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Three breweries have/are entering the Eastern Iowa market in the next few weeks. Great Divide is here, New Holland Brewing is on their way, and Lagunitas has had a little trickle of their beers around but a big rollout is coming. Adding those three breweries along with all the others that are currently on our shelves, the wonderful dilemma of w ...

The Tin Roof Single Hop Series at the Avenue Pub on Tuesday Things started ramping up last night- went to Avenue Pub to try the Tin Roof single hop series and its experimental sour beer, then off to the Bulldog Mid City to get my hands on the Chafunkta-Gnarly Barley collaboration, Black Tooth Grin. If you missed the collaboration last night, f ...

Regular Friday tours at Tin Roof Brewing have been on hold for several months while construction has been underway at the brewery. First was the installation of new floor drains, followed by a new brewhouse, and then the build out of a new taproom. Things are finally wrapping up, and the tasting room is almost ready to open for business. W ...

USA TODAY Starbucks tries offering beer-flavored Dark Barrel Latte Los Angeles Times As it kicks off pumpkin spice season, Starbucks is also trying out a beer-flavored coffee drink, the Dark Barrel Latte. The nonalcoholic beverage includes a chocolaty, stout-flavored sauce, whipped cream and dark caramel drizzle, and it's being tested ...

Well now, wasn’t that just a fun way to spend a Saturday? The seventh annual Hopfest went down at Isleta Casino, with a lot of beer choices (seriously, a lot) to sort through. For all four original Crew members, plus at least two from the Bullpen, and our assorted friends, we’re pretty sure we collectively tried about half the beers ...

Every year I take part in one of the most unique of homebrew competitions: Byggvir's Big Beer Cup.  This competition takes place on site at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, a place I have been visiting since I was a child.  As a result of being on site, Byggvir's has some challenges involved: getting the beers and equipment into th ...

Got this from the Founders Brewing crew. A chocolate raspberry stout sounds delicious! FOUNDERS BREWING CO. TO INTRODUCE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY STOUT FOR HOLIDAYS Big Lushious Marks the Eleventh Release in Founders’  Popular Backstage Series GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., September 22, 2014 – Founders Brewing Co. will introduce Big Lushious ...

Goose Island is the latest brewery setting off on a tour of the country. Their Migration Week lands in Kansas City next week at Bier Station, the Flying Saucer and the Foundry in Westport. Brewers and educators from Goose Island will be in town to talk with you face-to-face while pouring some of their best beer. A ...

Stoke Sentinel Minton Real Ale Festival will feature beer with religious themes Stoke Sentinel BEER lovers are set for a 'heavenly' experience after the curate behind a real ale festival selected tipples with a religious theme. Visitors to this year's Minton Real Ale Festival can pull up a pew and enjoy a range of ales – from a P ...

Uinta's Fresh-hopped, Simcoe bomb, Wet-n-Wyld is finally back! These "wet hop" beers only happen once a year when you can get the hops from the vine and into the beer in less than 30 hours. This beer is brilliant when fresh. The first week's sip will taste much different than the 3rd weeks sip so get on it fast! Wet-n-Wyld will be on tap at ...