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From an email: Since opening in February of 2011, Port City has brewed a wide variety of outstanding and crowd pleasing brews. If you've spent any time at Meridian or Brookland Pint, you've seen Optimal Wit, their world-class Belgian Witbier and a 2013 GABF Gold Medal Winner!   Join us on March 12 at Brookland Pint as we launch Tartan Ale, ...

From an email: We are excited to announce a partnership with The Madhatter with a fantastic Beer Dinner. Join us for a evening of informal, interactive discussion with Port City’s Sales Manager Jason Camsky while enjoying a 3-course dinner each with Port City Beer pairings for $28.   Spots are limited. Reserve your space now at; http ...

From an email: We are excited to announce that we will be featuring a beer dinner with HARDYWOOD PARK CRAFT BREWERY this coming Tuesday, March 10. Welcome beer at 6, dinner to be followed at 7! Price is 50 per person please contact Darrell (dbernard.rsv@gmail.com) under the events page for reservations.   Herb  Grilled Oyster Peach Ga ...

It was obviously a really slow beer week here in Utah, we really had to dig to find some some new morsels for this morning. While they may not be new to some they did catch my eye. You'll notice that we're starting off with a Goose Island beer. This one actually snuck in to the Beer Bar late last Friday. It won't be long before you start seei ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is BrewDog Hardcore IPA Explicit Imperial Ale. From the BrewDog website: “This little bottle has a grandiloquent story to tell. 2,204 malted Maris Otter grains gave all they had to offer the world to provide the robustl ...

Received the following email from Lion Bridge Brewery in Cedar Rapids who will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary today, March 5th! To celebrate they will be having many events and beer releases throughout the month. Here are the details: One Year Anniversary Celebration It’s hard to believe that today, March 5th, ma ...

On every shift they work, Minnesota’s taproom servers greet wave after wave of new customers who are exploring craft beer for the first time.  They see the amazement and confusion... 13 Things Your Taproom Server Wants You to Know appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by Brian Hayes

We’re a little late to the party. But there’s big news out of Northtown. Cinder Block Brewery officially begins distribution around town this week. There was a party last night at Tapcade at the Screenland Crossroads that you might have missed. But there’s another event every night this week. So get out and snag a Riv ...

Monks House of Ale Repute   Event banner   Brrvana happened last Sunday March 1 at Monks House of Ale Repute in Sioux Falls. The day was sunny and cool (luckily it wasn’t below zero). A good crowd gathered to enjoy the special beers, music was played and much fun was had! Five beer stations were scattered through and directly be ...

I got an email yesterday alerting me to this technical paper of analyses done on 19th century beer recovered from a shipwreck. Interestingly, they have no idea what the provenance of the ship was--nor, therefore, any idea where the beers came from.  But when they cracked two of the bottles open, this is what they found. Bubbles of gas, pr ...