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1a) It’s late in the day but the New Haven Cap ‘n’ Cork has a beer tasting going on from 5-7pm this evening. Stop in on the way home from work. 1b) Flat 12 will have a party at both the Indianapolis and Jeffersonville locations on Feb 17th. Flat Tuesday 2) The Sunday Sales bill has been moved from the committee to the full I ...

It’s like Mad Libs for grownups! Santa Fe Brewing Co. just released the latest brew in their Ever Changing Series, the (ECS) Belgian Strong Ale. It’s big, bold, and very Belgian. The 3 Bs of the powerful, yet un-hoppy brews. Now, before I get into exactly what I mean by all that, I want to discuss Belgian beers briefly to help us un ...

As a V-Day treat to local craft beer lovers, Quest will be releasing one of their most-loved beers in cans for the first time on the 14th. Kaldi Imperial Coffee Stout, the Greenville brewery’s flagship 8% stout brewed with local West End Coffee, will be hitting cans for the first time this weekend. It’ll be ...

So, we've decided to mix it up a bit with this episode, MrsBeerSnob has taken the reigns and hosted this episode entitled "2015 Off to a Flier" In this episode we cover a few subjects, including handling some listeners questions. We look back fondly to the #CrawlofDoom which Steve from Beer O'Clock Show hitup Dublin, for "Research" pu ...

Belgian beer lovers in the mid-Atlantic region, take note. One of the USA’s top Belgian beer festivals starts today. The 11th annual edition of Max’s Taphouse Belgian beer fest begins at 11 am, and runs through this Monday, President’s Day. There will be around 140 Belgian beers on tap over the course of the weekend,…T ...

I only found one this week new beer this week it's a local seasonal full of roasted goodness. Moab Coffee Porter - This is a new seasonal offering from Moab. It has a pleasant coffee nose with hint of malt in the back. The taste is cold pressed coffee with raw and roasted grain some minor bitter cocoa bitterness. Finishes bitter and dry. I ...

It's something that must've happened to everyone. You're friends with someone, close friends, even. You've known them for years, and have spent a lot of time together, but then life starts drifting you apart. There's no apparent reason for it; you're both still living in the same city and neither has done anything could have made the other an ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Vintage Ale Release No. 02 - A Rare Blend Of Barrel-Aged Ales. I picked this up at Santa Clara Liquors (here). If you get a chance, head in there and tell ‘em that Mark from NorCal Beer Blog ...

When it rains it pours. Hawaii is about to get even more great beer from the Pacific Northwest via Craft Northwest Distributors. The relatively new distribution company has been bringing in high quality wines from Oregon and Washington for a little over a year and is now ready to provide Hawaii with a slew of great beers from the same stat ...

Yesterday, a ripple went through social media about a proposed bill in Maine that would make "cheater pints" illegal.  This is an issue dear to my heart, and one with which I have some history.  Years ago, I attempted (in my usual, half-assed bloggy way) to be an advocate for "Honest pints."  When you go to a gas station, you don ...