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Judging from the 8 amendments filed with House Commerce Committee, members could end up adding everything from Sunday car sales to cannabis to Rep Jen Loon's repeal bills. While those topics might very well deserve discussion at the legislature, as amendments they would add unnecessary controversy to repeal bills. Not only could any of these re ...

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The Hop Off Dinner will make its 2015 return at a new location, the Post Office Hotel in Coburg, on Wednesday May 13. The Hop Off is a night of friendly rivalry and good times as representatives from the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) and Good Beer Week go head to head to see who can match the best beer and food combination. The AI ...

At Brewpack Pty Ltd we want dedicated staff who take full ownership and accountability for their work.We are a contract brewery who’s customers are in the business of beer, RTD’s, cider and soft drinks.We require able bodied brewery hands, who will initially work on the floor of the brewery, mainly cleaning and kegging, We anticipat ...

There are two or three styles of beer Americans really have a hard time recreating: altbier, English bitter, and especially, the tart ales of Flanders. It's one of those styles that causes me to flinch when I see an American brew it--not only are American examples not particularly similar to Belgian ones, but they're often chemical/acid stews. ...

La Cumbre’s shiny new 30-barrel brewhouse is just another sign of the tremendous growth of the craft brewing scene here in New Mexico and the support the industry is receiving from state government. The potential positive fallout from the New Mexico State Legislature passing multiple bills to help the craft brewing industry continues to b ...

As the famous image from Monty Python above, let's try something a little bit different. In what we feel is the first of its kind in Ireland we are planning to host a live Google Hangout that will be simulcast on Youtube where a panel of Beery Folk (More on that below).  What? I hear you ask. For anyone who's unfamiliar with th ...

This week, I'm going to try something a little different, taking a quick break from the all-beer-all-the-time JABlog programming.  After a recent trip to Minicon I felt the need to talk about geekery.  This post is part autobiography, part commentary, and part critique.  So here goes… For those who regularly read my ...

Phoenix New Times (blog) Dubina Brewing Co. in Glendale: Like Sampling Homebrew, and Not Always in a ... Phoenix New Times (blog) Tasting Dubina's beers is less like drinking at a European beer hall and more like being selected to judge an impromptu homebrew competition. Some of the beers are very well done; some are repulsive. We'll s ...

Specialty / Craft beer in the supermarket. A topic that lately has led to a discussion between those are for and against it here in the Netherlands. Does it lead to the end of the liquor store? Will it lead to the end of small breweries or will it only give the revolution a new boost? An short overview of the most overheard (overread?) statemen ...