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Craft beer has in recent years seen an unprecedented surge in popularity across the United States and Canada, as drinkers tire of mass-produced lagers and gravitate toward handcrafted, small-batch and often local beers, with many devotees even beginning to brew their own. This comprehensive book, written by an experienced craft brewer, provi ...

Wasatch Brew Pub in Sugar House Salt Lake City Weekly Wasatch Brew Pub recently opened the doors of its new location in Sugar House (2110 S. Highland Drive, 801-783-1127, WasatchBeers.com). Park City's Wasatch Brew Pub was founded in 1986 by Greg Schirf and was Utah's first microbrewery. Today ...

The guys at Batch are looking to hire a professional brewer to join their small, but growing, team.You’ll be expected to be an all-rounder contributing to brewery operations including material ordering, wort production, cellaring, packaging, lab work, maintenance and cleanliness. Occasionally we’ll require the odd delivery, and i ...

Calling all Good Beer People!Registrations for the festival described as “the best beer week in the world” opened today (October 1, 2014). The organisers of Good Beer Week are inviting anyone wishing to run an event at next year’s festival, which runs from May 16 to 24 across Melbourne and Victoria, to jump online and submi ...

So this past saturday was the 1st Smyth's Beer Garden Festival. It was many firsts, the First Beer Festival that Smyth's on The Square in Navan had hosted. Despite having one of the broadest ranges of craft beers in the county. More importantly it was also the first event i've organised from conception to inception to delivery. Nerve wracking s ...

Chicago Sun-Times Homebrew dreams get closer to reality at this new plant Chicago Sun-Times If friends swear your homebrew is so good they'd buy it, here's the first step to taking their money. Chicago Craft Bottling is making it easier to bottle homebrew, nonna's limoncello or any beverage for sale. The new company will even help you ...

Yesterday's light post--part of my only half-serious whinge series--provoked a surprising amount of very serious pushback.  A few of the comments appeared here, but far more on Facebook--the platform to which most discussion seems to be moving.  That pushback flowed down three main channels, and we shall deal with them all in due cour ...

There has been a LOT of news lately from Florida craft breweries. This writer is going to be out in Denver covering GABF, plugging The Great Florida Craft Beer Guide and Florida’s breweries, so there may be a lapse in … Continue reading →

We’re excited to bring back the Westside 10, a 10K/10-mile run (you choose) completely in Westside Atlanta. The race ends at the brewery, so that ain’t too bad. Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 13. Register now – we sold out last year and odds are we will sell out again this year. From Oct 1 – Nov 1, you can al ...

It’s time for the Great American Beer Festival! There’s nothing quite like 4+ hours of sampling dozens (hundreds?) of beers from all over the country. It is such a unique, fun experience. But when it comes time to leave, there is nothing fun about driving under the influence. There are plenty of ways to avoid ending up with a DUI ...