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We were asked by VT Beer to come up with our Vermont beer Dream Team 6 Pack. We chose 6 beers that we felt were representative of the landscape of Vermont beer today, were fairly easy acquire, and would realistically be able to fit into a real 6-pack. See if you would have made the same choices! 1. The Alchemist: Heady Topper It’s impossi ...

There are so many interesting things to write about right now.  I have remedial blogging to do on the question of bad beer.  There's Pete Coors' recent cri de coeur about big beer's struggles.  I've been sitting on a post about Old Town Brewing.  And there's the question of women, machismo, and beer styles--another post I'll ...

The name “Rock Bridge” can mean lots of things around Columbia, Missouri. It’s a high school. It’s a state park. And for the last two years, it’s a package brewery. Dave Brouder started Rock Bridge Brewing when his homebrewing hobby turned into an obsession. The other member of the Rock Bridge crew, Stu ...

Let’s welcome back our special guest writer Chris Butler from Siloam Springs AR.  He is returning with another “Arkansas Spotlight” series, featuring local establishments, breweries, watering holes and even holes-in-the-wall. Apple Blossom Brewing: A Budding Brewery http://appleblossombrewing.com/ (479) 287-4344 1550 ...

Editor’s note: We have been informed that La Cumbre and area liquor stores are running very low on bombers of Father Nelson, so hurry up and get yours before it’s all gone. — Stoutmeister My first taste of this wonderful ode to the glories of hops came on the day of its release, and I was so impressed that I took home a bomber ...

SUTTONS BAY — Construction has begun at the site of Suttons Bay’s first microbrewery — Hop Lot Brewing Co. Brothers Steve and Drew Lutke sought professional guidance from civil engineers, building architects and landscape architects to bring their idea of an ‘up north’ brewery to life. Site plans and architectural ...

Washington Post Beer meets gin: In the barrel, garden or both Washington Post The next time your bartender seems too serious, remember that he has nothing on the 18th-century British artist and satirist William Hogarth, for whom beer and gin were symbols of life and death. Consider Hogarth's engravings “Beer Street” and &ld ...

CAMRA chooses country's best ciders and perries MorningAdvertiser.co.uk ... ciders and perries from across the UK, with each cider and perry judged on aroma, flavour, after-taste and personal enjoyment. The winners were selected by a panel of judges including cider experts, drinks writers and CAMRA members. The winners were:.

Founders Brewing Company announces new Backstage Series release The Elkhart Truth Founders Brewing Co.'s Backstage Series began in 2011 with two of their most coveted beers ever, Blushing Monk (Belgian Raspberry Ale, 9.2% ABV), and CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout, imperial coffee stout, 10.6% ABV). Other beers in this series have& ...

Photos: Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno visits River Horse Brewing Co. in Ewing The Times, Trenton EWING — Even as its beer has been tapped, poured and drunk across the Northeast, the River Horse Brewing Co. has remained small. With National Small Business Week coming up next week, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno recently visited the brewery to  ...