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First, let me preface this week's New Beer Friday by saying all of these beers will be available at the Beer Bar, later this (Friday) afternoon. Unless the DABC is unable to get them into their system on time, then they will be available Monday afternoon. Check back here or the Utah Beer Facebook page for updates on their availability.  ...

https://soundcloud.com/hooked-on-hops/episode-2-craft-vs-crafty-comically-evil Every time we sit down to record, I hope that we hit the stop button in under 45 minutes. It seems that these keep getting longer and longer. The next one will be shorter. I promise! This episode was recorded prior to the Superbowl, and thus prior to the Budweiser ad ...

First Draft: Homebrew guru says Budweiser's message was the opposite of crafty Tribune-Review One: He didn't know what hops looked like until two years after he started homebrewing. Two: He still brews about 15 times a year and is currently on a session kick. Three: He looooved the now infamous Budweiser Super Bowl commercial, in which ...

I just receieved the following information from Sam Hall, General Manager extradonnaire, of Blackstone restaurant in Iowa City. With all the talk of Surly hitting Des Moines next week it’s great to see that Blackstone will be hosting a brunch featuring Surly beers. AND…………they will be tapping Abrasive at noon! ...

Philly.com (blog) Iron Hill opening brewpub in Huntingdon Valley Philly.com (blog) Eastern Montgomery County is getting into the brewpub swing, what with Forest & Main in Ambler, Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery in Lafayette Hill, Conshohocken Brewing Co. in Conshy, and the long-delayed but forthcoming Guild Hall Brewing Company, n ...

This week our local alt-weekly Willamette Week released their annual beer guide.  It includes their picks of the year's best beers and, for the first time ever, winners of the "Oregon Beer Awards" in 15 different categories.  Most people are pretty desensitized to best-of lists these days, particularly in this moment of online listicl ...

Another day, another post. Let’s go to the board. Indiana’s “come to our business-friendly state” features Sun King and Clay in his new Amish beard. web Hope he can use that when it’s time to testify on Support Indiana Brewers. BTW HB 1311 which will raise the limit to 90,000 bbls. has unanimously passed its House ...

If this isn’t barleywine weather right now, we don’t know what is. Blue Corn Brewery has been doing a few things very well recently. As a ‘beer journalist,’ it makes me glad to see a smaller brewery work so hard at all aspects of their business, whether it’s their food, service, beer, or planned events to further t ...

So, that time of  year again, our annual President’s day weekend trip down to Fell’s Point, Baltimore for Max’s annual Belgian Fest. While the forecast was cold with a chance of freezing, the outlook was still better than last year when we had to call our hotel to add an extra day onto the start … Continue reading ...

Lansing State Journal Here are some Lansing-area microbreweries, brewpubs Lansing State Journal A brewpub is defined as a business that makes up to 5,000 barrels of beer per year and also carries a license from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to sell its products on site. Brewpubs must have a full-service restaurant with at leas ...