According to a story in today’s Toronto Star, rabble-rouser Derek Forward is moving his battle to break-up the Beer Store monopoly to the next level with an official Beer Store Protest Day this coming Saturday, August 30th. Here are the…
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Lorenz Huber, son of a Bavarian hop farmer and his grandmother pick leaves and stalks from a crop of hops at Lohwinden, southern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. The hop harvest, a basic element of Bavarian beer, has just started. (AP Photo/Diethe…
Date: 08/25/2008 08:29 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) – Brewer and winemaker Fosters Group Ltd. reported Tuesday an 88 percent fall in annual profit but declined to provide guidance for the 2009 fiscal year while the Australian company conducts a strategi…
While in Maine, I headed out one night with pals who lived there to find a new Belgian beer bar that I had heard plenty about – Novare Res. We had a bit of trouble finding the place at night as it sits in a mid block courtyard near the corner of Excha…
Ron Smith is a lot like us. He loves beer. And he likes to share his love. But unlike us, when he starts talking about beer, he really knows what he’s talking about. Check out Ron’s beer resume:- National Ranked BJCP Beer Judge- Certified Beer Server-…
A blogger covering the DNC convention gets to try a pint of Avery’s Ale to the Chief.
We the Brewers of Avery Brewing Company, in order to form a more perfect ale, require a new leadership that can liberate us from our quagmires in foreign lands…
(Pre-approved label photo courtesy of BeerMapping.com forums!)
(Flossmoor, IL) – Former Small Brewpub champs, Flossmoor Station Brewery, let out some more details on its blog yesterday about the collaborative effort with Fifty Fifty and Lucky Bucket …
6-8 p.m. Tuesday Aug 26th, Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub, 938 S.E. Ninth Ave.; 503-517-0660 Brewer Jeff Althouse of what was then called Willamette Brewery in Eugene brought his Amber to the 2007 North American Organic Brewers Fest and Fred…
TUES AUG 26 6-8 p.m., Belmont Station, 4500 S.E. Stark St. Meantime Ales Tasting & Meet the Brewer. It’s not often we get to hang out with a brewer from Europe so this one’s extra special folks! Meet Alastair Hook,…