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Last update, next day.  Two very interesting analyses came out today that are FAR more interesting than what you'll find here.  Both incorporate the numbers of beers entered per state, which make for a much richer and more accurate picture.  Stats geeks (and Oregon homers) will love them--they're sort of like the sabermetrics of ...

This past weekend in Denver, over 700 breweries dished out samples of their best beer to nearly 50,000 attendees, fellow brewers and judges who swarmed thru the aisles at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). That last group, the judges, had some hardware to hand out. When the winners were announced on Saturday morning, it be ...

Last weekend much of the American beer world gathered in Denver to drink, network, and judge. Probably in that order. Local breweries took home some of the hardware.   Category: 73 - Belgian- and French-Style Ale - 27 Entries Gold: Grisette, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown, PA Silver: The Citizen, DC Brau Brewing Co., Washington, D ...

  While it’s been expected and rumored for some time, Boulevard Brewing Co. announced Monday their upcoming expansion into South Carolina’s market. Since being purchased by Duvel Moortgat USA in 2013, the Kansas City, MO, staple has been expected to expand its distribution footprint. With a launch in Florida happening ...

Aside from the pumpkin beers, fall is typically characterized by Oktoberfest style beers. But does anyone really know what an Oktoberfest beer is? How is this style of beer any different from festbier, Märzen, or the classic Vienna lager? Here in America, we do not have the rich history of lager style beers that Europe, and in particular G ...

Samuel Adams Announces 2014 National LongShot American Homebrew Hospitality-Industry.com (press release) BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2014 - The brewers at Samuel Adams today proudly announce the latest in a line of talented and imaginative LongShot American Homebrew Contest winners, at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver - craft beer's most ...

This week, the unremitting beery calendar flicks around to one of the true highlights of the year: The Independent Manchester Beer Convention (or IMBC, IndyMan, IndyManBeerCon, depending on how you want to pad out a paragraph). 2014 will be the third running of the annual pool party, and having been to the previous two, I’m ... The post I ...

Sleaford Target Sleaford pub wins place in CAMRA good beer guide Sleaford Target A Sleaford pub has been recognised for the quality of its real ale in the Campaign for Real Ale Good Beer Guide. The Packhorse Inn in Northgate, Sleaford, has been included in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2015, which was released earlier in September. More tha ...

Real Ale lovers flock to Ascot Racecourse for the CAMRA Beer Festival Bracknell News The town's eighth CAMRA Beer Festival had more than 20,000 people enter through the racecourse's gates on Friday and Saturday as part of its Autumn Racing Weekend, while included Flat racing as well as the beverages on offer. Visitors had the ...

Guardian Liberty Voice Great American Beer Festival 2014 Winners Announced Guardian Liberty Voice The Great American Beer Festival was held on Thursday October 2 through Saturday October 4 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. The three-day-long festival was a chance to taste and savor over 3,500 of the best beers brewed in Amer ...