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This most difficult and complex issue in the pub industry probably hasn't got any easier after a landmark victory in parliament yesterday for anti-PubCo campaigners. But whatever your views, no one except the campaigners has come out of this looking good. I've not written much about the long-running battle between the biggest pub companies ...

Listen up Ogden! There's a new craft beer spot in your neighborhood that's all about satisfying your inner beer geek. The Barrelhouse is located in the basement of Ogden's Century Club and features a beer list over a century long... see what I did there? The Century Club?... 100? .. never mind. As I was saying, it's got a bottle list a mile lon ...

Love it or hate it, you certainly can’t ignore the Local Taphouse Hottest 100 each year.There will be the inevitable complaints about people gaming the system, beers with greater reach doing better in the poll than better beers, and the other complaints that boil down to “how come my favourite isn’t everyone else’s fa ...

Brewpub may be set up shop at Hammond's Oxbow Landing nwitimes.com HAMMOND | By August or September, Dave* Toth is hoping visitors will be able to sip a craft beer at a new microbrewery and restaurant being opened by Toth and his two partners at the Oxbow Landing development. The Munster resident estimates about ...

Kannah Creek Brewing Company’s new winter seasonal, Vertical Drop, is hitting shelves next week. It will be available in 6-packs and is already on tap at bars and restaurants throughout Colorado.

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Barrel-Aged Narwhal Imperial Stout. I picked this bottle up at The Wine Club in San Jose (here). They have a small craft beer section, but they have an incredible selection.  If you're anyw ...

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Billy Smith, the newish head brewer at the Kona Brewing Pub in Kailua Kona. Billy was on Oahu for the day training the staff at the Koko Marina Pub about a number of new specialty beers the pub was serving. Billy is no stranger to Kona’s beers. Prior to joining the team in Kon ...

The craft beer revolution continues abound in the Republic of Ireland, with what seems to be new breweries popping up every second. It's nearly impossible to keep track. But what is interesting seeing where they end up being available and who they are distributed by. Fourcorners have taken the wolf into their stable - which given the range ...

Editor’s note: AmyO got back from Europe recently and shared some pictures and tales of her travels. She wrote this on Sunday (see below), but it was delayed until today due to work schedules and the like. We’ll have more from her trip this Thursday (hopefully). — Stoutmeister Czech beer doesn’t quite measure up to the v ...

Stefaan Couttenye, one of the first chefs to pair beer with gourmet cuisine in Belgium in the 1980′s, has a new book out. Couttenye is the chef and owner of the famous ‘t Hommelhof in Watou, a must-visit restaurant in the beautiful brewer’s village, near the border with France. Couttenye is the dean of Belgium’s… ...