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A bumper lineup of speakers has been announced for the 2015 Cider Industry Conference, to be held in the renowned New South Wales apple growing district of Batlow on May 15.The Cider Industry Conference is part of a three-day program of cider events in Batlow, bookended by the Cider Australia AGM on Thursday May 14 and ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Deep Ellum Brewing Company Oatmeal Pale Ale.  I picked up this can at Lonestar Beverages (here) in Carrollton, TX. From the Deep Ellum Brewing Company website: “Here at DEBC, we are in constant persuit of the per ...

Media ReleaseBrewers Association Lists Top 50 Breweries of 2014Boulder, CO •March 31, 2015—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. ...

Bosque co-owner Gabe Jensen gives thumbs up to the new brewing bills that passed through the state legislature. Bosque Brewing director of operations Gabe Jensen invited me over to his office, located just a few doors down from the brewery and taproom on San Mateo, to chat about just what all those new bills passing through the state legislatur ...

Odd Thing #1: Biggest Breweries List Each year, the Brewers Association releases lists of the biggest US breweries--and today they put out the 2014 lists. The first one contains all breweries, the second one "craft breweries." But that second one is becoming increasingly bizarre and baroque. Let's just compare/contrast: Craft Brewers Alliance ...

Two of Westbrook Brewing Co.’s most popular warm-weather beers are returning for another season. Last week, Gose – the brewery’s immensely popular 4% German-style sour wheat ale – began rolling off the canning line for the first time this year and popped up in markets throughout the state soon after. The be ...

Quite a few bits of info to pass along to the Iowa craft beer aficionado today. A few of these future releases have yet to be determined and I will try to get those dates to you folks as soon as I can. Onto the first bit of news: *Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0 - Stone has officially retired their Ruination beer but fans of that beer can rejoic ...

Precision Porter 6.3% ABV — In a world with breweries spreading their brewing time and abilities across a wide range of styles, The Gallery took a refreshing view on the classic Porter. Easily the best beer on the tap list, the Porter is led by a strong roasted barley presence. The brewery is hamstrung by having only two fermento ...

Guisborough Beer Festival: The 36 real ales which will be on offer at event Gazette Live Set for Friday April 10 and Saturday April 11 at the Parish Hall in Bow Street from 11am to 4pm and 6pm to 11pm, the event has been jointly organised by The Rotary Club of Guisborough and Great Ayton, the Cleveland branch of the Campaign for Real Al ...

Burton Mail ​CAMRA to launch community pubs month Burton Mail CAMRA will soon be picking pubs in Burton & South Derbyshire to promote as their branch pubs of the year during the campaign, last year, CAMRA had as their branch pubs of the year the Black Horse in Coton in the Elm and the Roebuck Inn in Burton. The Golden Lion c ...