Category: News
Before the glory: Oregon’s humble beer origins
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Tom Acitelli over at All About Beer has a nice, short read about Oregon's beer culture origins. It wasn't always so potent. It was not a hit with consumers, nor were subsequent batches. “The beer wasn’t great and th...
Bells announces participants for 30th anniversary fest
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Bells is inviting breweries from all of the country to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Full list is here. Most of the usual suspects are here but there's some very distant and relatively small breweries on the l...
Bells expanding their footprint
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I've always felt blessed that Bell's decided to come to Alabama when they did. They were among the first in line to distribute here when the state reformed its beer laws in 2008. Now a few more spots in the US are...
Ben & Jerry are making a beer? What?!
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No I'm not kidding. Yes, that Ben & Jerry. The ice cream and beer giants continue to finalize plans for the beer, but we know it will be a sweet, cocoa-laced brew available this fall. And according to a relea...
Benson Brewery using clay pots for brewing
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Benson Brewery out of Ohama Nebraska is engaging in a very interesting experiment involving clay vessels called Amphora. An amphora is a type of clay pot used in early human societies for storing a myriad of liquids,...
Bigfoot is tall (as in vertical)
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Paste has a vertical tasting review that will make all barleywine lovers drool. Not everyone has the patience and discipline to buy and save the same beer for eight consecutive beers, but I can tell you the payoff of...
Boston Lager comes to cans
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In a move as predictable as it will be appreciated, Boston Lager is being canned and is available as of this week. Remember: not everyone has access to a wide range of craft beer. As someone who always appreciated...
Bottle vs. Can vs. Draft
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I'm always a fan of the "Ask a Cicerone" segments at SeriousEats, but this one is especially great. It simplifies a topic that is often confusing to consumers and breaks it down with examples. In most cases, so long...
Breaking Brew: ABQ-based Marble Brewery makes a Walter White tribute
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According to this photo on instagram (which has some credible imagery for confirmation to say the least), it's going to be an India Black Ale called Heisenberg's Dark. Albuquerque based @marblebrewery will be brewing...
BrewDog Brews Up TV Pilot ‘Brew Dogs’
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The owners of Scottish brewery, BrewDog, James Watt and Martin Dickie, created a TV pilot for a new show called Brew Dogs. If you've never heard of BrewDog, you need to get out from under your rock and get to your loc...