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Enjoy Intercourse beer

Enjoy Intercourse beer

Craft brewers have to find ways to stand out in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Having a provocative name like Intercourse Brewing Company is definitely one way to do that. Courides founded the Intercourse Brewing Company (intercoursebrewingco.com), which she named after the rural Pennsylvania Amish community of Intercourse, ironically a dry town. The name always prompted [...]

$750 beer stuffed in a squirrel

$750 beer stuffed in a squirrel

We’ve written before about Brew Dog Brewery, the Scottish brewery that likes to push the envelope of brewing. Their latest extreme beer really takes the cake, though. It’s not enough to create a 55% ABV beer called “End of History”, they decided to stuff the bottles into dead animals (WTF?) and sell it for £500 [...]

North Carolina Hops For A Future

Hops are what gives beer it’s unique taste, bitterness and aroma. Researchers at N.C. State University are trying to see if Hops are a viable crop to grow. Hoping to build on the craft-brewing and local food movements, N.C. State University researchers in Raleigh and a handful of farmers in the mountains are growing experimental [...]

US House of Representatives supports “the goals and ideals of American Craft Beer Week”

US House of Representatives supports “the goals and ideals of American Craft Beer Week”

As you should know, we are in the middle of American Craft Beer Week. A month ago, House Resolution 1297 was introduced and sponsored by Betsy Markey of Colorado to recognize and support the goals and ideals of American Craft Beer Week. Yesterday, May 18, it passed. House Resolution 1297, sponsored by Rep. Betsy Markey, [...]

Craft Beer Week – The “Mother of All Beer Weeks”

Craft Beer Week – The “Mother of All Beer Weeks”

May 17 – 23 is the official American Craft Beer Week. There are events planned all over the country. Go to AmericanCraftBeerWeek.com and select your state to see what is going on close to you. From the Brewers Association: Beer lovers, craft brewers, homebrewers, beer distributors, retailers, and even U.S. Congress are all making special [...]

50 Beers To Try Before You Die!

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TAP – NY Beer Festival 2010

TAP – NY Beer Festival 2010

On Sunday, April 25 The Gaslight Brew Club and the Daraughboard15 Beer Appreciation Club had its annual  bus trip to one of the country’s most excellent beer festivals – TAP NY at Hunter Mountain. There we had the ability to sample beers from over forty breweries and enjoy great food. This is the groups most [...]

Brewer Travels The Abby Road

Brewer Travels The Abby Road

A 33 year old programmer tries to bring the monastic brewing tradition to Washington. The 33-year-old computer programmer is neither a monk nor Catholic, but as he surveys this emerald-green oasis in the midst of the city, he talks excitedly about his “American abbey project”: an attempt to bring the monastic brewing tradition to Washington. [...]

Video: From homebrewer to commercial brewer

Here is a video of some local news coverage of a small brewer who started as a homebrewer. I think this is every homebrewer’s dream. I know it’s mine! via http://twitter.com/HomeBrewTalk/status/8384230785

Scottish brewery makes 41% ABV beer!

Scottish brewery makes 41% ABV beer!

BrewDog Brewery in Scotland has created a “quadruple IPA” called Sink the Bismark that is 41% ABV. Listen to this description: This is IPA amplified, the most evocative style of the craft beer resistance with the volume cranked off the scale. Kettle hopped, dry hopped then freeze hopped for a deep fruit, resinous and spicy [...]

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