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The Beer Spectator: Four Blogs Craft Beer Beginners Should Be Reading American Spectator (blog) BeervanaBuzz.com—For general insights about the craft beer market, especially in the Pacific Northwest, read Pete Dunlop's blog. He covers major trends in the industry, especially in relation to macro breweries like Anheuser-Busch InBev ...

Mad Fox Teams Up with “Big O and Dukes Show” for Collaborative Beer New Brew to be unveiled during American Craft Beer Week at May 16 Tapping Party Falls Church, VA (May 8, 2014) — Mad Fox Brewing Company, known for working with a variety of regional brewers to create memorable collaborative beers, is pleased ... ...read mor ...

Four friends have created a beer cafe designed for two things: drinking and hanging out. ...read more The post Cask Cafe: Beer, cheese, and things that growl(er) in the night appeared first on VA Beer Trail.

Finally, Someone Made Homebrewing Easy & Beautiful BostInno I once received a homebrew kit in the mail. It arrived in a box the size of a ride-on lawnmower, probably with more parts, too. One of the glass tubes was broken. The instruction manual weighed more than a growler. I never did get that IPA I was after ...

Another Raleigh brewery is eyeing an expansion into the Palmetto State soon, making it the third from the city to move south. According to a posting on ProBrewer, Raleigh’s Big Boss Brewing Co. is looking to hire a Charleston-based sales rep as they’ll be expanding into South Carolina in the near future. There’s no t ...

Day 5 of our fabulous trip took us from Brussels to join the rest of our organized tour through Beertrips.com in Ghent.  We awoke this fine day to a return of sun and pleasant weather in the mid-60's.  We didn't have a lot of time left in my new favorite city, but were able to wander the cobbled streets and take in a bit more of t ...

There's good amount of new stuff out today, Enjoy! Hoppers Helles Festbier: German pilsener malt, Vienna and Munich malt. Lightly hopped with  German Spalter Select and Hallertau Mittlelfrüh hops. GABF 2013 Gold Munich Style Helles Lager. 4.0% ABV  Rogue Beard Beer: One of those beers with a bit of ewww factor. The ...

A case of mistaken identity Somehow a gambling bill became a liquor bill Thursday when Rep Joe Atkins (D) added a bevvy of liquor provisions from the existing liquor omnibus liquor bill, but none that would include Sunday growlers for small Minnesota brewers. Rep Atkins tried to justify the unusual procedures by shifting blame to ... The post O ...

Reading Post Contest finds two acts for the Real Ale and Jazz Festival in July Reading Post Jazz musicians battled it out at the finals of the Real Ale and Jazz Festival Introducing Competition last week and in a surprise twist two performers were crowned joint winners. Reading singer Nicole Johnson and The Mills Tones Dance Band from& ...

Tamworth Herald Too many do not value their pubs, says CAMRA Tamworth Herald They will also be interested to know that the rate of closure of Britain's boozers has increased by two pubs a week since last year, and that CAMRA has urged the Government to help prevent such closures by setting up a pub watchdog to protect licensees .. ...