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DURHAM, NC – Though software engineering may not be the first thing that comes to mind when discussing craft beer, such is not the case for two new brewers in the craft beer scene. Andrew Simmering and David Britt, RTP software engineers, are working towards opening a new brewery in the Triangle area; Shade Tree… Read more »

BOSTON – The Samuel Adams brewers are teaming up with social media enthusiast, Guy Kawasaki, for the first ever Samuel Adams Crowd Craft Project to create a crowd-sourced beer. Via an interactive Facebook application, Samuel Adams and Guy are calling on their Twitter, Facebook and Google+ friends and fans — not to mention all beer… Read more »

SAN DIEGO, CA – The NY Times recently listed San Diego’s thriving craft beer scene as a top place to visit noting that “Long established craft breweries like Karl Strauss Brewing CompanyÔǪhave mentored brewmasters and created demand for some seriously off beat ales”.

CLEVELAND, OHIO – Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC), Ohio’s most celebrated craft brewer of award-winning lagers and ales, announces its plan to enter Northern Virginia with Hop & Wine Beverage on February 27, 2012.

WOODINVILLE, WA. – This month, Redhook will release Nut Brown, the brewery’s spring seasonal. Most recently called Mudslinger, Redhook is bringing back the Nut Brown name in an effort to keep it simple. Fans of Nut Brown can look forward to the smooth, easy-drinking beer in stores and on tap through April nationwide.

BROOKLYN, NY – Two of the nation’s leading craft brewers are betting that their hometown team will win the National Football Conference game this Sunday. John Dannerbeck, president of Anchor Brewing Co. of San Francisco, and Steve Hindy, president of Brooklyn Brewery in New York, said Thursday they will pour the other brewery’s beer and… Read more »

LONGMONT, CO — Does down-home, hand-planted, home-grown and hand-picked happen anymore? It does with Oskar Blues Brewery’s Hops & Heifers Farm inspired “HGH part DUH” Ale. Oskar Blues Brewery and Old Chicago restaurants will be offering a very limited and exclusive release of the farm raised strong ale born on the brewery’s Longmont, CO based… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 21st Amendment rings in the New Year with great news for craft beer lovers everywhere. Days after it was named one of the “Top 10 Beers of 2011” by the Washington Post, the popular winter seasonal Bitter American is being brought back, but this time as a year-round offering.

SOMERVILLE, MA – Adding to an already impressive line up of craft beer in the Chicago area, Slumbrew will kickoff its distribution in Chicagoland next week (January 24-27) with a series of promotional events and beer dinners. Slumbrew is the artisanal, ingredient-driven brand of unusual beers hailing from Somerville Brewing Company in Somerville, Massachusetts.

PASO ROBLES, CA – Residents of the Central Coast might be seeing a new beer showing up in their favorite watering hole, but it might not be all that new. “805” tap handles will be showing up in bars across the 805 area code.

  BELLAIRE, MI – The Michigan Brewers Guild recently elected its 2012 Board of Directors at its annual meeting, January 12, at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire. Each board position is a two-year term, elected in alternating years (3, 2).

BOSTON – The brewers at Samuel Adams have crafted a brand new seasonal beer, Samuel Adams Alpine Spring. This beer has the balanced maltiness and hoppiness of a helles, the strength and smoothness of a bock, and the unfiltered haze of a kellerbier.

Napa, CA —Napa Smith Brewery and TOMP Beer, Wine & Spirits announced today that they will partner to bring Napa Smith beer to the vibrant Swedish market. TOMP will start by launching the Napa Smith craft beer portfolio and in particular their award winning Organic IPA, which will be featured in 100+ Systembolaget stores beginning… Read more »

PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Sunoco announced today the expansion of the Craft Beer Exchange at its APlus convenience stores across the state of New York with several locations in both the Syracuse and Albany markets.