Craft had another great year!
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2013 was another great year for craft's continued growth (or contribution to the brewing bubble, depending on your perspective). Craft Beer sales in key U.S. retail channels grew 19.2 percent in 2013, according to ne...
RIP Hunahpu’s Day
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Arguably the most-anticipated beer event in Florida (or the entire region for that matter), Hunahpu's Day has been killed off due to jerks. But it appeared many more than that showed up on Saturday and there are YouT...
Cheers, Star Wars fans!
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You knew it was coming... The marketing is strong with this one. Wit’s End has already begun their celebration, previewing one of their Star Wars themed beers from Tuesday to Thursday, leading up to the movie rele...
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...
Baltimore Beer Author, Rob Kasper, Signing Books @ DuClaw
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Rob Kasper, author of "Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing" will be at DuClaw Brewing Company's Bel Air location this Saturday, July 21st, selling and signing copies of his new book. The books g...
More Metal
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Not metal as in metallic, but metal as in holy crap look at those labels--SO METAL. First, there's a new Game of Thrones brew, and it's about as metal as it gets: [caption id="attachment_1478" align="alignnone" ...
Interactive map of craft beer in America
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The New Yorker has a super-cool interactive map of some craft beer stats across the country. Glad to see my buddy Bo Hick's new joint, Druid City Brewing on the big board.
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...
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...
Homebrewing Almost Legal Nationwide
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Only 2 states (Mississippi and Alabama) still prohibit home brewing, but both are close to legalizing the practice with recent legislative efforts from grassroots organizers in both states. Last month, Mississippi...