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Taken right off the Odell Brewing website If my hometown Lincoln Park, Michigan is known for anything besides being the origin of the protopunk band the MC5, its Calder Brothers Dairy.  At Christmastime, Calder’s kicks out a jam of egg nog that’ll convert the most obstinate of nutmeg non-believers.  For me, tho ...

They passed something useful for a change! Thanks, NM Legislature. (Photo courtesy of capitolreportnewmexico.com) As many of you know, the legislative session closed several weeks ago, and we ran a rather popular article about it because, despite the session being called a rather “dead session,” our craft beer industry had quite a l ...

A Whale A Week is my attempt to make a dent in my beer cellar, while sharing these rare beers with friends who will take the time to help me judge and appreciate them.  Last week we tasted the wonderful Lift Bridge Silhouette.  This week we take a trip to the farm: Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Peche 'n Brett Logsdon is a brewery he ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is The Lost Abbey Brewing Company Track #10 - Imperial Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrels With Coffee and Cacao Nibs Added. From the The Lost Abbey Brewing Company website: “From the Ultimate Box Set: “A fresh track, Tr ...

The Knoxville beer scene has literally exploded with new breweries these past few years with double that in the planning phase.   Is is possible that we might become the Asheville of Tennessee??  Coming around the bend in the next year or so the beer laws will change to make it much more beneficial and legal for existing breweries to ...

I received the following information from the Sanctuary Pub in Iowa City. Sounds like a great opportunity to taste and talk with some of the truly great home brewers we have in the area. Tickets are $10 and available at the Sanctuary. Cheers! Spring Home Brewers Share event… Sanctuary Pub, Iowa City Saturday April 25th @ 3pm. ALL proceed ...

It’s patio weather in Denver! Do you enjoy craft beer? Do you like a great deal? Now through May 31, Imbibe’s Craft Chronicles allows Denverities the opportunities to explore Breckenridge Brewery, Denver Beer Co., Epic Brewing and Our Mutual Friend Tenth Acre and Brewery like never before. How does Craft Chronicles work? Purchase a ...

This beer (?) was described to me as an “Ale with Riesling”… Well, that’s new to me. I’m very much starting on my craft beer journey, so the action of mixing wine and beer is alien. So as I put my nose to the rim of my glass, I was apprehensive — unsure what to expect. (Which I’ve found to be ...

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 ...

The beers made with a strong Citra hop presence are all the rage currently. Citra hops will commonly be found in pale ales and India pale ales. Craft beer fans in the Midwest will think Zombie Dust from 3 Floyds, pseudoSue from Toppling Goliath, Citra Ass Down by Against the Grain and now Hop Lab Blue from Bank Brewing.  Citra hops are lov ...