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If you haven’t checked it out already, here is the list of the Great American Beer Festival winners. What is this big beer ordeal you may ask?  The GABF is the Superbowl of beer.  YES, it’s that awesome. A special congrats to our boys Green Flash for winning a medal with La Freak, and another special high five to our new c ...

As we’ve written about many times, Arkansas is finally experiencing a beer renaissance. We’ve also stated many, many times in the past: “Listen, Arkansas will catch up…. Just look at these other states (pointing fingers at Missouri and North Carolina) and that’s the future!” Well my friends, the future is ha ...

Beer Review: Prairie Cherry Funk Style: American Wild Ale (Sour Ale aged on cherries) ABV: 7.5% Drink if you like: Tree fruit, SweetTarts, monogamy, and beakers. Prairie Artisan Ales, how we love you. You bring us fresh World-Class beers from just across our state line. The beautiful art on your label foreshadows the wonderful flavors foun ...

It’s a wonderful time in the Natural State right now. You may be agreeing with me in your head, and why wouldn’t you? The cool fall weather is wonderful, the Hogs have won a few games, your spouse is distracted with parent teacher conference stuff, and everyone seems in a great mood. The real reason everyone is in a good mood is sim ...

Beer Review: Saison Dupont Style: Saison/Farmhouse ABV: 6.5% Drink if you like: Clean flavors, Belgian farm hands, Boston Celtics, grass, summer. Although we’ve mentioned this glorious beer in previous articles, such as here, here, here, here, and here…it only recently came to our attention that in three years ...

Beer Review: Caldera Ashland Amber Style: Amber Ale ABV: 5.4% Drink if you like: Balanced flavors, caramel, trophies, ninjas, and aluminum. Much to the delight of craft beer enthusiasts, great beers are rolling into our state at a frequency we’ve never before seen. Brewers have taken notice of the evolving palates in Arkansas and they ...

We shall continue this week with Chris Butler’s account of beer exploration!   In case you missed last week, click here and delight in joy of a beer blogger’s tour…..or sit there and steam with jealousy.  Either one calls for a beer! Yes! That’s a brewery! Next up, set apart from the others for many reasons, b ...

Arkansas Beer Blog was recently invited by the Fayetteville Visitors Bureau to a special Fayetteville Ale Trail weekend blogger get-away. We decided to send our intrepid blogger Chris Butler, who is the top gun in our Arkansas Spotlight Series. Let’s give Chris a sad, sad nod at his horrible duty to travel, drink beer, eat food, and recou ...

It’s finally getting hot here in Arkansas. We can now look forward to sweltering heat until Halloween…. Then some wonderful cool air, followed by more sweltering heart. Many of us beer geeks change our drinking preferences with the weather. Some nights may call for something special, while days may call for something more appropria ...

Beer Review: Evil Twin The Cowboy Style: Smoked Pilsner ABV: 5.5% Drink if you like: Light lagers, horses, tumbleweed, American history, campfires, an honest living. So you want to be a cowboy… Cowboys, as known in American history, have been around for hundreds of years. To this day, they are celebrated for being tough, rugged, and ...