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GRAND RAPIDS — Seminars are a part of any conference that the most devoted of attendees geek out about — technical details, pie charts, information from the EXPERTS. Homebrewers are no exception. In fact, they may enjoy it more than most. With the intricacies of their field and the easy accessibility of so many experts at hand, the ...

Last week, I supported the idea that breweries, like food producers, should have to list their ingredients.  The proposal on the floor isn't even a labeling law: the activist raising the question wants breweries to voluntarily list their ingredients on their websites.  I'm still mystified that this is a controversial proposal, but it ...

Thanks to an amazing Stoke Newington Literary Festival I haven't had time to blog for about a month, which means I missed my chance to comment on the biggest visibility beer has had in national media for ages.  What a shame it had to be under such circumstances. Over the European elections last month, beer geeks across the country gloate ...

Sierra Nevada is about to set out on the inaugural Beer Camp Across America festival, an ambitious traveling beer extravaganza that invites every craft brewery in the country to participate. The festival will eventually make its way to Sierra Nevada’s new facility in Mills River, NC, and nine South Carolina breweries will be mak ...

Now that I have completed my mostly serious write up of my epic two week beer trip through Belgium and The Netherlands, I felt it was time to air some of the funnier stuff from the trip.  This particular post focuses all on childish potty humor, so please avert your gaze if this is not your thing! Living in America we take certain thing ...

Brewers invited to compete in Brew Do homebrew contest Roanoke Times The Blacksburg Partnership, in coordination with Bull & Bones Brewhaus & Grill and the New River Valley Brewer's Guild, announces the 6th annual Blacksburg Brew Do Homebrew Competition. Homebrewers from across the region are invited to see if their ...

One of Roanoke's newest breweries, Chaos Mountain, continues to keep things interesting with new beer releases. Building upon their “core” group of beers of Squatch Scotch Ale, Mad Hopper IPA, and Cocoborealis Stout, the brewery recently produced a Biere de Garde style ale which was available in their tasting room and at a couple ...

ColaDaily.com BOOST YOUR CRAFT BEER IQ Wyoming Tribune Think IPA is an acronym for a government agency? If asked what stout is, would you automatically think a scale was involved? Expand your knowledge of craft brew in time for the Wyoming Brewers Festival later this week. Ontario Craft Beer Week and BeyondTorontoist Brewery owners, ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Club Night. An extenuation of the Beer City Social Club, homebrew groups from all over the country use the evening to highlight who they are, what they are about and, most importantly, the beers they brew. Club Night is THE party — some of the best, award winning homebrewers are in attendance and the vibe of the ...

A few weeks ago we told you about the Utah DABC's renewed focus on how they would start dealing with single event permits that serve beer, wine and liquor. Basically the DABC stated that the intent of the rules for the single event permits were for non-profit orginazations only and that they would start to more closely scrutinize those "for pro ...