IPA in cans, that’s right cans!
first run of beer made by the 21st Amendment. it’s kinda stunning to see.
Microbrewery segment grew 21% in 2007
While it looks like a big win, there is actually some bad news here. That is brewpubs and micros closing for whatever reason. Comparing 2007 with 2006 there were 12 less brewpub and micro breweries closures which is 40 versus 52. Added up that means that 90 places closed in the last two years. On [...]
Sam Adams helps the Hop Crisis
The Hop Crisis! Gads. Whatayamean no IPA?!? Huh… These guys are kidding right? Nope. They aren’t. It’s a full on problem caused in part by other countries buying hops of any kind to brew “canoe beer” for their masses. This leaves craft brewers that didn’t have a contract for the hops they used in an [...]
1,934 People Learn About Homebrewing
From that AHA…
November 3, 2007 was the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day; on this day more than 1,900 participants brewed 1,970 gallons of beer at 152 sites worldwide. Over 550 new homebrewers learned to brew this year on Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day. The AHA celebrates brewing and encourages [...]
Now on Facebook
For why, we don’t know. Lots of people wrote in saying they wanted to see Beer School there. Thus the new page. All of you Facebook, umm, bookers(?) can add us as a Fan.
How fun is it going to be to superpoke beers to everyone. Way cheaper then sending all ya’ all beers for [...]
Magnolia turns 10
Magnolia Pub & Brewery is celebrating it’s 10th year on Monday, November 5 at the Great American Music Hall! Doors open at 7:30PM.
Tickets are $20 each.
More information is here.
AHA Rallies sound like fun
An AHA Rally is where America’s professional and amateur craft brewers get together to talk beer and brewing. “The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) is really trying to create an experience for the AHA member by pairing up homebrewers with craft brewers. It gives them the opportunity to share their passion for beer. Rallies allow our [...]
GABF 2007 Winners
More than 100 judges labored for three days to evaluate 2,793 beers and pick the best entries and top breweries for this year’s Great American Beer Festival. A total of 222 medals were awarded in 75 beer style categories and top breweries and brewers were designated based on the total number of medals won. The [...]
GABF 2007 Preview on theBN
The Brewing Network has posted a Preview of what you can expect from the Great American Beer Festival that is just around the corner. The Preview MP3 contains interviews with the founders, talks about event happenings, and has words from brewers and other event attendees. This is a “must listen” segment for anyone heading to [...]
Belgium to split?
We joked about this on the Belgium 101 show. It turns out our poke in fun wasn’t far from the truth. From the article:
“Belgium?” he splutters. “That’s something that doesn’t exist. The national anthem? Nobody knows it. Nobody can sing it. The king? A parvenu. A dysfunctional family. We’re not going to take it any [...]
