Craft Beer News Archives
In response to groundbreaking new research showing that a bit of beer can help improve your foreign language skills (hurra!), Duolingo is announcing a new venture: Brewolingo, featuring limited-release craft beer varieties designed to help language learners finally reach fluency. “We’ve come to realize that lessons can only take you so far along the language-learning journey,” said Duolingo’s CEO…
Surly Brewing released this gluten reduced IPA recently which will feature different hop varieties each batch. This one features BRU1, Chinook and Citra hops. The hop variety will be printed on the bottom of the cans so you can tell which batch that can is. For reference, this is batch F4121. (see pic below) We analyzed this IPA…
Milford Point Brewing announced that it will officially open-for-business on April 7, 2018, serving as the first brewery to open in Milford, Connecticut. Located at 230 Woodmont Road, co-owners Jerry Candido and Chris Willett are focused on serving great-tasting local craft beer to local craft beer drinkers. “We’re giving folks in Milford and the surrounding communities…
Kona Brewing Company announced it has entered into a multi-year partnership as the official craft beer of the LA Galaxy. As part of the partnership, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, Kona Brewing Co. will bring the island spirit to Southern California with a Lanai-style bar at StubHub Center, the Galaxy’s home stadium in sunny Carson,…
BevMo! customers can now go directly from online to no line with the introduction of a new curbside delivery program being tested at two of the West Coast beverage retailer’s Bay Area stores. The curbside program, which launched this week at one of the retailer’s Walnut Creek stores (2940 N. Main St.) and one of its San Francisco locations…
In a news story for the Inside Science News Service this week, staff journalist and editor Jason Socrates Bardi describes a project by California scientists who genetically engineered yeast with basil and mint genes to give beer a hoppy flavor without the need to add the actual flowers. Read the story for free at https://tinyurl.com/ya6n53nh Inside Science is…
Celis Brewery is reintroducing Celis Raspberry Beer, a fruit beer first brewed in 1994. Using the original recipe, brewing methods and the same yeast strain, Celis Brewery has captured the essence of the legacy beer to present it to a new generation. “Since we reopened Celis brewery in July 2017, we have had constant requests…
Local entrepreneur, Yousef Ayyash, has finalized his plans to bring the American craft beer bar franchise, Beerhead Bar & Eatery, to Michigan residents for the first time. Yousef’s Beerhead Bar & Eatery franchise will be located at 44375 W. 12 Mile Road, Novi, MI 48377 at Fountain Walk and is expected to open this summer. In a relaxed, fun atmosphere, Beerhead…
Presented by Moe’s Original Bar B Que and Budweiser Busch Distributing, the 5th Annual Firkin Festival will be held on Saturday, April 7th at 701 Spring Hill Avenue. Benefiting the American Cancer Society, the festival indulges craft beer lovers that include novices and aficionados alike. Participating breweries will showcase distinctive cask ale in a firkin, a…
Whose world is this? The world is yours, yo, the world is yours. And so is this IPA, the newest addition to Melvin Brewing’s core lineup. We bring you Your IPA, a futuristic approach to a homegrown beer. You heard that right. Crafted on Wyoming’s West Coast for our peeps nationwide with 100-percent lupulin cryopowder,…
A $1.4 billion class action lawsuit launched against the Beer Store three years ago has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. “We have always believed this case was completely without merit and now the court has agreed,” said the Beer Store Board Chair Charlie Angelakos. “The case was filled with factual errors and fundamentally misunderstood…
The Provident Bank, which purchased Smuttynose Brewing Company at a foreclosure auction on March 9, has sold the company to North Hampton-based Runnymede Investments for an undisclosed amount. Says The Provident Bank President Chuck Withee, “The Provident Bank is confident that Runnymede Investments is the right buyer for Smuttynose Brewing Company. Runnymede has the resources to reinvigorate…
This week Stone Brewing releases Stone Totalitarian Imperial Russian Stout. With roots in both the old world and new, this sinfully delightful beer makes its debut with slight tweaks to the original Stone Imperial Russian Stout recipe developed in 2000 by Stone co-founder and original Brewmaster, Steve Wagner. The original recipe, brewed through 2016, has…
Starting this Saturday, March 17th, Jester King Brewery will be giving farm tours every Saturday at 2pm. Just like their brewery tours, the farm tours will be free and open to the public. Someone will holler from the footsteps of the brewery to announce the start of the tour. From there, Farmer Peppy will guide you to…
Today Kona Brewing Company launches its March to Maui sweepstakes – an exciting initiative that bridges Kona’s Aloha island spirit together with the legendary Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The annual tournament, which started in 1984, began following the historic 1982 upset of top-ranked University of Virginia to Chaminade University of Honolulu. To celebrate the incredible…
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