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Charleston’s Revelry Brewing Co. is inching closer to its official opening day, and in the run-up to their grand opening, the fledgling brewery has started an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to aid in their purchase of a few remaining pieces of equipment. Wednesday, Revelry announced it had started a crowdfunding campaign&nb ...

Upon returning back to real life and reflecting upon the Beer Blogger's conference last month, I have come to the conclusion that: 1) San Diego is awesome and four days to explore the beer culture there is just starting to scratch the surface; and 2) I love hanging out with my beer geek tribe. Meeting folks from all over, united by beer, and ha ...

Porter Pounder and I went over to Red Door Brewing’s sneak preview Tuesday afternoon and came away quite impressed. Much like Boxing Bear did earlier this summer, Red Door took the time to perfect their first batches of beer and it showed. We already talked about the general ambiance and setup for Red Door, so we don’t need to repea ...

Great Raft Brewing is at it again. They’ve released a couple of seasonals in bombers (All My Tomorrows was a hoppy saison and Grace & Grit was a double IPA), and now comes another one. At Arm’s Length will be an India pale lager and will be available in 22 ounce bottles beginning September 25th at the brewery. At Arm’s Len ...

It’s almost my favorite time of year again: GABF week! The Great American Beer Festival is something to get very excited about. But even for those not attending the festival, there are endless other great beer events going on before, during and after it. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been reading about dozens of upcoming tappin ...

In the United States, the word “hops” has come to be synonymous with “West Coast,” and not without reason: 98% of the 39,272 acres grown are located in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.  While the Northwest will remain the primary American growing region for years to come, brewers and drinkers around the country ar ...

One of Belgium’s better beer festivals is coming up soon. The Modeste Beer Festival, held on the grounds and buildings of Brouwerij De Koninck in Antwerp, is set for Saturday and Sunday, October 4-5. The hours are 11 am to 7 pm, which will give you plenty of time to explore Antwerp’s many great beer…The post Antwerp’s ...

Gloucestershire Echo Camra awards for local pubs The Courier Jonathan Stewart, owner of the Royal Arch pub in Broughty Ferry, and his son, also Jonathan, landlord of the Speedwell Tavern in Perth Road, Dundee, were among those recognised by branch members of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) last week. Kelham Island Tavern in line for ...

Well, the Utah Brewers Cooperative keeps cranking out the new releases. Today's newest offering was just packaged yesterday. Wasatch Apple-A-Day Ale is an beer-cider hybrid that is just in time to take advantage of the huge popularity in ciders right now. At 5.0% ABV it's still sessionable but it won't put the hurt on you either. It's d ...

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