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American Craft Beer Week

American Craft Beer Week

American Craft Beer Week kicks off today with events in all 50 states. From simple tastings to beer dinners to beer festivals, America is celebrating its continuing love and support for Craft Beer this week.  The official website has a list of events in your area, but also check with your local beer bars and [...]

Local Craft Beer and Burger Pairing at The Counter

Local Craft Beer and Burger Pairing at The Counter

Earlier this year, I posted about the The Counter featuring a special Beer and Burger Pairing Menu. At that time, I also indicated that I would have liked to see more local craft beers used in the pairing. I received a pretty quick response on Twitter from them after my post indicating they would use [...]

Top 50 Craft and Overall Brewing Companies for 2011

Top 50 Craft and Overall Brewing Companies for 2011

The Brewers Association just released its annual lists of the Top 50 Craft and Overall Brewing Companies in the U.S. based on 2011 beer sales volume. With it’s headquarters in San Antonio, the Gambrinus Company, owner of such brands as Shiner, Bridgeport, and Trumer Pils, earned the top Texas spot at number 4. However, with [...]

New England Craft Brewers Scoop Up GABF Medals

Kegs have been tapped, beers have been poured, cups have been dropped, and medals have been won at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival (GABF). While the event participants and organizers were nursing their hangovers, I was doing some thinking on my front steps while watching the first autumn leaves fall. While I have heard [...]

Growing Craft Beer

Growing Craft Beer

This post is part of the ongoing coverage of the 2011 Beer Blogger’s Conference. For more information on the conference itself, visit The Beer Blogger’s Conference Webpage. Introduction by Julia Herz from the Brewer’s Association Julia Herz is a craft beer institution – in all the best ways. She’s the Craft Beer Program Director over [...]

Texas Craft Brewers Guild Announces Texas Craft Brewers Festival

Texas Craft Brewers Guild Announces Texas Craft Brewers Festival

The Texas Craft Brewers Guild, who’s membership consist of the breweries and brewpubs of Texas, has announced the Texas Craft Brewers Festival will take place on Saturday, September 24th at Fiest Gardens in Austin, TX. This is the first beer festival organized by an actual brewers association in Texas in quite a few years (for [...]

The State of Women & Craft Beer

My fellow craft beer drinkers, craft brewers, home brewers and all enjoyers of beer. As the first four years of my term as The Beer Babe approaches, it is time to reflect on craft beer. In at time of recession and economic hardship, it is easy to forget the progress that we, as a beer [...]

Declaring your love of American Craft Beer

Declaring your love of American Craft Beer

Today marks the beginning of American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) – a nationwide celebration of craft beer in the U.S. Sponsored by the Brewers Association, this looks to be the biggest ACBW yet, with events taking place in all fifty states. To celebrate, I will be posting new craft beer posts every day of the [...]

American Craft Beer Week 2011

American Craft Beer Week 2011

Six years ago, the Brewers Association created American Craft Beer Week to help celebrate and honour the small and independent craft breweries across the country. The number of craft breweries has now swelled to over 1,700 and for the first time ever, there are official ACBW events scheduled in all 50 states. For the Houston area, only Kreuz [...]

Jester King Craft Beer Day at Anvil

Jester King Craft Beer Day at Anvil

The Anvil Bar and Refuge will be featuring six beers from Jester King Craft Brewery on Saturday, February 26th.  Starting at 4:00pm, the following beers will be available from the Austin based brewery: Black Metal (cask) Dry Hopped Wychmaker Rye IPA (cask) Wychmaker Rye IPA (keg) Boxer’s Revenge Farmhouse Provision Ale (keg) Commercial Suicide Oaked [...]

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