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Market Garden Brewery, Hoppin' Frog and Thirsty Dog all have their spicy brewed versions ready to go. With great fanfare, Great Lakes Brewing Co. tapped its Christmas Ale on Thursday, Oct. 24, and it will begin bottle sales Thursday, Oct. 31. Here is ...

Stick a cork in it. Wine is done. Fancy beers in oversize bottles are the hottest items on drink lists at swank restaurants and bars across the city — and these high-end brews are starting to get the respect once reserved for their grape-based ... 15 beer and wine facts that may surprise youMilwaukee Journal Sentinel Brew vs. cru: Cookbook writer John Holl thinks beer pairs better with foodThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 5 news articles »

McDonald said he'd spent a lot of time in recent years thinking about the best path forward for the brewery he started in 1989 and built into the 12th-largest craft brewery in the United States. While the decision wasn't easy, after nearly 25 years of ...

Woodfour is an artisan brew pub, a space for brewmaster and co-owner Seth Wood to craft beers such as Wet Hop Session Ale No. 1 ($3.50 for 8 ounces; $5 for 16 ounces), made with hops grown at nearby Wildo Ranch. But there's more. Under chef Jamil ...

A definition of insanity: Trying to chart a one-path-pleases-all course through San Diego Beer Week's more than 600 events. Even a 10-day “week,” beginning Friday and running through Nov. 10, lacks enough time to try everything. Perhaps your best ... San Diego Beer Week beginsSan Diego CityBEAT all 2 news articles »

Coming from a small regional brewery, such beers wouldn't raise eyebrows. Craft brewers are supposed to think outside the box. Dogfish Head in Milton, Del., has incorporated grapes in several of its beers, and Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Md., has ... South Africans Acquire Taste for Craft BeersVoice of America More big beer makers are happy to go hoppyUSA TODAY What Others Say: Craft-beer purchase barrier should fall (Savannah Morning ...Online Athens Newsradio 620 -Suburban Life Publications all 27 news articles »

October 30, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A piece of the new Lagunitas brew house on the Southwest Side stopped traffic Wednesday as the brewery construction continues. A huge piece of equipment, one of the last pieces to come in for the 250,000-barrel ... Lagunitas brewing equipment makes its way through Chicago streetsVoices all 2 news articles »

To listen to some of my beer snob friends talk, Belgium invaded Kansas this month. Figuratively, of course -- the Belgians have not been serious aggressors since the times of Julius Caesar, and even then they were better known for superior waffle ... It's a Good Thing When Your Brewery Sells OutEsquire (blog) Belgian firm Duvel Moortgat buying Missouri's Boulevard BrewingWCPO Boulevard Brewery Founder John McDonald Discusses Exit StrategyKCUR Kansas City Star all 8 news articles »

This Saturday, the American Homebrewers Association is hosting its 15th annual Learn to Homebrew Day, to encourage those who've been curious about how to make their own beer but haven't made the leap to do it yet. It's surprising how easy it can be to ...

For years the Lanes' kitchen table served the testing grounds for homebrewed beers, but their brewing dreams eventually grew too big for their Brookfield house. So they packed up that table, complete with a scratch along its top from the time the ...