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Congrats South Carolina! The State House just approved the so called "Pint Bill" that will allow breweries to sell 48 ounces of beer to a person every 24 hours. No more tiny samples if you're wanting a pint - as long as the Governor signs the bill.-
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Mark Here is a beer list worth drinking through - Zymurgy's 2013 Best Beers in America.
For the past 11 years, we've asked Zymurgy readers to share a list of their 20 favorite beers that are commercially available in the United States. We tallied the votes, and here are the results for the 2013 Best Beers in America survey.-
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Mark AB-InBev & Heineken's strangle hold on the Mexican beer market may soon be over if the Comision Federal de Competencia (CFC) rules against the monopolies they have established in the country. AB-InBev currently has a 57% market share while Heineken ha... more
US and native microbrewers could profit if Mexicos antitrust regulator rules that controversial exclusivity deals, which benefit local giants Grupo Modelo and Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, owned by AB InBev and Heineken respectively, are illegal. -
Mark Wenonah Brewing Co. should be open in Goodview, MN by the end of Summer. The City Council approved the brewery's plans on Monday.
By late summer, Goodview could have its own brewery. Brewmaster Chris Gardner, along with two partners, are planning on opening the Wenonah Brewing Co. across from Goodview’s only bar. Down the line, it could also include a tap room, a place to sample the... more -
Mark Great Lakes malted barley on the roof of its brewery, had a Cleveland baker make bricks of beer bread so they could use the yeast in clay vessels to make ancient beer.
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Mark I want a bottle of this :)
Limit 1 Bottle Per Person. (Enforced Automatically at Checkout).-
sold out...
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Good to see that places put limits on purchases, some people would buy them out and others would not get...
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Mark Craft breweries get to have tasting rooms in Texas now, thanks to one of the 5 pro-craft beer laws the governor signed on Friday.
Happy hour started Friday afternoon for Texas brewers. Gov. Rick Perry signed five bills representing the most comprehensive overhaul in two decades of how beer is packaged and sold across the state. Thus, effective immediately, shipping breweries such as... more -
Mark We talk about hops all the time but lets talk about malt and the maltsters out there.
As anyone who has ever taken a brewery tour knows, beer is composed of four simple ingredients: water, barley, yeast, and hops. While each component is essential, hops have gotten a disproportionate share of the attention. They’re sexy, aromatic flowers, ... more-
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Mark Sam Calagione on CBS This Morning. Nice interview.
Sam Calagione, CEO of Dogfish Head Brewery, says the craft beer industry is thriving but challenged. Small breweries have exploded over the Northern Virginia area of late. -
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Mark The Denver Post's list of top 10 places to grab a pint outdoors.
Colorado might not have as many breweries as we do days of sunshine, but we are getting there. Lucky for us, many of the state's 160-plus breweries recognize the upside to all that nice weather and have created great outdoor spaces in which to raise a pin... more-
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Cincinnati's CVG airport is notorious for high airfares, thanks to Delta's dominance. Now comes Frontier Airlines, offering non-stop to Denver for as little as $126. Even though I hate to fly, I may have to take a vacation! -
With Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver all within a short drive it is worth it.
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Mark Mike Fredricksen hopes to have Pitchfork Brewing in Hudson, WI open by July. The brewery will feature four flagship craft brews (a pale ale, a nontraditional wit, an IPA and a traditional German pilsner) as well as one-off brews, specialty brews and seaso... more
Craft beer aficionados, take note: A new brewery is opening in Hudson, Wis., with you in mind. Following the trend of homebrewers going into the brewery business, Hudson resident Mike Fredricksen is working to construct Pitchfork Brewing in time for an an... more -
Mark Brooklyn, NY, New Glarus, WI, Brevard, NC, Greensboro, VT & Anchorage, AK make the list for 5 Top Hidden Craft Beer Destinations.
We've been writing about beer and vacations for three years now and have come to realize that no list we put together is comprehensive enough. Our first list of craft beer vacation destinations had some glaring omissions, most notably the entire states of... more -
Mark Sanitas Brewing Co. should be open at 3550 Frontier Avenue in Boulder, CO by August. They will offer two canned brews, a black IPA and a saison, from day 1 as well as a wider selection available in their taproom.
The owners of Sanitas Brewing aren't planning to gently test the waters of Boulder's increasingly-crowded craft-beer scene when they open their 15,000-square-foot, fifteen-barrel brewery and taproom this summer. They plan to jump in head-first. -
Mark Michigan SB27, aka The Growler Bill, which passed the State Senate in May has passed the State House by a vote of 101-7. The bill will allow restaurants and bars to sell growlers for consumers to take home.
You'll likely be able to take home a growler of beer from your favorite bar or restaurant, now that a bill passed the House allowing establishments to sell the beer in resealable containers. Bars and restaurants are looking forward to offering growlers, w... more-
Considering how Michigan is promoting their craft beer industry, I can see this sailing through, being delayed only for high-fives!
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Mark Tenth & Blake (aka giant beer manufacturer MillerCoors) has bought a 110,000 sq.ft. warehouse next to the MillerCoors plant in Milwaukee where MillerCoors brews its Leinenkugel brand.
A MillerCoors LLC division that focuses on craft beers has bought a building next to its Milwaukee brewery and plans to expand there. Tenth and Blake Beer Co. bought the 110,000-square-foot building at 918 W. Somers St. from Securant Bank & Trust for ... more -
Mark Look what came in the mail today. A 64 ounce Hydro Flask insulated growler.
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Just out of the blue, Mark?
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No, I had an Amazon gift card to use up and bought this.
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OK, I was wondering what I was doing wrong!
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If Hydro Flask wants to send me another one on the house I will happily accept it. :)
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Mark Founders delays distribution expansion due to hold ups at the brewing facility. That means no Founders for Florida in July as previously announced.
In a bit of brew news, Floridians will have to wait just a little bit longer to find Founders Centennial IPA or Breakfast Stout in local bars and restaurants. The brewery has run into some trouble. Back in April, Michigan-based Founders Brewing decided to... more -
Mark Bobby Gordash leaves Holy Mackerel Beers, which he started in 2006 but sold in 2011 (though he stayed on as the brewer), to join the Florida Beer Co.
It was a good run while it lasted, but for Bobby Gordash and Holy Mackerel Beers, the time has come to part ways. Today, Gordash starts his next endeavor as brewer representative and craft-beer alchemist for the Florida Beer Co. in Cape Canaveral. -
Mark The Vancouver Council is set to approve tasting rooms for craft brewers with the restriction that they can only sell product made on site.
Vancouver Council is set to approve zoning changes that would allow small craft brewers and distillers to operate a bar on site, provided it sells only drink made on the premises. Until now micro-breweries and craft distillers have been allowed to sell bo... more-
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Mark 903 Brewers opened for business in Sherman, TX on Saturday. Their first to craft brew offerings are Roo's Red Ale and The Chosen One.
Texas saw its newest craft brewery open this past Saturday as 903 Brewers held their grand opening at their location in Sherman, about an hour north of Dallas.-
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Mark If you're lucky enough to be in or headed to Charleston, SC tomorrow, you can get a growler fill of Westbrook Brewing Mexican Cake Imperial Stout at The Charleston Beer Exchange (14 Exchange Street, Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 577-5446) beginning at 5PM.
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Mark Champagne legally has to come from Champagne, France. Shouldn't a product called craft beer come from a craft brewery? NZ craft brewers are taking up the discussion of what is craft beer. Do we need a more rigid, better definition that can't be changed?
You can't call your sparkling wine champagne unless you come from the Champagne region of France and, perhaps one day, you won't be able to call your average bottle of suds an honest Kiwi craft beer without passing a similar test.-
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Mark When Southbound Brewing Co. in Savannah was starting up they managed to raise $870,000 in 4 days from investors.
A new brewery is capitalizing on Savannah's burgeoning interest in beer. Southbound Brewing is the latest business in a growing beer-centered culture in the coastal city. Carly Wiggins is opening the brewery with business partner Smith Mathews.
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