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Scott Smith believes small breweries like his East End Brewery could save thousands of dollars annually if antiquated federal excise taxes laws were revamped to help make them more competitive. East End Brewery is growing and in November moved from ... and more »

When Durango, Colorado-based craft beer company Ska Brewing first chose to favor canning instead of bottling their beer, it was all about practicality — glass bottles simply didn't mesh with the founders' outdoorsy lifestyle. "Bottles are no good for ... and more »

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI – History is being remade at Bell's Brewery Comstock facility as custom woodworkers reconstruct 100-year-old fermenters once used by Stroh Brewing Co. in Detroit. Last year, Bell's obtained the 8-foot-tall wooden barrels, 12-feet ... Bell's Brewery restoring 100 year old fermentation barrelsWKZO all 2 news articles »

He was looking at some property in the Charlevoix area with an eye on building his own brewery when he met Dan Casey, chief executive officer of the St. Clair County Economic Development Alliance. “We were talking and I knew that Ed and Vicki were ...

Steve King said Friday that President Barack Obama should invite the Missouri rodeo clown who performed a stunt with a bull while wearing an Obama mask to the White House for a beer summit. King tweeted out the suggestion: Mr. President: Invite the ... Rep. Steve King tells Obama to solve rodeo controversy with a beer summitWashington Times Steve King: Missouri Rodeo Clown 'Not About Race'TPM all 94 news articles »

Tina Rosenberg writes about a Texas employer that dropped its health insurance company and self-insured, gaining some surprising insights into the health care system. [New York Times]. A study finds that troubled teens make better entrepreneurs, writes ...

A chance connection has led to new owners and a fresh perspective at the Quay Street Brewing Co. Dennis Doyle and his wife, Janne, are in the final stages of purchasing the brewery from Ed and Vicki Peterson, who founded Quay Street in 1997.

BLOOMINGTON — With nationwide beer sales slumping, beer lovers still have reason to rejoice: Sales of craft beer by smaller brewers increased over the past year, and there haven't been this many choices since before Prohibition. Rob Lamson picked up a ...

When Durango, Colorado-based craft beer company Ska Brewing first chose to favor canning instead of bottling their beer, it was all about practicality -- glass bottles simply didn't mesh with the founders' outdoorsy lifestyle. "Bottles are no good for ...

Overall UK beer sales have reduced in the past three years by more than 500 million pints while real ale has outperformed the market and even enjoyed a small increase in 2011, according to Camra. In the same period, more than 250 new real ale breweries ...