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A holiday tradition around here is the annual Friend Feast on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It began as a second Thanksgiving meal with friends, a whole bird roasted by the hosts and sides provided by the attendees. Over the past couple of years, the hosts, Beer Scout Crossbow Project and his wife Jenn, have turned Friend ...

Accomplice Brewery is looking to bring a different kind of beer to South Florida. In a market that is full of talented brewers, Accomplice Brewery wants to bring gluten-free beer and ciders to South Florida and beyond, and to that … Continue reading →

Following the initial nomination of Brew By Numbers Saison 01|08 Wai-iti & Lemon yesterday, the annual look back at the most memorable new British beers continues. There are five other places to fill in the list, and for the next choice, we head off on the long south-westerly journey from London to Cornwall. There, on ... The post Best New ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Fifty Fifty Brewing Company Annularity - Ale Brewed With Honey Aged In Oak Barrels - Wood Aged Blond Barleywine-Style Ale. I picked this bottle up at The Wine Club in San Jose (here). They have a small craft beer section, bu ...

Craft Breweries changing nation’s drinks marketMedia ReleaseAustralia’s booming craft beer and cider markets are changing the service offered by the nation’s hotels, restaurants and clubs, according to drinks dispensing equipment manufacturer and supplier, Hoshizaki Lancer.Outlets with only a limited range of mainstream bee ...

The 4th annual Dubuque on Ice Brewfest is slated to take place on Saturday, February 21st starting at 1:00 and ending at 5:00 p.m. It takes place at the Mystique Ice Arena in Dubuque with a VIP entrance time slated for noon. $35 general admission and $50 for VIP tickets. Tickets will be on sale starting December 10th. Last year saw many breweri ...

Owner Tim Suprise has immense pride in Arcadia, as well as Battle Creek and Scotland. It was particularly evident on Saturday as the Battle Creek brewery celebrated its 18th Anniversary and Highland Christmas at its original location. “One of the nice things about owning your own brewery is that you can decide what kind of things you ...

As we did last year, the Crew has gathered all the information we could on brewery memberships for 2015 to give you a one-stop shopping spot to compare and contrast which ones you might want to purchase. That little orange card gets you big benefits at both Tractor locations. Different Crew members have various memberships. As the photo shows, ...

On Saturday,  crisp, chilly weather didn’t keep fans away from Grand Rapids Brewing Co.’s 2nd Anniversary Party. The line of people stretched down Ionia Avenue nearing HopCat before the 11 a.m. opening, with many rushing toward the back bar to buy the limited run of bottling for the brewery’s Polish Eagle and the Phi ...

Between staff turnovers and the arrival of a brewery namesake’s first child, 2014 has been a relatively slow year for the normally new release-heavy Westbrook Brewing Co. But as they have every year since their inception, the Mount Pleasant brewery is getting ready to release another anniversary beer. Westbrook’s fourth anniver ...