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That meant food and entertainment, which meant you had to open brewpubs. As of June, the beer industry has ballooned to nearly 2,538 breweries, according to the Brewers Association craft beer industry group. That growing community also includes 1,165 ...

Bach's Homebrew returns to action off a layoff since June 7 as he faces a field of six other Nebraska-breds in the $15,000-added Amadevil Stakes going six furlongs on Saturday evening at Columbus Races. Bach's Homebrew is winless in his six starts this ...

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 ...

Long Island City's minuscule Big Alice Brewery — a two-month-old outfit already known for using such ingredients as purple potatoes, morels, kumquats and honey in its concoctions — will show off a new Lemongrass Tumeric White Lager and a Curry Leaf ...

Blue Palms Brewhouse celebrated its fifth anniversary last Sunday with a party that collected nearly 100 kegs from dozens of breweries, and one of L.A.'s craft beer pioneers was at the center of it all. The festivities weren't limited to Blue Palms ...

With the creation of David's Slingshot Hoppy Summer Lager, beer maker Jeremy Cowan is evoking the image of the legendary battle between David and Goliath — a match-up that's also apt for Cowan himself. Though still a small player in the world of craft ...

Marshall Free House will serve beer brewed by Pig Pounder Brewery, another Kotis creation. Construction started this week on the brewery, located in a 3,700-square-foot free-standing warehouse building that Kotis owns at 1107 Grecade St. Windsor ...

Brooklyn Center-based craft brewer Surly was the impetus behind the so-called Surly Bill, a 2011 law that would allow the breweries to sell pints of beer on their premises, a crack in previous laws that separated the roles of alcohol manufacturers ...

Thirsty Dog Brewery in Akron has been more than a little busy. John Najeway has been balancing his time between an expansion project and preparing for release of an eclectic array of beers. Production of his ales and beers pushed Najeway into the ...

Holding up a sampler glass filled with a really refreshing honey hibiscus ale, Chris Krueger of Underground Homebrew feels confident. "The city's been talking about this, too," he says. "It's a tourism thing, and the economic development group's like ... and more »