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Falling down on the job here.  Two posts at All About Beer to note.  The first one concerns the importance of brands. Let’s try a thought experiment. I’ll offer the name of a brewery and you notice the first few things that spring to mind. Ready? Sierra Nevada. Unless you’re really not into beer—and then, wh ...

The DC Homebrewers club's Cherry Blossom Homebrew Competition begins registration on Sunday, February 1. There are multiple categories for which people can submit beer. Among these is the cherry blossom inspired category is just one (40A). There's also also a full range of BJCP categories that contests can compete in. ...

I’ll start off by saying this post isn’t about beer. Although my passion is beer I am always fascinated and intrigued by artisans who hand craft things, from furniture to spirits. I am also fiercely loyal to my hometown of the North Shore and when I learned about what Ken and Yumiko Hirata were crafting in a small building just dow ...

Charlotte Observer Brew Pub Poets drink beer with tongue firmly in cheek Charlotte Observer The Brew Pub Poets Society celebrated its 25th anniversary 10 years ago. This past Tuesday, they did it again. “How shortsighted we were for celebrating our 25th anniversary in our 15th year,” said Jack Dillard, the society's co-foun ...

Header photo via Robin Drayton under a Creative Commons license. No modifications were made. January marks the first of the calendar year’s and second of the current season’s transfer periods in football or soccer. Teams in leagues around the world, most of which are halfway through their season (or in the case of MLS, about six wee ...

Quite a bit a news this week, some great and some rather disappointing. Good news or bad news first? Let’s get the bad news out of the way. According NewSchoolbeer.com Stone will be discontinuing two beers from seasonal lineup and they happen to be 2 very tasty beers. Their Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA and Levitation Amber Ale will ...

If you think you've got what it takes, checkout the links to Minnesota brewery job openings below. Minnesota Brewery Job Openings appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by Andrew

It’s a cold miserable Tennessee winter and you are tired of being cooped up in your basement with your craft beer stash running low.  What to do? What to do?  Well we here at the KnoxBeerSnobs have the perfect solution to ease your woes.  Grab your piggy bank, smash it with that empty bottle of Pliney and dig out $60 bucks ...

Before moving on to the primary topics of this week's blog, I wanted to share an exciting bit of personal news. Take a look at what will be the cover of my upcoming book from The History Press, Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun:

The statehouse is active again. The House Public Policy Committee is looking at a Sunday carry-out law, legal sawed-off shotguns, monetary help for casinos, schools not allowed bans on guns on-campus, and (yike) a repeal on handgun licensing. The sponsors says he wants to "decriminalize" the lawful carry of handguns by people without criminal r ...