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Real ale fans flock to Chesterfield Beer Festival The Star Chesterfield and District CAMRA hosted the event in the newly-refurbished Market Hall Assembly Rooms on Friday and Saturday. The event boasted 35 real ales plus cider and country wines. A Battle of the Beers contest was won by Ashover Brewery for its ...

Visit to brewpub Granite City quickly goes flat DesMoinesRegister.com One of the best dishes I've eaten in a while is the flatbread pizza from Granite City, which naturally led me to think that the rest of the menu would be equally good. That is, until a recent dinner turned my "yum!" into a big "yuck." Granite City is a ...

Map: A DIY Brewery Bike Tour DCist.com Rather than revisiting the same old bar scene Saturday, why not check out one — or maybe five — of the city's craft breweries? DC Brew Tours, for example, now offers all-inclusive expeditions to some of the most popular spots around town for $85 a ...

Southerleigh's Balfour looks to craft new history in long-shuttered Pearl ... San Antonio Business Journal It's been roughly 12 years since anyone made beer in the historic building that housed Pearl Brewery. That unfortunate streak is about to end, thanks to Jeff Balfour. The Pearl structure has, even while empty, anchored an urban ren ...

Asheville Citizen-Times Busy weekend at Carolina breweries Asheville Citizen-Times In Greenville, Thomas Creek Brewery, 2054 Piedmont Highway will host its 10th annual Brewery Bash on Saturday, with all you can eat barbecue and beer brats smoked by brewer Tom Davis, plus music by Matt Fassas who will play Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of&nbs ...

Hertfordshire Mercury CAMRA says Scotland needs its own pubs code MorningAdvertiser.co.uk CAMRA national chairman, and Edinburgh native, Colin Valentine said: “Pubs across Scotland are currently under threat from big tied pub companies who are strangling the life out of the Scottish pub trade by charging sky-high rents and exorbi ...

Bell's Brewery plans events to showcase new Upper Hand Brewery in Escanaba MLive.com KALAMAZOO, MI — Workers at Upper Hand Brewery in Escanaba have started production, and will be showcasing their beer at several Upper Peninsula events. Upper Hand operates out of a $1.3 million, 11,550-square-foot brewing and bottling building in& ...

Beer, income and holiday shopping — 5 things to know today Fortune Happy Friday, and happy Halloween! News earlier this morning that the Bank of Japan has taken unexpected additional stimulus measures to boost the Japanese economy has scared up a huge rally in global markets. In Europe, stocks are sharply higher, ...

The Independent Put calorie labels on beer, wine and spirits, say public health experts The Guardian Beer, wine and spirits are fuelling the obesity epidemic and should be labelled with the calories they contain, say public health experts. A large 175ml glass of 13% ABV (alcohol by volume) wine contains 160 calories, a bottle of al ...

New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog) Coppertop Brewery Company Coming to Boynton Beach New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog) After a nine-month search for the perfect space, Coppertop owners Al Lettera -- one of the initial investors for Sweetwater Brewing in Atlanta -- and Matt Cox have decided on a space in Boynton Beach, part of an ind ...