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Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Elevation Beer Company False Summit Quadrupel Ale Aged In Bourbon Barrels. I picked up this bottle while in Texas at Hall’s Wine & Spirits (here) which is a must visit bottle shop if you find yourself in or around ...

Dunedin Brewery loves to plan and coordinate festivals celebrating beer, music, and wonderful aspects of this life. Tonight, Saturday, June 6th, the brewery will celebrate the most popular style of beer out there: India Pale Ales. The 7th Annual Dunedin … Continue reading →

Darwin Brewing Company has been rocking and rolling down in the Bradenton sun and after the recent announcement that they will be canning beers, now their first anniversary will come with the release of Barrel-aged Ayawasca. From Darwin Brewing Company … Continue reading →

Burton Mail Burton is a 'mecca' for real ale lovers according to the Campaign for Real Ale Burton Mail BURTON has become a 'mecca' for real ale-lovers, according to beer-lovers in the area. New pubs and micro-breweries in the town have boosted the offering in Burton to such an extent that the area is going through a 'real ale renaissan ...

Throughout history, beer and food have made a regular and likely pair. According to The Brewer’s Association, there are 3 things to consider when pairing food and beer. 1. Match strength with strength, 2. find harmonies, and 3. consider sweetness, bitterness, carbonation, heat (spice) and richness. And while we’re big ...

Another very unique beer coming from Stone Brewing in collab with Monkey Paw. Here’s the write-up on this unique Carrot Cake inspired beer courtesy of Stone Brewing’s blog: It seems hard to believe anyone could accomplish this, much less do so in a manner so impressive that the resulting beer would be good enough to beat out hop-hea ...

A few bits of news this morning. It looks like Eric Sorensen, brewer at Rock Bottom, is moving on to brew at Exile Brewery in Des Moines. Huge news as Eric has a fantastic reputation as a terrific brewer as Exile has just gained someone with a great following and knowledge. Congrats to Eric and to Exile! Looking forward to seeing what he can di ...

The Colorado Independent Homebrew: Denver Post shrinks staff – again The Colorado Independent The poor workers at the Denver Post. Yesterday they had a meeting and got a bucketful of bad news: The paper may be shrinking its staff – again – this time, by 20, reported Michael Roberts this morning in Westword. “We ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Ranger Creek Brewing Small Batch Series No. 8 - English-style Bareleywine. I picked up this bottle while in Texas at Hall’s Wine & Spirits (here) which is a must visit bottle shop if you find yourself in or around ...

Greenville’s Brewery 85 is getting ready to release a new sessionable IPA just in time for the South Carolina summer heat to kick in. Line Drive, a new 5% American-style IPA, “was brewed with a long and hot summer afternoon at a baseball stadium in mind,” according to the brewery’s latest newsletter. The new release ...