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Since we've been having this discussion about gender and beer, it seems appropriate to pass along this little tidbit: Recently, Suntory Holdings Limited launched the latest beer targeted at women in Japan and named it “Precious.” It has five percent alcohol and two grams of collagen per can. The tag line is: “Guys ...

30 Word Thursday is a collaborative project started by Erin at her Treasures Found Blog.  The idea is simple: take a photo (preferably your own) and put it to exactly 30 words.  I've been playing along more sporadically this year, mainly due to time doing my own self-imposed photo challenge, but now that the weather is getting nicer ...

The Colorado Independent Homebrew: Dr. Chaps announces bid for Colorado Senate The Colorado Independent Just when you thought Dr. Chaps was out of the press, he's back. This time, the televangelist host of Pray in Jesus' Name and embroiled Colorado Springs Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt has announced a run for state Senate. Via The Gazette ...

KOLO Reno Craft Beer Week: Learning How to Homebrew KOLO RENO, NV - The craft beer scene has experienced major growth in the past twenty years. According to Rob Bates, owner of Reno Homebrewer, when he first opened his store in 1986 there wasn't a lot of choice for consumers, but that's not the case anymore. On Tap: Craft Beer Week ce ...

American Homebrewers Association Hosts Rally & Homebrew Competition ... WBIW.com (BLOOMINGTON) - The American Homebrewers Association will host a rally and Homebrew Competition in Bloomington on Saturday. The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) hosts a series of AHA Rallies nationwide to give homebrewers the chance ...

Freshhop is back for its second year, the brewers of Auckland learnt a considerable amount last year with our first Freshhop in 2014. Now they are using the lessons learnt and this year they are brewing using two varieties of Hops; Motueka and Sauvin.In 2014 they used Waimea, this year Auckland Beer Lovers get the chance to try someth ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is The Bruery Blue BBLS - Sour Stout And Imperial Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrels With Blueberries Added. From the The Bruery website: “In brewing, BBL is the notation for “barrel,” a unit of measurement equal ...

Welcome to What We're Drinking! Every week, DCBeer staff members will tell you about the beer highlights they had from the previous week. Have a highlight from the last week? Let us know what it was via editor@dcbeer.com, and you might just find your post in another new segment, which is aptly named What You're Drinking. Jacob Be ...

The very busy Ron Smith of Indy has four opportunities for the true beer geek: 1) June 6, July 11, Aug 8: MBA (Master of Beer Appreciation) classes in Indy 2) July 17-26: A beer trip to Germany (and optionally Pilzen and Prague). Munich, Aying, Kloster Andechs, Neuschwanstein, Bamberg, Hallertau To make you drool for the last 2 seats ...

Clay and I decided to go up to Fredericksburg and check out their beer fest. I didn't have any expectations just vague notions of the fizzy sort. Upon arriving in or around the city, we picked up Clay's brother-in-law. He's an affable beer lover who was happy to be picked up and delivered to the beer. After an oddly efficient carding/wrist band ...