Press Release from The Brewers Association The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 42 were craft brewing companies1. “The companies on…
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I’m thrilled to announce that I will be attending the 2015 Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference in Asheville, NC from July 17-19! The Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference is the premiere event for beer writers to interact with brewing, beer, and media experts. Participants discuss the latest trends and methods relevant to the…
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What if you could open a can of beer and pour without the ” glug glug glug ” of air trying to enter the can from the same opening the beer was exiting? The result would be less unwanted foam from your pour. A new start-up has developed just the solution to ensure proper can…
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This year marks the first time I will be able to attend FirkFest in Orange County and I’m excited. FirkFest 2015 will be held on Saturday, March 21st in Anaheim, CA. Over 50 casks of beer from 30+ of SoCal’s best breweries will be tapped in Anaheim’s Farmers Park. Attendees will be able to sample…
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I had the extreme joy of attending the 11th Annual Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting held this past Saturday. Thank you to Owen Ogletree, Brewtopia LLC Beer Events, and other sponsors for such a great event! The sold-out event featured over 40 breweries from the United States and the United Kingdom and offered 47 different cask…
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Eugene Oregon is home to many excellent breweries. For example, Ninkasi Brewing and Steelhead Brewing are well-known, excellent breweries in Eugene and are certainly quality places to visit. However, during my recent Eugene visit I was directed to some brewery diamonds that deliver outstanding brews and are rapidly gaining international recognition in the brewing world…
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