It’s been nearly four years in the making, but the president of Mercury Brewing Co., Rob Martin, said he will soon be able to move his brewery to a new location. Mercury, which makes Ipswich Ale and Stone Cat Ales and Lagers, is ready to resume construction at its new home, a space much larger… Read more »

The latest release from Sixpoint is Resin, a 9.1 percent double IPA packaged in a 12 oz. slim can. Resin marks the seventh canned offering from the brewery and company president Shane Welch said customers can expect to see at least one more new style in cans in 2012. Sixpoint, previously only available on draught,… Read more »

Odell’s newest single serve release is Footprint RegionAle, a beer that pays tribute to the brewery’s regional distribution model. Footprint features select ingredients from all 10 states that Odell beers are sold. But you might be surprised to learn exactly how the beer was crafted.

Sometimes there is just no replacement for a simple, well-made beer. Saranac White IPA is exactly that. In fact, it might be one of the better offerings to ever come out of the F.X. Matt brewery. The white IPA has become an increasingly popular hybrid style amongst many craft brewers but few have been able… Read more »

Calling all canned craft brewers! Ball Cans has announced the first ever “Canny” Awards with an awards presentation to be held at this years Craft Brewers Conference. Craft brewers who have jumped on the trend of packaging their suds in aluminum are invited to submit entries in seven different categories, including ‘Best Graphics Design.’

So, is it beer? Wine? Both?!? Dogfish Head has blended the two cultures in one bottle with their Noble Rot offering. They’ve used a Belgian yeast with pils and wheat malts in conjunction with the juice of botrytis infected viognier grapes and pinot gris must. Put that all together in a Dogfish Head embossed bottle… Read more »

Smuttynose certainly doesn’t mess around when it comes to their BIG BEER series and Baltic Porter doesn’t disappoint. Baltic Porter is an incredibly well made beer with no frills, something that often goes unnoticed in an industry that prides itself on style innovation. This beer pours a jet black in color with a frothy mocha-colored… Read more »

It’s based in a popular ski region, but Westminster, Mass.-based Wachusett Brewing Co. reached all the way to sun-splashed Bermuda to invest in a canning line. The brewery acquired its new equipment from a Coca-Cola plant on the island. It is capable of processing 800 12 oz. cans per minute.

MILTON, DE – Clay is the perfect material for capturing time in a bottle. As molecular biologists have discovered by unearthing ancient tombs, organic residue trapped in porous chards of pottery reveals quite a bit about what our ancestors drank on the special occasions of burial feasts.

The mad scientists at Bull & Bush Brewery are playing with hops. A process which they are calling Whole Hop Infusion involves steeping hops (and beer) in a french press for up to ten minutes. The whole thing is aimed at giving drinkers the opportunity to see how a single ingredient can affect the subtle… Read more »