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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 101 North Brewing Company Naughty Aud Imperial Stout.  I enjoyed this beer during SF Beer Week and was happy to see it at California Craft Beer (here) in Fremont. From the 101 North Brewing Company website: “Blac ...

There is something about that new brewery smell that brings a smile to my face. It’s not even the wonderful aroma of the first batch of beer, since a lot of the time these first visits the Crew goes on are before brewing has even begun. It’s that smell of fresh paint, sawdust, and overall newness that just permeates every corner of ...

Date: Sun, 07/13/2014 - 12:00pm Featuring Craft Beer + Local Seasonal Food Whole Foods Market | Short Pump Truck on site serving up amazing fresh recipes! Cooking demos, beer pairings, Whole Foods Beet Box (a seasonal veggie box for pre-order to go home!) dinner recipes, all available for purchase for supper Sunday night. Sunda ...

Barley John's is now accepting brewery memberships. The award winning New Brighton, MN Brewpub has been working on opening a production brewery in New Richmond, WI for some time now and it looks like things are progressing nicely. Barley John’s is now accepting brewery memberships appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by A ...

On April 26th, the fine folks at Motley Brews, along with 80+ breweries, descended upon downtown Las Vegas, and unleashed the 2014 Great Las Vegas Festival of Beer. This year’s incarnation was both the biggest, and arguably the best festival to date, boasting more events, breweries, and food than ever before. Downtown was a fantastic s ...

Back in January, I reported that Cigar City was in negotiations with South Carolina distributors to begin shipping its product to the Palmetto State as part of a regional expansion throughout the Southeast. Well, it’s the middle of the year, and there’s no Jai Alai or Maduro Brown on South Carolina shelves yet, but the ...

For those just coming into this post for the first time, please read Day 1's exploits HERE.  This write-up came about during a trip for Limited Release for the Barrel Aged Abraxas release at Perennial Brewing.  I might have been reading Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas at the time... Chapter 4: Urp The black-out curtains worke ...

MILFORD — You have to hand it to brewpubs — they mean what they say. The Arbor Microbrewery (formerly Corner Brewery) is in fact on a corner. The late, great Leopold Brothers was indeed owned by brothers named Leopold. And River’s Edge? Yep, it’s on a river. Located in downtown Milford, the brewpub is bordered by Main St ...

The NSB team, (L-R) Doug, Ben, Jonny, Craig, Amaey. Photo by James Porteous, used with permission Now we’re past the summer solstice, the Edinburgh Festival looms large, just around the corner. But, before then, time has come for another of the city’s annual happenings; this year’s Natural Selection Brewing release is set to h ...

Media Release4 Hearts Brewing announces new brewery in IpswichThe heritage listed 88 Limestone complexThree and a half years since the first keg of 4 Hearts Pale Ale was sold 4 Heart’s dream of building a brewery in the Ipswich region has finally come to fruition.The brewery will feature a 1200L Brew-house with 1200L and 2400L Uni-tank ...