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A quick shout out to two Missouri breweries who recently took home medals at a pair of beer competitions. First up is North Kansas City’s Big Rip Brewing who scored two awards at the Denver International Beer Competition. One bronze for Hefe the Killer, in hefeweizen category; and another bronze for Hathor’s Sweet Brown, in ...

Saturday, May 2nd is the American Homebrew Association’s Big Brew Day, and LA Homebrew is hosting a big celebration at their shop in Baton Rouge. Brewers from novice to expert level are all welcome to join in the fun, and maybe learn a thing or two while brewing a batch of tasty brew. And if you plan to brew at the event, you’ll enj ...

I swear to you, I've looked everywhere, I've even asked my neighbours! But I couldn't find a single fuck to give about the latest sexism in beer brouhaha that had some people almost frothing at their virtual mouths a few days ago. Is not that I don't believe there is sexism in the brewing industry. There is, and there is racism, xenophobia ...

Wow. Just wow. On Tuesday, Bud Light was pushed to apologize for a tone-deaf (and avoidable!) tagline that appeared on a number of bottles as part of it’s “#UpForWhatever” campaign, which advertised the beer as “perfect” for “removing ‘no’ from your vocabulary for the night.” The label w ...

Members of the MN House Voted down Rep. Loon's amendment to make Sunday liquor sales a local option. MN House Fails to Adopt Sunday Liquor Sales Amendment 57 – 75 appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by Andrew

Three Utah breweries took home medals in the 2015 Denver International Beer Competition. The 2015 competition received more than 300 entries from brewers in more than 22 states and 6 countries. The judging took place on April 18 & 19, 2015, more than 24 professional beer judges and six beer stewards, participated in the 6th annual competit ...

Every revolution has its artists, visualizing the ideas of those with the new and unique ideas. Storm Thorgerson designed the iconic Dark Side of the Moon album cover by Pink Floyd, The Who’s Who’s Next and well into this century with covers for Muse, Biffy Clyro and the Mars Volta. Closer to my generation Spike Jonze directed the i ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Anchor Brewing Company Winter Wheat. From the Anchor Brewing Company website: “We've been making wheat beers since the summer of 1984. They've all been golden summer refreshers instead of dark winter warmers—unt ...

Thomas Creek has announced a surprise bottle release – the first held at the brewery in three years – for this week. This Wednesday, April 29, the Greenville brewery will host a release event for Lorem Dekkera, a new barrel-aged release. Lorem Dekkera is an 8% Belgian-style strong golden ale the spent eight months in ...

A planned weekend in Kansas City for a beer festival turned into experiencing the best bbq I’ve ever eaten in my life. A group of family/friends and I had planned a weekend centered around the Parkville Micro Beer Festival in Parkville, MO which is about a 15 minute drive to KC. Luckily, having friends in the area who love them some BBQ, ...