hipsters and craft beer – they go together like…artisan peanut butter and jelly made from a fruit you’ve never heard of. That modern conjoining of the pejorative group du jour and the ultimate in beery buzzwords. All you have to do is Google Image search the first four words of this paragraph and you’ll be ... The post ...

There are some hidden gems in Belgium these days, ones that beer lovers-and those who enjoy great food-should know about. The ‘t Molenhof restaurant is one such place, and it’s located within walking distance of the De Struise Brouwers brewery and taproom in Oosvelteren, West Flanders, Belgium. While the ‘t Oude Postje (Old P ...

Hello again, craft beer lovers. As I mentioned in my last blog, I decided to delay this one until I had returned from the Talkeetna Brewfest, which took place on Saturday, September 19th. I'm back now, so it's time to get this blog on the street. First things first, let's talk about Friday and Saturday in Talkeetna. The weather was very nice ...

The Colorado Independent Homebrew: Aurora Police Department's reputation goes up in smoke The Colorado Independent Cigar-gate has erupted – and no, this isn't a throw back to Bill Clinton's scandal. Aurora cops had built a cigar-smoking room in police facilities and were using taxpayer dollars to smoke and shoot the bull while on ...