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My first experience with Starr Hill was several years ago. For those of you that remember the Pizza Kitchen on Northshore, I’ll never forget the Starr Hill sticker that was forever emblazoned on one of those smoker’s ash tray towers out front. I drank many a Starr Hill at the old PK before Starr Hill had to pull out of the market an ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Avery Brewing Company - Russian River Brewing Company Collaboration Not Litigation Ale. From the Avery Brewing Company website: “Salvation. The name of two intricate Belgian-style ales, created by us, Vinnie Cilurzo o ...

We all want to know when this year’s version of our favorite seasonal will be released. It’s what makes us craft beer nerds. This has been harder in years past. But more and more breweries are publicly releasing their schedule of beers. Boulevard Brewing sent out their release calendar earlier this year. Founders Brewi ...

Go Big or Go Homebrew: Your Creation Could Be The Bruery's Next Release LA Magazine (blog) The contest is called “Batch #???,” a nod to previous homebrew competitions held by The Bruery. Their very first beer, after all, was the result of one of these contests and went by the name of Batch #1. They've subsequently held Batch ...

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without partic ...

LA Weekly Eagle Rock Public House Review: Not Your Average Brewpub LA Weekly The restaurant, which is the first dining venture from the folks at Eagle Rock Brewery, is nothing like what you'd expect from a brewpub. This is barely even gastropub food — there are no burgers, no hearty sandwiches, no French fries and no clever ...

Brasseurs a la Maison, the largest homebrew club in Baton Rouge, is hosting their 3rd annual Iron Brewer event Saturday at Tin Roof Brewing. The event is a fundraiser for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. The inaugural event in 2013 took place on a Friday night, and the 10 teams that participated ...

In the wake of a promised extension to winter so unapologetically perennial that the groundhog of fable would bite the very hand that feeds him, perhaps it is time that we take the metaphorical slap in the face and consider a different view on the winter around us. Or, more simply, instead of making another porter, stout, or double IPA to stave ...

It’s a Monday night in Grand Rapids. To most that means the mourning of a weekend ended while another work week begins. But tonight something’s different — there are cheers and toasts on the air here at Harmony Brewing Company, located in the Eastown neighborhood. It’s Grand Rapids Beer Week, and locals have ki ...

Tin Roof Brewing is releasing their new Russian imperial stout, Smiling Ivan, today at The Bulldog in Baton Rouge. Smiling Ivan is a big stout, and is only the second beer Tin Roof has released in bottles, following the fall release of Rougarou imperial black ale. Smiling Ivan is available in waxed 22-ounce bottles with draft availability ...