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ALEXANDRIA, VA – The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the Brewers Association (BA) are seeking nominations for the Eighth Annual Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Award. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, July 11, 2014.

Glendale, WI – Sprecher Brewing Company won five (5) medals at the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship, the only brewery competition to include professional breweries and award-winning home- brewers.

ESCONDIDO, CA — Stone Brewing Co. is turning the big one-eight! To celebrate this milestone, the company is hosting its largest annual event—the Stone 18th Anniversary Celebration & Invitational Beer Festival—on August 15 and 16.

Chico, CA—Less than two weeks shy of the kickoff to Beer Camp Across America, an unprecedented seven-city traveling beer festival, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has released a one-time-only Beer Camp Across America mixed 12-pack to beer shelves across the nation.

PORTLAND, ME —— On July 12, Shipyard Brewing Company will celebrate 20 years of brewing in Portland, Maine with a free day-long concert on the Maine State Pier. The Shipyard Old Port Summer Fest is free and open to the public and will feature live music from Noon – 10:00pm.

DAVIS, Calif. — The UC Davis brewing students who won the program’s Iron Brew competition got an extra bonus this year: a commercial batch of their prize-winning recipe produced at Sudwerk Brewing Co.

Larkspur, CA — Marin Brewing Company’s The Breastfest Beer Festival, one of Northern California’s most prestigious tasting events, will be taking place this Saturday July 12th, 2014 from 2 p.m. — 6 p.m. at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion.

Wolcott, CT — Shebeen Brewing Company of Wolcott Connecticut is set to expand its distribution territory and add new and exciting beer styles in August.

Paso Robles, CA – From Prussia with love comes Bretta Weisse, an untamed Berliner Weisse-inspired wheat beer set to be liberated from Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Barrelworks wild yeast facility on July 12.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 30 Beers for 30 Years Series keeps rolling today as Widmer Brothers Brewing announces the ninth and tenth beers in the series. Doppelbock and Ur-Alt are being released and represent the years 1992 and 1993, respectively, in the brewery’s 30-year history.

BALTIMORE, MD — The “Uncharted Waters” Series by Heavy Seas Beer will soon welcome its newest addition, PLANK III. As the third offering of the PLANK series, this limited summer release will be available from July to August in all 18 states where Heavy Seas Beer is distributed.

San Diego, CA– Helm’s Brewing Company expands their innovative and high quality beer line-up this week when it releases a California Common style beer, SS California.

Fort Collins, CO — On July 11, 12, & 13, Odell Brewing will celebrate the release of its latest Cellar Series beer, Fifty Niner. Named for the Colorado gold rush of 1859, Fifty Niner is lustrous golden ale conditioned with Brettanomyces, a yeast as wild as the new frontier.

TAMPA, FL — On Friday, June 20, the head brewers from Southern Brewing & Winemaking (Southern) and Florida Avenue Brewing Co (Florida Ave) came together to brew a new beer to be released at a neighborhood market called Seminole Heights Market at Southern.