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It is one of my (now not so) secret desires to write a book about traditional beers and fruit wines.  They are cultural sturgeon--artifacts from a far, far earlier age.  Whether it's ancient African or Peruvian beer or Indian palm wine, sitting down with a glass is a ritual you can imagine ancestors doing 100 years ago.  Add tepa ...

Lincolnshire Echo The Taphouse brewer hopes to pull in the punters with real ale pub Lincolnshire Echo Brewer Aaron Taylor has realised a lifetime's ambition by opening a traditional town centre bar selling real ale, cider and perries. Mr Taylor has teamed up with good friend and former workmate Dan Wilkinson to launch the new venture. ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Anderson Valley Brewing Company Huge Arker Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout. As a HUGE fan of Anderson Valley Brewing Company I was really looking forward to trying this one. From the Anderson Valley Brewing Company website: & ...

Bites: New gay bar, coffee roasters, brewpub, more Berkeleyside HOI POLLOI BREWPUB Also on Shop Talk was news that Hoi Polloi Brewpub & Beat Lounge is getting closer to opening at 1763 Alcatraz Ave. (at Adeline, next door to Easy Creole restaurant) in Berkeley. We first told you about this nano-brewery in March ... and more& ...

This past easter weekend I took a short drive down to Fredericksburg Virginia with my family to check out this beer festival. The weather could not have been any better, clear skies not too hot basically perfect for a beer festival. The beer festival had a wonderful selection, with breweries from all over the country to include Sweet Water, &n ...

Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company is located in Post Falls in North Idaho and with its Abbey Themed comfortable tap room it is the perfect place to meet friends or just enjoy a flight of tasters of their brews while sitting at the bar. The beers that they brew are all done in the Belgian style and there is something for just about every palate ...

Have you heard?  Arkansas has more delicious craft beer within its borders today than ever before.  Yup, we are living in a golden age – let’s all hop aboard the flavor train!  With all these new beers flooding our state, we thought it was time to update our ‘Guide To Flavor Awesomeness’.  This guide ...

Sometimes a film will hit really close to home, even when it’s about a home on the other side of the country. Rock, Rage, and Self-Defense, a new documentary by Leah Michaels and Rozz Therrien is on tour now (it stops in Connecticut on May 1-2). While it covers a subject matter that stems from an event that took place over 20 years ago, i ...

The Beer Lover's Guide to The Carolinas features breweries, brewpubs and beer bars geared toward hop heads looking to seek out the best beers--from bitter seasonal IPAs to rich, dark stouts--both North Carolina and South Carolina have to offer. Beer Lover's guides also offer beer receipes for home brewers, regional food recipes that incorpor ...

Explore with the  NJCB Membership Club and save! Visit the digital list of craft beer-centric businesses that have joined into the New Jersey Craft Beer Membership Club or view the full list in a PDF.  The digital list makes it easy to see what those businesses have done in the past. Dig deep and start exploring! How ...