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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 Crux Fermentation Project Doublecross Dark Belgian-Style Ale. I picked this bottle up at the brewery. From the Crux Fermentation Project website: “A vibrant reddish-black hue, substantial body and pleasant headiness g ...

Watch for James Davidson’s account of the 2014 Stone brew day soon.Media Release2014 Stone Beer ReleaseCompared to Stone Brew Day’s balmy clear night in March, where the faces of friends and locals glowed orange from the heat of the fire, there’s now a chill in the air. The transition into the darker Wintery months has begu ...

This past weekend Lucid Brewing in Minnetonka hosted the third American Homebrewer's Association (AHA) rally to be held in Minnesota.  The first was held by Surly several years back and they pioneered a new trend in rallies of giving away freshly brewed wort to the attendees.  The second rally was last year at Summit and included plen ...

As the craft beer scene in Fort Smith continues its upward trend (see recent Times Record article), a new participant begins preparations to take the city by storm. The dirt work for Sodie’s Wine & Spirits has begun in the Leigh Avenue Business Park at 5401 Phoenix Avenue (corner of Phoenix and Leigh Ave) and is planned to open p ...

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. E-Rock, left, has uncovered all the beers worth sneaking up on this week. Ticke ...

Even when warm weather approaches I still like to kick back on the deck on a summer evening and enjoy some stouts. Imperial stouts are usually associated with cold weather but I would consider them year-round. There are quite a few good ones out there right now and with Central Waters Brewing entering our market (www.centralwaters.com) Smooth a ...

Events happening in Virginia 7 May 2014 11:00 – 16:00 Blue Mountain Brewery Hop Stringin’ Party #Afton Come on out to help us string hops from 11am-4pm on Wednesday, May 7th. Feel free to enjoy a cold beverage while you work and if you volunteer for 2 hours, lunch is on us! Live music by ...

Last year, Charleston’s Circa 1886 hosted what it dubbed a Beer and Blue Jeans Dinner – an informal beer dinner for such an upscale restaurant – featuring a multi-course meal and spotlighting Westbrook. The event returns Friday, June 13, with a new local brewery in the spotlight: Freehouse The four-course meal p ...

Last year’s CT Beer Week went so well, 2014 will bring not just one, but TWO weeks celebrating locally brewed beer. May 12-18 is the first week, and October 13-19 is the second. The spring beer week has plenty of events going on across the state. The week kicks off with the 4th annual Rising Pint Brewfest, which takes place May 10 at Ren ...

Bananas A Modern American Diner to close, will become Mills Brewpub Orlando Sentinel (blog) Bananas A Modern American Diner is closing and will become Mills Brewpub this summer. "After four years and close to one half million meals served, Bananas Diner will cease service after Mothers Day Brunch this Sunday," said co-owner Eddie Nickel ...