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CSPnet.com Will Craft Beer Have Its Day in Low-Point States? CSPnet.com Need evidence that the craft-beer market is maturing? Look no further than New Belgium Brewing. The 24-year-old brewer has created a 3.2%-alcohol-by-weight—or low-point—version of its most popular beer, Fat Tire, meaning it can be sold in ... Joe S ...

Bloomberg Beer Shorts Catch a Buzz Amid Nasty Hangover for Brewery Stocks Bloomberg The case for shorting beer stocks, according to Markit Ltd. analyst Relte Stephen Schutte, hinged at least partially on a "weaker" macroeconomic outlook. This is a dubious claim for many reasons but none more obvious than the simple fact that everyone . ...

Syracuse.com (blog) NYS Fair foods: Scotty's Homebrew Soda, Poultry-Dairy Row (2015 review) Syracuse.com (blog) What I thought of it (1 poor to 5 excellent): 1 Tastes like weak ginger syrup with coloring. Hardly any carbonation. Second item I tried was: Orange zippy. Price: $3 refill. What I thought of it (1 poor to 5 excellent): 1 Mor ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Door County Brewing introduces a new autumn beer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Downstairs in the stone-walled basement of Door County Brewing, John McMahon and his brewer son, Danny open a bottle of L'automne, a seasonal farmhouse ale. The first sip is rich even before the malt spices hit the back of the tongue. ...

SI.com I ran the Beer Mile and lived to tell about it SI.com The inaugural Beer Mile World Classic took place in San Francisco over the Aug. 22nd weekend, and while Lewis Kent and Caitlin Judd took home the titles, they may have a new challenger on their hands. If you've never heard of the Beer Mile before, it's ...

Short Sellers Get Crafty With Positions in Beer Stocks Wall Street Journal (blog) Since mid-May, short interest has been rising in the company that makes Sam Adams beer, making it now the most heavily-shorted brewer in the world, according to market data firm Markit. The percentage of Boston Beer shares on loan peaked at a little ...

The Hourglass Brewery announces the departure of founding brewer, Sky Conley, and the elevation of Michael Delancett and Matthew Gemmell as co-brewers. The change in brewers is part of The Hourglass Brewery’s plans to grow the distribution of its beers, … Continue reading →

Southport Visiter CAMRA: Great British Beer Festival and The Corner Post in Crosby Southport Visiter The festival opened with speeches from the Festival Organiser Ian Hill, CAMRA Chief Executive Tim Page and special guest Pubs Minister Marcus Jones. Jones launched a new CAMRA initiative: to save 3,000 pubs from closure by listing them ...

Every month one of my friends, Andrew Thornton--of international jewelry design fame--hosts a book club.  This isn't just any old book club.  This is Inspired By Reading Book Club!  The members of this virtual club read the book each month (OK, who really finishes them?) and then are challenged to make something artistic/creati ...

Your Weekly Growler from Epic Brewing is an experimental beer that will only be available in Salt Lake City at Epic's brewery. Many of you may have tried The Annex's Sour IPA that has been floating around the Sugar House brewpub and some of the better beer spots around town. This beer is similar to that - in that it's also a Sour IPA but wit ...