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Boston Globe Cask beer is a little warmer, a little flatter, and a little better Boston Globe The vessel is a cask, and the beer, currently a subtly smoked porter called Smoke & Dagger, from Framingham's Jack's Abby, changes often. The setup is not proprietary. Bars around the city are serving cask-conditioned beer to a devoted gro ...

The Kalamazoo Gazette Kalamazoo Craft Beer festival educates consumers, brings brewers together to ... The Kalamazoo Gazette In spite of a craft beer brewing accident in their home that turned a white kitchen ceiling "into something else," having sampled German craft beer while traveling in Europe and being a self-proclaimed wine lover ...

Ashley Kinart takes over as brewmaster at Capital Brewery as its expansion ... Isthmus Capital Brewery has a new brewmaster. The Middleton-based brewery announced Thursday that Ashley Kinart has been promoted to the job as it embarks on a major expansion phase. She is the first woman to hold the position in a Dane County craft brewery&n ...

Bringing matters to a head: A few complaints about beer service Los Angeles Times Proper care and service of beer is just as important, though. While Los Angeles does have many establishments that give beer the same care that wine enjoys -- from Downtown's Little Bear, where Belgian style ales are poured with a keen eye to detail,  ...

Source: Holy HopsThis is the best story in homebrewing since October 14, 1978: native, American neomexicanus hops grown at the the Benedictine Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico went on sale today to homebrewers.  They have precious little stocks, and therefore the hops are mighty expensive.  Nevertheless, this ...

Is the next John Maier learning to brew today during National Homebrew Day? The Oregonian - OregonLive.com Rogue brewer John Maier was Homebewer of the Year in 1986, and sometimes rode to homebrew club meetings with a small keg strapped to the rack of his Honda Gold Wing. He started at Rogue in 1988 and has since brewed 18,000 batches o ...

All About Beer posted a roundup of beer writer and brewers, and other beer industry folks' takes on the New Yorker cover above. I'm one of the writers that's quoted, though with company like Sam Calagione, Greg Koch, Ray Daniels, and others, I don't know if anyone will notice! I don't mind though, it's an honor to be included in such a stel ...

So our sleepy little town of Waconia now has its second brewery!  Waconia Brewing Company is open for business!  I will be doing a full write-up on them soon, but wanted to do a quick blog post about their first beer dinner that occurred Thursday the 30th at Waconia's own Terra Waconia restaurant.  This is the second time I've be ...

Michiana Brewer's Supply hosts event to teach homebrewing WNDU-TV “Homebrewing is at the very heart of the craft beer revolution,” said Gary Glass, director, American Homebrewers Association. “Learn to Homebrew Day encourages people everywhere to be a part of the ever-growing movement and become familiar with the  ...

New York City Craft Beer Festival Highlights Fall Favorites & More CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Clear your schedule beer buffs, the New York City Craft Beer Festival could be the perfect way to spend a fall afternoon or evening. The festival has something for everyone from the beer snob to someone still trying to find ...