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There’s quite a bit of buzz this week about the launch of Hawkers Brewery, a new Melbourne brewery featuring a state-of-the-art plant and some much-loved Melbourne beer identities in the team. You can read some extensive background on The Crafty Pint. The beer is not yet available — their first beer, an American Pale Ale — ...

Dosvidanya Russian-Style Extra Imperial Stout. 12.5% ABV, 84 IBU. In devising my plan of attack for the Great American Beer Festival a couple years ago, I asked my readers which breweries I should be sure to visit. I was looking for beers I couldn’t normally get in Colorado, and I received lots of excellent suggestions. After numerous ...

I’m always excited when new breweries enter the state, and it seems that Left Hand Brewing Company will be one of the next big craft breweries to bring their beer to Louisiana. On Tuesday, buried in the comment section of this Facebook post, is a not-so-subtle reply from Left Hand that they will be coming to Louisiana later this year ...

Cazuela’s won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Beer Cup in Denver for their oatmeal stout, Beer for my Horses. Due to communication issues between the Crew and Cazuela’s, we were not able to include a story on them last month in the Look Back/Look Ahead series. We are happy to report that communication has been reestablished and the ...

A couple of days ago, I posted a piece on All About Beer wherein I mentioned with some alarm the ubiquity of American-style beers in London.  I specifically name-checked The Kernel, and yesterday one of the brewers, Toby Munn, left a really thoughtful comment on the blog.  With his permission, I'm reprinting it in full. ___________ ...

The complete beer guide to Vietnam is finally in print and will be available within a few weeks. Title of the book is: Beer guide to Vietnam and neighbouring countries. The focus is on the Vietnamese beer culture and the microbrewery culture. You learn how to drink beer in Vietnam the local way. There is instructions like how you toast and why ...

Hey folks, time once again for A Whale A Week!  Last week we tasted Surly Seviin, and this week we finish up our series (until next year's Nine release) of Surly Anniversary Beers! A quick recap:  The Surly Anniversary beers have been quite a mixed bag over the years, but I appreciate the brewers stretching their brewing cho ...

On Tuesday the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) announced that the winner of its National Pub of the Year competition was the Salutation Inn in Gloucestershire. After visiting last October, I completely concur. What makes the perfect pub? It's the subject of one of my favourite ever pieces of writing. In fact you could write a very good ...

So, Mardi Gras has come and gone. It was a whirlwind of awesome, as usual. Definitely some somber notes, but that's New Orleans life, partying through the pain. I did a fun interview with Polly Watts about how things are at the Avenue Pub during Mardi Gras. (spoiler: pretty crazy). And in Gambit news, I ran down a bunch of beers that ...

Brewery, tap room planned in West Des Moines DesMoinesRegister.com If you want to open a brewpub in West Des Moines and serve food and locally brewed beer, go for it. If you want to open a production brewery that sells beer directly to bars and distributors, no problem. But a brewery with an tap room where patrons can ...