Cask vs. Nitro for creamy malt appreciation
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Matt Canter at Anchor brewing has a great blog post detailing how each method works and what it does for the beer. Nitrogen-dispensed beers give you a creamy mouthfeel, a smoother quality, and push the hoppy flavors...
New Belgium is (maybe?) looking for a buyer
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Reuters gave us the not-so-secret over the weekend. Employee-owned New Belgium Brewing Company, which owns craft beer brand Fat Tire, is looking for a buyer that could the value the U.S. company at more than $1 billi...
Triumph at the Great American Beer Festival (NSFW)
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Not triumph as in victory. And not Triumph Brewing Company...or...Victory Brewing Company, either. Wait what? Err... ...You know, the dog with the cigar that makes fun of everyone on Conan! This is 7 minutes of ...
Top 50 Craft Breweries of 2013 (By Sales Volume)
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The whole list is over at Brewers Association. The only big surprise is Ballast Point, whose expansion from 2012 to 2013 seems almost impossible. Very impressive gains from Sweetwater, Left Hand, and Southern Tier...
Newcastle has some Super Bowl Ad Weirdness
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The adorable Aubrey Plaza requests your brand's help in branding some brandage. In other words: Newcastle is continuing with its befuddling strategy of convincing people that a beer available in basically any estab...
Hillcrest Brewing Company, First LGBT Brewery, Opens Next Week
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In San Diego's vibrant neighborhood of Hillcrest, the first micro brewery targeting lesian, gay, bisexual, and transgender customers, Hillcrest Brewing Company, is stepping out of the closet next week! Owner, Chris Sh...
Drink long and prosper: Vulcan Ale becomes first “official” Star Trek beer
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In a move sure to please everyone from Zefram Cochraine to Katherine Pulaski, CBS/Paramount Consumer Products has finally authorized an official Trek beverage. While it may not be called the “official” beer of Star T...
Some real talk about Lager
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Hot Rum Cow has a good write-up on why you shouldn't dismiss lagers as pale, flavorless abominations. Simply put, you're probably just not drinking the right ones. The style has been open to abuse by unscrupulous br...
Duclaw X-5 Sorachi Ace IPA Back on Tap!
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Duclaw Brewing Company's 5th experiemtn in the eXile series, X-5 Sorachi Ace IPA, is back on tap Thursday, June 14th at 11am. This medium bodied IPA blends the flavor and aromas of Japanese lemon grass with Sorachi Ac...
An empty beer festival in Denver? How, even?
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It was a real thing that happened. Sierra Nevada had room for 5,000 people, but ended up admitting only about 1,600. That meant no line at the entrance, no lines for beers -- the longest was about five people at t...