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Last week we talked about the stellar Mother Of All Storms from Pelican.  This week we change gears and try out a sour beer from Jester King--Atrial Rubicite!  This was part of an epic tasting with Surly Darkness and Goose Island BCS and was the only sour we tried.  Talk about a palate cleanser! We poured this into Surly Da ...

Great news for Stone fans! The Escondido, California based brewer has launched a website devoted to the ongoing construction of it's new East Coast Brewery in Richmond, VA.  The new website can be found here, and it has the details for the project and much more. From Richmond job postings, Stone's history and mission statement, communit ...

Once again we are coming back to Kavanagh's Pub in Portlaoise for a Beer Festival. This time we are doing it in Summer time!  After having such a great event last time our we are really looking forward to coming back and we've teamed up with some great breweries to bring this event to you. Local Lads 12 Acres from Kill ...

Recently the Park City Brewery opened becoming the new kid (brewery) on the local beer scene in quite some time. Their reign as the new brewery was short lived as 2 Row Brewing soon took over as the "new newness". They're title will soon be crushed later this year by Proper Brewing Company. Now it looks like even the Proper Brewing tenure may b ...

Sloterdijk, an area of Amsterdam once so drab and grey that the only thing you wanted to do is get the hell out of there and go home. Once this was area had only office buildings with an occasional hotel in between. Trees and grass were sparsely placed in the jungle of concrete but could be seen from behind your desk just too far to go there in ...

Burton Mail Burton CAMRA Beer Festival named as one of the top 10 in the entire country Burton Mail A BEER festival which attracts thousands of connoisseurs each year has made it into the top 10 ale events in the country. The Burton Campaign for Real Ale Beer Festival, which celebrated its 36th year back in March, has been named as one ...

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. Honolulu Magazine – The Hale Aina awards are back and it’s time to crown your favorite be ...

Everyone loved this beer (who could drink it) among Crew members, new and old. Go get some if you have not already. So once upon a time I asked all of our writers, new and old, if they could please send me their picks for the best beers they had during ABQ Beer Week that were still available for purchase either on tap or in bottles/cans/bombers ...

It was a triumphant week for the Michigan craft scene in Charlevoix this weekend. Building on the success of Lake Charlevoix Brewing Company’s grand opening at the beginning of the week, the town hosted the second annual Charlevoix Craft Beer Festival on Saturday. The venue was spectacular, located on a patch of green space right ins ...

Drink beer. Bike 15 miles. Drink more beer. Repeat at the end of the summer. Rain or shine, the third annual “Fly to the Coq” event took place Sunday. With the White Pine Trail running parallel to Rockford Brewing Company, bikes are a familiar sight to their patrons. However, this past Sunday, the side of the brewery was flooded wit ...