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Take a look at the paperwork involved, and you know it’s not a small thing to be certified organic these days. Little by little, farmers are taking the steps to grow and raise products without synthetic fertilizers, artificial pesticides, growth hormones, feed additives or genetically modified organisms (GMO’s). When you’re a ...

Leelanau Pale Ale 6% ABV  •  “An ongoing exploration of local hops from the Leelanau Peninsula. Currently hopped with Empire Orchards Vojvodina hops.” Oooh! Utilizing the local hops, eh? Glad to see that trend popping up. Granted, Michigan won’t provide all of our hop needs, but it’s quite some fun to ...

My picks of beer news from around the web that you need to read and my two cents on the topics.  Most of the time it’s Hawaii beer news topics, but every once in a while you’ll find other general beer related topics. Star Advertiser – Big news from Maui Brewing Company today. They will be opening their first Oa ...

Yorkshire duo win CAMRA swards Insider Media Two pubs in Yorkshire are among the winners of the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Pub Design Awards. The Old Bridge at Kirkstall in Leeds was awarded for its refurbishment, which merged the Victorian features and quirky bars with a contemporary ...

Yorkshire duo win CAMRA swards Insider Media Two pubs in Yorkshire are among the winners of the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Pub Design Awards. The Old Bridge at Kirkstall in Leeds was awarded for its refurbishment, which merged the Victorian features and quirky bars with a contemporary ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Napa Smith Brewery Hopageddon Imperial IPA. From the Napa Smith Brewery website: “You can pray to the Hop Gods all you want… You’ll never find another IPA like this one. Hopageddon is an end-of-the-world ...

We have no shame when it comes to stealing awesome fliers from breweries’ Facebook pages. In case you have missed it, but judging by the social response you have not, Bosque Brewing is putting their award-winning Scale Tipper IPA into bombers and releasing it with a big old party at the Nob Hill Public House on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. S ...

Remember that archaic time when breweries in Georgia weren’t allowed to send you home with any beer? Oh, that was yesterday? Weird. Well, folks, it’s a new era. Thanks to the tireless work of the Georgia Craft Brewer’s Guild, our lobbyists, brewery owners, and the countless local beer lovers who helped us pass SB63, as of July ...

DIY Coffee and Ale Supply celebrates anniversary with homebrew contest Flavor 574 Members of the Goshen Homebrew Club brew in front of DIY on Big Brew Day May 2, 2015. Eric Strader/Hop Notes. After tasting 1-oz. samples of the beers, tasters will be able to vote for their favorite choice(s) using their five tickets — one ticket .. ...

Home brew conference on tap in Asheville Asheville Citizen-Times Beer festivals are pretty common around the Carolinas, but the new Asheville Homebrewers Conference is something altogether different. This daylong event, noon-6 p.m. Aug. 22 at the U.S. Cellular Center, will celebrate and explore the world of home ...