Summer is the season of beer festivals. You hear that over and over again when you start to chat with people involved in the world of craft beer and homebrewing. By volume, so many craft beer festivals take place during the summer months that a ...
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Catching Suds at Beach Brewing
Beach Brewing Company was founded in Fall 2010 in Virginia Beach, Virginia by Justin MacDonald. At first, they were brewing only 12 gallons at a time. Later, a 5 barrel brewhouse was purchased from a small brewery in New Hampshire, which they ...
O’Connor Brewing Grew from Backyard Homebrewing
O’Connor Brewing Company, located in Norfolk, Virginia, was founded by homebrewer Kevin O’Connor in 2010. He was so passionate about craft beer, he even wrote his final thesis on how to open a brewery. The original beers - Green Can Golden Ale, ...
Sass is Sweet at Smartmouth Brewing
Smartmouth Brewing Company, located in Norfolk, Virginia, opened in November 2012 by former corporate lawyer, Porter Hardy IV. His homebrew experimentation has led to one of the Southeast's most promising startup breweries.
Brewmaster Garrett Oliver Teaches First Online Brewing Class at Skillshare
Garrett Oliver is a world-class beersmith and brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, but you probably already knew that. What you may not know is that he recently launched an online class, Creativity and Beer: A Brewmaster's Guide to Flavor Emulation ...
A-B InBev, SABMiller Merger Could be a Positive for the Craft Beer Market
First, a little pat on my own back, because I called this one. Reports have surfaced this last week that Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer producer with almost 20% of the world market in beer, has been exploring the possibility of ...
Heading Right Up Brewer’s Alley
Brewer’s Alley Restaurant and Brewery is Frederick, Maryland’s first brewpub. Located at 124 North Market Street in historic Frederick, the building was completed in 1769, originally housing a town hall, opera house and theater, and market house.
Take a Tour of Flying Dog
The Flying Dog Brewpub in Aspen, Colorado was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan, an astrophysicist with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and the founder of the Aspen Center for Physics, along with his longtime friend and partner Richard ...
Find Your Way to Lost Rhino Brewing
Lost Rhino Brewing Company was first mentioned on Beer Busters Podcast when Bone Dusters Paleo Ale was released in late June. This “prehistoric ale” is a Belgian Amber beer fermented with yeast scrapped from a whale fossil dating back 35 million years.
The “Futures” of Beer
While most bands celebrate album anniversaries with remastered versions, Jimmy Eat World have another idea.
