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Anyone who has tasted the Het Nest beers, such as the excellent, brett-infused De SchuppenAas (Ace of Spades) should know how superb these beers can be. Brouwerij Het Nest now has their own brewery on the outskirts of Turnhout, Antwerp Province. Expect big things in the future, such a tasting room with six to ten…The post Het Nest opens ...

Aristotle, or someone maybe, possibly related to him, once said that the clothes don't make the man, the man makes the clothes. This was true for a while, but then the Industrial Revolution happened and looms came along and then it was more like people made the machines that made the clothes. We don't actually know anything about making clothes ...

Oktoberfest_2010-26 by idirectori, on Flickr Yeah, we’ve been slacking with the event information. But we have you covered for what’s going to be a big finish to the summer. Let’s do a rundown: Sour Beer Week at the Flying Saucer now thru Saturday Special tapping from New Belgium, Prairie, and Jolly Pumpkin plus a spec ...

Today we launch our most exciting Black Tie Series beer to date – Laissez-Faire. Lassez-Faire is a 12% wheat wine aged in single-use Jordan Winery cabernet barrels. It was finished off with Champagne yeast and has been barrel-aging for almost a year. And it tastes like money would taste, if money actually tasted good. Laissez-Faire is ...

In May, we brought you the news that Handsome Brewing Company would launch in DC this fall. Well, it turns out fall is here, and so is Handsome. Next week, Handsome will begin releasing its first three beers at a series of events in DC and Baltimore. Handsome, which is a joint venture between local homebrewer Matt Humbard and beer sc ...

I knew when I wrote the Beer Bible that it would have errors, and I hoped none of them would be too serious. My blog posts regularly have errors; there was no way a 644-page book was going to be born unscathed. One thing I didn't anticipate was making an error in the acknowledgements--and it's a big one. Craig Hartinger offering a toast to S ...

On a recent trip to St. Paul (someplace I don't tend to visit often) I finally had a chance to visit Bang Brewing.  I first went to Urban Growler Brewery since they serve food and I was famished, but then discovered that Bang was only about 50 feet away!  Of course in the time it took me to eat my lunch and have a half-pint of beer ...

It’s slowly approaching fall in Kansas City. That means football is ramping up. It might dip below 90° any day now. School has been back for weeks. And playoff baseball? OK. That’s a newer one. In the beer world, fall also means in inevitable creep of the fall seasonals. Some of these autumnal styles I eagerly await. But p ...

A recently released poll from Public Policy Polls shows overwhelming support for Sunday liquor sales from registered voters in Minnesota. Minnesota voters of all political ideologies believe that Sunday liquor sales should be allowed in the state. Polls show that not only is a repeal of the Sunday liquor ban supported by a majority of voters, b ...

Couple hold 'Craft Beer Campout' to raise funds for Autism Speaks Daily Local News Couple hold 'Craft Beer Campout' to raise funds for Autism Speaks. Guests set up tents to spend the night at Greg and Nicole Thomas' 'Craft Beer Campout.' Adam Farence — Daily Local News. By Adam Farence, afarence@dailylocal.com. Posted: 09/13/15,&n ...