FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The federal government shutdown is giving some folks one more reason to cry in their beers: An obscure but powerful arm of the Treasury Department has stopped approving new brews. All new beers that get bottled or canned to be ... Now it's serious: Government shutdown hurting beer productionLos Angeles Times Shutdown Means No New Beer From Craft BrewersABC News Government Shutdown Stalls Craft Beer ProductionEater National Tampabay.com all 126 news articles »
Read More »From craft beer to solar panels: Shutdown squeezes Charlotte small businesses
Dr. Osbert Cheung, president of SBM Solar in Concord, said last year he worried about not being able fill all the U.S. military orders he got for the solar panels his company makes. But when defense employees were sent home by the government shutdown, ...
Read More »Shutdown affects approval of seasonal craft beers
The government shutdown is having an impact on one type of business you might not have thought of......beer. A craft beer company in Savannah, Georgia says it's been working for months to develop a new seasonal beer for the fall. But now they're not ...
Read More »New York state now has 14 ‘farm breweries,’ many in Central New York
Fourteen New York state breweries are now licensed under the state's year-old farm brewery law, which offers benefits to brewers who pledge to use New York grown or produced ingredients in their beers. Another 20 potential new farm breweries are in the ... Cuomo: NY farm brewery licenses are flowingPolitics on the Hudson (blog) Governor Cuomo Welcomes 14 Licensed Farm Breweries in New York StateLongIsland.com Cuomo welcomes 14 licensed farm breweries in New YorkThe Central New York Business Journal all 15 news articles »
Read More »Long Ireland Beer Co. becomes first LI farm brewery
Long Ireland Beer Co., in Riverhead, which has been operating as a regular microbrewery since 2011, is one of 14 farm breweries that have been approved this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. It is also the only one on Long Island, so far.
Read More »Meet Dave, A 19-Year-Old Craft Beer With A $2000 Price Tag
Hair of the Dog Brewery in Portland, Ore., makes a beer so rare, and so sought after, that it can fetch $2,000 a bottle. It's called Dave. And no, it's not something out of a Portlandia sketch. Dave is a barleywine — a strong, dark beer with 29 ... and more »
Read More »Meet Dave, A 19-Year-Old Craft Beer With A $2000 Price Tag
Hair of the Dog Brewery in Portland, Ore., makes a beer so rare, and so sought after, that it can fetch $2,000 a bottle. It's called Dave. And no, it's not something out of a Portlandia sketch. Dave is a barleywine — a strong, dark beer with 29 ... and more »
Read More »Berkeley: Pyramid Brewery workers protest layoffs
BERKELEY -- Cat Wiest, a laid-off Pyramid Brewery worker and shop steward, doesn't buy her bosses' contention that the company must furlough the 15 workers at its Gilman Street location for six to nine months while the facility undergoes upgrades. and more »
Read More »The Music That Inspires Goose Island [Behind The Brewery]
Let's just start off by saying that we love Goose Island. Brewing craft brewing is an art form; there are so many potential different choices of ingredients and ways to blend them together. But how does music play a role in that process? What music ...
Read More »Government Shutdown Stalls Craft Beer Production
It looks like the government shutdown is taking its toll on craft breweries as well as restaurants. According to the Associated Press, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is responsible for approving new breweries, recipes, and labels. DC shutdown puts crimp in Tampa Bay area craft beer businessTampabay.com Will No One Think Of The Poor Craft Beers Affected By The Government ...The Consumerist Shutdown Means No New Craft Beer from BrewersFox 28 MiamiHerald.com all 126 news articles »
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