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Connaught Telegraph Mayo alehouse raises a glass for charity in Manchester Connaught Telegraph The bar presently serves six different real ales as well as Guinness, draft Peroni and Becks, cider and a full range of wines and bottled beers. It is currently talking to a number of Mayo craft breweries and film makers to arrange a Mayo film an ...

What is the point of beer styles? Historically, beer styles were just names of the city of origin for the style, like Pilsner, Vienna lager, Dortmunder Export, etc. Or they were the beers eventual destination, like India pale ale, Baltic Porter, or Russian imperial stout. More often than not, the meaning of the name changes over time. India pal ...

Akron Beacon Journal (blog) Brickoven Brewpub releases first beers Akron Beacon Journal (blog) The Brickoven Brewpub, a new specialty pizzeria and nanobrewery in Akron, has released its first two draft beers and another two are expected to be available this week. Brickoven launched with Cream Ale, figuring that beer geeks and non-craft ...

Brewpub opening in downtown Ottawa this fall The Times (subscription) According to Reed Wilson, Ottawa's economic director, it is a brewpub. Mayor Bob Eschbach included a brewpub as one of the prospects for downtown Ottawa in his annual state of the city speech in October. Further details will appear in The Times later ...

BBC News How controversial beer firm Brewdog became so popular BBC News So what is the difference between "craft beer" and "real ale"? Unlike craft beer, real ale has to be unpasteurised and unfiltered. Real ale also more often has a drier flavour. Craft beer is also typically served well chilled and carbonated, whereas ...

The final installment has finally arrived. Looks like it’s going to be a rough week weather-wise in Eastern Iowa so I hope everyone has a fridge stocked full of their favorite brews. This was such a hard list to come up with and I think my 2015 version will be even more challenging as the breweries keep making terrific beer. We are a few ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Weyerbacher Brewing Company Blasphemy Belgian-Style Quadrupel Ale Aged in Whiskey Barrels. From the Weyerbacher Brewing Company website: “Blasphemy, 11.8% ABV, is our QUAD aged in bourbon barrels which gives it ge ...

Chicagoist's Beer Of The Week: 4 Hand's Divided Sky Rye IPA Chicagoist With a new year comes new beer. Although, if you're us, you tend to come across new beers all the time. We're certainly not complaining. Divided Sky Rye IPA comes to us from 4 Hands Brewing Co. of St. Louis, Missouri. It pours a translucent, pale gold ...

Your Neighbor: Good Nature Brewery celebrates 3 years in Madison County Oneida Dispatch Good Nature Farm Brewery and Tap Room master brewer Matt Whalen, left, and owner/general manager Carrie Blackmore pose behind the bar of their Tap Room in Hamilton on Jan. 2. Good Nature will celebrate their third anniversary with a day-long party&nb ...

FootballFanCast.com (blog) Does Newcastle United's 'villain' deserve the hatred? FootballFanCast.com (blog) Long gone are the days when Newcastle Brown Ale used to take centrepiece on the beloved black & white strip, only now to be replaced by Wonga.com. St. James' Park has also been renamed the 'SportsDirect Arena' under ... All in al ...