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Flying Dog will open an experimental brewery on a Loudoun County farm Washington Post (blog) Flying Dog Brewery is planning to open an experimental brewery on a hop farm in Loudoun County. Farmworks Brewery, which is scheduled for a summer 2015 debut, will be a 15-barrel brewery with its own aging cellar, tasting room and other amenitie ...
Read More »Barley Wine
The strongest of the British ales, the most malt, the most hops, the most alcohol, the most residual sugar, the heaviest taste, and the longest aging and storage time. (That Greene King Harvest Ale to the right was brewed in 1978 and enjoyed by me in 2005 - "Stayed well in the bottle. Not strong at 7% ABV, but a good mature barley wine. Por ...
Read More »America’s fastest-growing beer brands
USA TODAY America's fastest-growing beer brands USA TODAY American beer sales have followed a downward trend in recent years. After reaching a peak of 219 million barrels in 2008, total U.S. shipments have declined to just 211.7 million barrels in 2013. Yet, the beer industry is by no means dying. While some ...
Read More »High Sierra Brewery to open for business in Sparks
High Sierra Brewery to open for business in Sparks Reno Gazette Journal The High Sierra Brewery will open its doors to business on Friday at Baldini's Casino in Sparks with a ribbon cutting ceremony, casino officials said in a news release. The 15- barrel brewery and restaurant, which sits inside the casino, features a ... High Sierra ...
Read More »Watch the ’12 Beers of Christmas’ from local breweries
The Coloradoan Watch the '12 Beers of Christmas' from local breweries The Coloradoan Big Shot, Fort Collins Brewery. Drunken Snowflake, Freedom's Edge Brewing Co. Vanilla Caramel Double Cream Ale, Horse & Dragon Brewing Company. Frambozen, New Belgium Brewing. Isolation Ale, Odell Brewing Co. Snowy River - Vanilla Porter, ... ...
Read More »Budweiser and the Craft Beer Fallacy – How Myths Hide Trends
Budweiser and the Craft Beer Fallacy - How Myths Hide Trends Forbes The popular myth is that this has been due to the rising sales of craft beers. And there is no doubt, craft beer sales have done well. Sales are up 80%. Many articles (including the WSJ)tout the growth of craft beers, which are ostensibly more tasty ...
Read More »Surly’s ‘destination brewery’: where it all began
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Surly's 'destination brewery': where it all began TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Omar Ansari's company, Surly Brewing Company, had outgrown his family's former abrasives factory, and he wanted to build a new facility. But Ansari wanted fans of the beer, affectionately known as Surly Nation, to have something ...
Read More »30 Words: Punk
Outstretched hand presents a small round pumpkin. A sprightly Fall dance before the coming chill. Dancers caper and cavort this Allhallows Eve. Then frozen under Winter's silent and snowy blanket. This week's 30 Word Thursday picture is from a fall trip the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. This was one of the last times I was abl ...
Read More »A Craft-Beer Tour of Chicago
There are few better places in the country to drink beer than Chicago. From trailblazers like Goose Island (still making good beer under the Anheuser-Busch banner), to new-school game-changers...
Read More »New brewery opens, another brewery closes in Garden City
The Idaho Statesman New brewery opens, another brewery closes in Garden City The Idaho Statesman Kilted Dragon Brewing, 9115 Chinden Blvd., has closed. The brewery celebrated its second anniversary Dec. 13, but announced on Facebook that the party would mark its final day of business: “We have had a good run, made some great beer ...
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