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The Fort Collins Brewery Introduces SHADY 80

Eighty years ago when the Silver Grill Café opened in Fort Collins, 1933 was a pivotal year for local beer drinking. Prohibition was in full-force in the town of 11,000. Later that year, laws eased and drinking beer and liquor became legal. Today, with Prohibition a faded memory and micro-brewing a leading local industry, FCB… Read more »

Big Wave Golden Ale Wins Gold at U.S. Open Beer Championship

Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii — The golden hues of Kona Brewing Company’s Big Wave Golden Ale are shining a little brighter this week as it brought home a gold medal from the2013 U.S. Open Beer Championship held in Atlanta, GA this past weekend. Judges at the competition sampled more than 2,500 beers from 68… Read more »

Redhook Brewery, Hilliard’s Beer Announce ‘Joint Effort Hemp Ale’

SEATTLE — Redhook Brewery, the Northwest’s original craft brew, announced today the release of “Joint Effort,” a new hemp beer brewed in collaboration with Seattle’s Hilliard’s Beer that celebrates the legalization of marijuana in Washington State.*

Brew at the Zoo Returns

Don’t miss the Fourth Annual Brew at the Zoo! Brew at the Zoo is a “beer tasting” event that features stations hosted by local breweries and restaurants – as well as an opportunity to stroll amongst the animals in the zoo’s signature Tropical Forest Pavilion, which is home to ring-tailed lemurs, ocelots, Baird’s tapirs, a pygmy hippo, free-flight birds and many other species.

Colorado Brewers Bike On

Other riders have come and gone during the first four years of the Tour de Bouldurango, but Adam Avery of Avery Brewing Co. and Dave Thibodeau of Ska Brewing Co. have stuck with it, suffering together through mile after mile and vertical foot over vertical foot.

Paulaner Oktoberfest Sells Out Before Production

LITTLETON, Colo. — The chance to order the Limited Edition Oktoberfest Variety Pack from Paulaner has come and gone this summer. The 15-bottle sampler pack will be released at the end of July, but pre-orders for the pack cleared out inventory before production even began.

Former Stone Executive Teams With URBN Pizza to Create New Brewery

SAN DIEGO — Leading Southern California Restaurateur, Jon Mangini of URBN Restaurants Inc. (Gang Kitchen, BASIC Urban Kitchen + Bar, and URBN Coal Fired Pizza in both North Park and Vista) announces major plans to expand his collective eastward into the heart of El Cajon.

August Schell Brewing Company Releases ‘Star of the North’

After occupying Berlin in 1809, Napoleon’s troops adoringly referred to the tart and effervescent white beer of the city as “The Champagne of the North.” In honor of this beer style, its history, and our great state motto, we’ve crafted “Star of the North,” our interpretation of a traditional Berliner Weisse.

Eight Colorado Breweries Build Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — July 1, 2013 – Eight local craft breweries have come together to sponsor and build a Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity home, the House That Beer Built (HTBB), through a Community Funded initiative.

Flying Fish Brewing Co. Bottles F.U. Sandy

SOMERDALE, N.J. — New Jersey’s largest craft brewery, Flying Fish Brewing Company (900 Kennedy Boulevard,856-504-3442), has debuted a bottle version of their wildly popular Forever Unloved (F. U.) Sandy, a hybrid wheat-pale ale.

Telegraph Brewing Announces Expansion

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Telegraph Brewing Company announced today that construction is underway on a new downtown Santa Barbara brewery. Moving from their current 3,000-sq-ft facility to a 10,000-sq-ft building immediately next door will enable Telegraph to dramatically increase production.