Los Angeles County Brewers Guild to Present LA Beer Week
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild (LABG) has taken the reins of organizing Los Angeles Beer Week to bring you the first-ever LABW hosted by breweries, for beer people.
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Sierra Nevada Releases Beer Camp Across America 12-Pack
Sierra Nevada has released the highly anticipated Beer Camp Across America mixed 12-pack, a collaborative release showcasing the work of a dozen craft breweries from across the country. Beyond national availability, the 10 bottles and two cans that make up the variety pack will also be poured at each stop of the Beer Camp Across… Read more »
Nomination Deadline for Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Set for July 11
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.
Sprecher Medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship
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.
Stone to Host 18th Anniversary Celebration this August
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.
Sierra Nevada Releases Beer Camp Across America 12-Pack
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.
Shipyard to Celebrate 20 Years with Free Concert
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.
Sudwerk to Brew Commercial Batch of Iron Brew Competition Winner’s Beer
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.
The 14th Annual Breastfest Beer Festival is this Weekend
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.
Shebeen Brewing Co. Expands Distribution
Wolcott, CT — Shebeen Brewing Company of Wolcott Connecticut is set to expand its distribution territory and add new and exciting beer styles in August.
How Pliny the Elder Became the Best Beer in America
In Naturalis Historia, Vol. VI CB, Pliny the Elder wrote, “In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain.” How ironic then, that Russian River Brewing Co.’s famed imperial IPA, named after the abovementioned Roman philosopher, has by all accounts been certainty in a bottle for several years.
Firestone Walker to Release Bretta Weisse
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.
Widmer Releases Doppelbock and Ur-Alt
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.
Heavy Seas to Release Plank III
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.