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Say hello to your next local craft beer experience. One of the perks of this job, if you can call it a job, is to visit breweries before they open. That often means trekking through skeletal buildings, talking about what might be coming in the weeks and months ahead. Sometimes, though, you get to show up and the beers are ready for sampling. Su ...

The other day, at home, I opened a bottle of your average ČIPE—Český India Pejl Ejl, a bit of a scruffier cousin of IPA—and by the way, it was a half litre bottle, as it should be for pretty much anything below 8% ABV, I hate třetinky, and I'm not a big fan of sedmičky, either, but I digress. It w ...

The results are in from last weekend’s Iron Brewer event, and the numbers are staggering. This homebrew event was to support the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, and support it you did. The final tally was 2,955 pounds of food collected and $576 raised. What this means is that the food bank can provide 5,342 meals from what you donated just ...

Please be informed that due to multiple requests broadly across industry, The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) have extended the entries open period for the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) until Friday 20 March (previously this Friday 6 March).Please find below information about the AIBA, featuring new Gypsy Brewer T ...

Good Beer Week is back for its fifth year and is set to be one of winter’s premier festivals. To get people in the mood, the second pre-festival event is the Good Beer Week Gala Showcase, which takes place next weekend – March 13 and 14 – in the spectacular Fitzroy Town Hall.The Showcase also signals the launch of the Good ...

Hey folks, time once again for A Whale A Week!  Last week we tested out Goose Island Madame Rose 2012 and enjoyed it quite a bit.  This week we move from sour to sweet with the much sought-after Lost Abbey Angel's Share. Lost Abbey Angel's Share 2013 Vintage Lost Abbey is a brewery with an interesting history. &nbsp ...

Crowlers – recyclable 32 oz. cans that can be filled and sealed with the beer of your choice as an alternative to other growler formats – have grown in popularity since being launched by Oskar Blues within the past couple of years. The innovation recently made its way into South Carolina after Columbia’s Green’ ...

Columbia’s River Rat Brewery has been a growing presence in the Capital City’s beer scene since opening in 2014, earning best-of honors from Columbia drinkers and expanding distribution statewide in less than 12 months. On Saturday, March 7, they’ll be toasting to one year as the city’s second production brewery. St ...

St. Patrick’s Day is approaching, and it’s never too early to start planning out where to go for festive food & drinks. Here are a few ideas to get you going: Cherry Cricket (2641 E 2nd Ave, Denver www.cherrycricket.com) will kick off its St. Patrick’s Day menu on Saturday, March 14 with Corned Beef and ...

Jared Green went to college hoping for a career flying commercial airplanes. Never during his schooling did he expect to open a brewery, but last fall following more than a decade of working in the aviation industry, Green is now co-owner and brewer at The Gallery Brewery in Portland, Mich. “When I finished school, I couldn’t get a ...