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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 Auburn Ale House PU240 Imperial IPA. From the Auburn Ale House website: “Named after the isotope essential for nuclear grade weapons, this “Weapons Grade Ale” is the hop bomb you didn’t see coming!At ...

I see that I last posted on Wednesday, and a lame filler post at that.  Well, guess what?  More filler!  An article making the rounds today comes from the Chicago Tribune, recounting the grim beer scene in Germany.  I've been reading these articles for years, and to be fair, they reflect the mood of breweries in the grand ol ...

Amid all the recent news and rumors about new breweries springing up around Albuquerque, all of us in the Crew were surprised when one place we had never heard about suddenly sent us a message on Facebook. That was all by design, as Franz Solo and I found out when we trekked over to the as-yet-unopened Pi Brewing Company. Located on Coors Blvd. ...

I should have a new blog out tomorrow, but that will be too late for this piece of news: Reservations for this year's Culmination Beer Festival open tomorrow, April 22nd, at 9 AM. Tickets are $100 each and can be reserved with a credit card at: https://www.theculminationfestival.com/#reservations Remember, your card is only used to ...

This upcoming Saturday, the largest beer festival in Las Vegas will take place downtown. If you haven’t already, purchase your tickets here. Assuming you have your tickets, the next course of action is to take a look at the festival map here. Start planning out which booths you want to visit, to ensure that you get samples of all the beer ...

Quinton McClain was kind enough to take time out from a very busy schedule to answer some questions about his new brewery, Lion Bridge Brewery in Cedar Rapids, IA. I’ve been multiple times now and absolutely love what Quinton and his staff is going. The smoked chocolate stout is amazing and the Mad Max is terrific as well. Check out Quint ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Santa Clara Valley Brewing New Almaden Red Imperial Red Ale. I picked up this bottle at Royal Liquors in San Jose (here). If you get a chance, head in there and tell ‘em that Mark from NorCal Beer Blog sent you.  ...

Such a magical place… Greetings faithful readers and beer connoisseurs, the NMDSBC is here to bring you another installment in the Brewology series!  With a few amateur home brewers in our collective, these articles are dedicated to the craft of making beer right out of our homes from scratch. We attempt to document the process ...

“Oh, sweet friends! hearken to me. It was made of small juicy clams, scarcely bigger than hazel nuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt.” —Ishmael; Moby Dick Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione, being the lite ...

Welcome to the HI Beer Blast, your weekly guide to what’s new at Hawaii’s best craft beer bars, restaurants, brewpubs and more. You’ll also find info on local beer events. New blasts go out every week on Thursdays. 1. Real A Gastropub New Beers: Sierra Nevada Clown Car Gold Sierra Nevada Ryeday the 13th Sierra Nevada O&rsquo ...