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Each month, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission releases details for the amount of Oregon-brewed beer sold in Oregon.  They are all fairly interesting if you're into sales data, but the biggie comes out in late February, when the year-end totals are released.  You can view them here in pdf.  Here are the topline numbers.  I ...

Firstly, what is #ShowUsYourLocal, it’s a campaign started by Jamie Oliver’s Drinktube, which is an extremely popular channel on Youtube. I’m delighted they’ve asked me to join in. So here’s a little video to give you an idea of what it’s all about. Well, I’m not going to do a video, as I la ...

Kansas City’s second newest brewery, Torn Label Brewing, can already be found on tap around the Missouri side of the metro. However, they felt that only on one side of the state line isn’t really being a true Kansas City brewery. So today, Torn Label announces they will begin distributing their beer to Kansas. The two ...

I was surprised this past Saturday by Jess with an afternoon of Richmond Brewery Tours! WOO WOO!! The event started promptly at 11:30am with our tour guide going over a brief history of beer, reviewing the vital ingredients, mentioning the reinheitsgebot, and concluding with the breweries we were to visit that afternoon: Legend, Midni ...

Craft beer has been going against the trend of economic demise. Shops all over the country are closing, either because of the economy or the growing online market. Older, monumental, buildings have trouble finding new investors and purposes. Brewers have made use of this demise and are bucking the trend. New breweries are starting and in the pr ...

Springtime is coming, and with it come the beer festivals. First up is the annual Boulder City Beer Festival. March 28th you can expect to find over 20 breweries pouring beer at Wilbur Square Park in Boulder City. Entry is free to enjoy the live music and to visit exhibit tents and food trucks; but to get unlimited pours of over beers you&rsqu ...

We will be seeing some new beers from familiar breweries hitting the shelves and tap lines in the near future. In fact, I believe The Calling has already been tapped at Parlor City in Cedar Rapids. According to Fleck’s Facebook post they will be having a tapping of this brew Thursday, March 5th, at 30Hop in Coralville. Hearing good things ...

GRAND RAPIDS — It was a pleasant crowd in the main area of The B.O.B. (or Big Old Building)  Thursday evening. For the third year in a row, The B.O.B. hosted its Winter Beer Festival (WBF) Primer Dinner — an opportunity for those who plan on going to WBF to slake their thirst for some rarer brews beforehand, or for those n ...

cleveland.com 2 beer schools, The Lodge at Geneva tasting/dinner, more - beer calendar cleveland.com Wednesday, March 4: 750ml's Brecksville location is holding beer school with Summit Brewing Co. at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $25, and space is limited, so call 440-526-8100 for reservations. Summit Brewing is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, and t ...

COMSTOCK PARK — The end of winter in Michigan means only one thing — Winter Beer Fest. Despite the coldest February on record (we checked), the additional organization required to shape the first ever two-day version of the event and brief issues with frozen tap lines, the 10th annual Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fes ...