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Kona Brewing threw a huge party on Maui this past weekend to celebrate the release of Kai Golden Ale, part of the Makana Series  marking their 21st anniversary. Each beer in the Makana Series is brewed with a unique local ingredient and the brewers sourced the water for this brew from 3,000 feet below the Kona coast off the Big Island. Th ...

Less than three months after opening, Bluffton’s Southern Barrel Brewing Co. is already gearing up to can many of its beers and on Monday previewed the packaging for those upcoming releases. Having opened just this past May, the coastal city’s first brewery has already been working to get its product on shelves. A canning line ...

Gotta love the decor at Sinners n Saints. As a part of the new DSBC series on beer bars, I volunteered to drop in to Sinners n Saints on the southeast corner of Montgomery and Eubank in the Northeast Heights. Unbeknownst to my editor (sorry, Stoutmeister!), I thought it might be kind of fun to do a crawl of sorts with the bars that have the mos ...

Very excited to share this news and look forward to trying each of these four beers. The following comes from Tallgrass Brewing’s Facebook page: We’ve given you teasers, now here’s the full scoop. Next month the Explorer Series, a new line of specialty beers from Tallgrass, will officially launch with the release of Bourbon Ba ...

Short’s Brewing Company’s parties are legendary in the state of Michigan, especially since they are never one and the same. While the anniversary party can be described as brilliant madness to kick off the spring and summer, Short’s Fest, which took place at the Short’s production facility, is the relaxing come-down from ...

Bitburger Pilsner by Dan K, on Flickr The beers of our fathers came in one color. With one flavor. And one strength. The entire movement of well crafted beer in this country has been a backlash against that beer. And I’m not here to defend crap beer. I’m here to defend craft beer that looks like crap beer. I’m going ...

The Beer Meister: This Shady Spot is not much pleasure Wilkes Barre Times-Leader This time of year, brewing companies come out with a plethora of seasonal beers, many flavored with citrus fruits such as orange, raspberries, blueberries and lemons. These “fruity beers” can be found in any bar, restaurant and beer store in the ...

Dayton Daily News Fast-growing craft beer pub eyes Dayton area Dayton Daily News The Casual Pint — a craft beer pub, tap room and retail seller of craft beers — has announced its entry into the southwest Ohio market and is eyeing the Dayton region for expansion. “We would like to grow throughout the state of Ohio,&rdq ...

Congrats to the winners of the 2015 BeeHive Brew-off - the state's largest AHA sanctioned homebrew competition. There were 483 entries judged this year with 377 registered participants, judges, and stewards. It looks like members of  The Lauter Day Brewers Club were the big winners this year taking home one-third of the 90 medals awarde ...

BusinessDen New brewery bets on gluten-free beer BusinessDen Lakewood's getting a new brewery – but hold the barley. Mike Plungis plans to launch Great Frontier Brewing Co. next week with a focus on gluten-free beer. He's hoping to ride a wave of popularity for craft beer and for gluten-free products. “I think ...