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Beer Festival season is upon us. Some of the best beerfests in the U.S. will happen within the next three or four months. Utah is no exception. Between Snowbird, The WeeBEER, Utah Beer and Oktoberfest the beer will flow fast and deep. One of the main gripes about the Utah fests is the lack of outside (of Utah) participation. While that situatio ...

Evesham Journal CAMRA fights for small-scale cider makers Evesham Journal Speaking this week, Andrea Briers, CAMRA National Cider and Perry Committee Chairman says: “The European Union's demand to increase tax costs for small cider producers will force many to close. If these producers are driven out of business it will ... ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Community Beer Company Barrel-Aged Legion Russian Imperial Stout.  I picked up this bottle at Lonestar Beverages (here) in Carrollton, TX. From the Community Beer Company website: “We're big fans of barrel-aged b ...

Northwest Herald Crystal Lake homebrew club on tap at Union museum Northwest Herald Bill Cross, treasurer and past president of the Midnight Carboys Homebrew Club of Crystal Lake, said he became interested in homebrewing about seven years ago after taking a tour of the Gray Brewing Co. in Janesville, Wisconsin. “The head brewer t ...

It’s back, with more of an emphasis on local craft beer than ever before! The 12th annual Pork & Brew is one of those events that happens every July 3-5 out in Rio Rancho with only a passing interest from us here in the Crew. I mean, we would love to trek way out to the Santa Ana Star Center, but that little bit of extra incentive jus ...

The first episode of Drink. Pod. Repeat. is now live! We’re still getting used to this whole podcasting thing, so pardon the delay in getting it online, but it’s up for your listening (dis)pleasure! In our first episode – recorded live at Craft and Draft – we discuss how the podcast came to be, the ...

Taking advantage of cultural offerings is one of many perks of living in the DC-metro area, and recently, those cultural offerings have included local beer, spirits, and food, an added bonus.  SMITHSONIAN at 8: A Toast to D.C., took place last month at the Carnegie Library, home to the Historical Society of Washington, DC. Atlas, DC B ...

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without partic ...

Worksop Today Real Ale and Music Festival set to open Worksop Today Steve said: “Many ales featured at the festival are not commonly known or readily available in South Yorkshire, which means we can give real ale lovers a taste of the best beers from around the country. “In recent years, the popular event has been used ...

The last two ciders sent to me by breweries arrived in elegant bottles with dark, wine-like labels--Crispin's Venus Reigns and the first Cider Master Reserve from 2 Towns. The latter came in a wine bottle with a cork to boot. But in both cases, I was reminded a lot more of special-release beers rather than wine. Both were good. The Crispin was ...