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By now you must've heard about the shitstorm raised by Dan Paquette. If you haven't yet, go here, here or here to get a good picture. Of all the people who've so far commented on the issue (or at least, of the ones I follow), I think it is Zak Avery the one who's seen it most clearly when speaks about the “sexy” and the &ldquo ...

Island Echo US craft beers hit the spot among British real-ale fans Financial Times The UK has its own, older, beer movement championing “real ale”, generally defined as beer that continues to ferment in the cask or bottle. It is also distinguished by strong flavours and it lacks the artificial fizz of lagers. Camra, the UK ...

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Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Alaskan Brewing Company Pumpkin Porter - Ale Brewed With Pumpkin, Brown Sugar And Spices. From the Alaskan Brewing Company website: “A native plant of North America, pumpkins were first used in beer in colonial Americ ...

Well, I'm late on the blog again. This time, it's been technical issues.  My portable hard drive, where I keep most of my "good beer stuff" crashed, and I've been trying to have it resuscitated, at least to the point where I can grab my data of it.  So I've been delaying this blog, in hopes that I would get it back, but I've decided t ...

Users submitted the questions, and Matt Hauck, D. Evan Sallee and Niko Tonks from Fair State Brewing Cooperative answered them. Nobody has the ability to control the questions. Nothing is off the table. Fair State Brewing Cooperative AMA – Behind the Scenes appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by Brian Hayes

Santa Fe Brewing is hosting a party and everyone is invited. As I was driving home from Red River’s Oktoberfest last Sunday, I had a couple questions on my mind. How much Oktoberfest is too much Oktoberfest? And can anyone really have too much Oktoberfest in their lives? The answers that I came up with were thus: “too much” is ...

Earlier this week, Dann Paquette made some pretty incendiary claims about how breweries got tap handles in certain Boston pubs: by paying for them.  After I posted on it, a few people emailed to give some insight into their experiences here.  I know all these people and can vouch they are who they say they are--but for obvious reason ...

Holy City’s seasonal Bowen’s Island Oyster Stout will join the brewery’s growing lineup of canned offerings next month, the brewery announced Friday. The oyster seasonal beer is a 5.8% Irish dry stout brewed with two bushels (45-60 lbs.) of oysters per 15 BBL batch collected from Bowen’s Island outside of Charleston. ...

WFMY News 2 New Brewery Opens In Downtown Greensboro WFMY News 2 According to a report on the Triad Business Journal, the brewery along with another new restaurant opening Friday, Spice Cantina, have been in the works for a couple months. They're a part of the redevelopment activity south of the railroad tracks in ...