Walmart making more room for craft beer
According to Advertising Age, the world’s largest retailer is jumping on the craft beer bandwagon and adding more space in its stores for craft brews.
read moreBrewery builds electric truck to deliver beer
Happy Earth Day! We’ve talked a lot about how beer and homebrewing can be good for the environment and brewers who consider the impact of their business on the earth, but this is really cool. A Canadian brewer has converted an antique truck to electric to deliver their beer. They apparently are known for using [...]
read moreABITA BEER Releases iPhone App
Here is a press release from Abita Beer on it’s new iPhone app….I am downloading now! ABITA BEER – THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT! Abita Beer Launches First Of Its Kind iPhone App (New Orleans, LA) –The Abita Brewing Company is pleased to announce the launch of the new “Abita App” for iPhone®, iPod touch® [...]
read morePLOW-TO-PINT BEER FROM THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
I was talking to a local Chef, and he metioned this beer to me Fullsteam From beer made of sweet potatoes to a beer named Hogwash, this brewery in Durham, North Carolina is inspired by the agricultural and culinary traditions of the South. Our mission is to craft a distinctly Southern beer style using local [...]
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Properly Carbonated Draft Beer
Thanks to James C Neu of DraftMore for this great information on CO2 and beer. The carbonation level of the beer is determined by the brewer to match the style of the beer. Generally speaking, ales and stouts are designed with lower levels of carbonation, whereas lagers are generally carbonated at higher levels. At higher [...]
Beer Culture
Brewery builds electric truck to deliver beer
Happy Earth Day! We’ve talked a lot about how beer and homebrewing can be good for the environment and brewers who consider the impact of their business on the earth, but this is really cool. A Canadian brewer has converted an antique truck to electric to deliver their beer. They apparently are known for using [...]
Home Brewing
The WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery
Now this looks interesting. A personal brewery. The WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery from WilliamsWarn on Vimeo. They say commercial quality beer in 7 Days…http://www.williamswarn.com/
The Business of Beer
Walmart making more room for craft beer
According to Advertising Age, the world’s largest retailer is jumping on the craft beer bandwagon and adding more space in its stores for craft brews.
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Open The Taps Fundraiser at Southern Star Brewing
Open The Taps (a grassroots organization dedicated to changing Texas beer laws and regulations) is holding their first fundraiser of 2012 on Sunday, February 12th from 2pm ~ 5pm at Southern Star Brewing in Conroe. Only 100 Tickets are being sold for the event which will be available for purchase to current members of the [...]
Independence Brewing Wins National Award
Independence Brewing of Austin, TX received a 2012 Good Food Award for their Convict Hill Stout at an awards ceremony that took place in San Fransisco last night. The Good Food Awards, now in its second year, grants awards to outstanding American food producers and the farmers who provide their ingredients in such categories as [...]
January Glass Nights at the Ginger Man
The Ginger Man has released their list of Glass Nights for the month of January (sorry, late on posting this and missed the first two already, too busy drinking beer and not posting about it): 18th – Magic Hat frosted glasses 25th – Rahr mugs The glasses are available starting at 6:00pm and only one glass [...]
Rising Tide – Polaris
Sitting in the Newark airport, waiting for a delayed flight on a cold and drizzly day, I stared out the window and lamented what I was missing. Rising Tide, one of my favorite Maine breweries was offering a limited release of my favorite beer of theirs after aging it in bourbon barrels. Though I couldn’t [...]
Rising Tide – Polaris
Sitting in the Newark airport, waiting for a delayed flight on a cold and drizzly day, I stared out the window and lamented what I was missing. Rising Tide, one of my favorite Maine breweries was offering a limited release of my favorite beer of theirs after aging it in bourbon barrels. Though I couldn’t [...]
Sebago – Slick Nick
For the last few years, Portland, ME based brewer Kai Adams of Sebago Brewing company gets on the radio and announces the arrival of Slick Nick, their winter seasonal brew. And at that moment, I am often happy that the beer has come back, but also feel a twinge of sadness about the true end [...]
Throwback Brewery – Fat Alberta
I first met the ladies of Throwback brewing this summer while writing up a very short piece on NH’s newest brewery. Throwback Brewing has the unique focus of being a “throw back” to the times when brewers used whatever ingredients the could find around them, and made their beer with care. This modern North Hampton, [...]
Jester King Issues Bottle Recall
Jester King Craft Brewery has issued a recall on bottles of their Commercial Suicide and urges anyone who purchased a bottle to return it to the retailer or directly to the brewery. From their press release: A few weeks ago, we posted about an issue with Commercial Suicide bottles continuing to ferment beyond the projected [...]
Deschutes – Hop in the Dark C.D.A.
After traveling safely in my suitcase, wrapped in my finest dirty clothes, this little bottle of Oregon-born craft beer glory made it back from the Beer Blogger’s Conference (July) to my apartment in one piece. I picked this one up at Saraveza, just one of those places that if you’re in Portland, OR you have [...]
Redhook – Winterhook
So considering that this is the forecast for tomorrow… …and it is still October… I thought it was safe to review a winter seasonal beer. I admit that when it comes to winter beer, I’m not often the first to reach for a winter seasonal. I usually just skip right to imperial stouts and settle [...]



