PRESS RELEASE Tröegs Independent Brewing announced the release of its gracefully dank once-a-year Double IPA, Nimble Giant. One of the Hershey, PA, brewery’s most-loved beers, this annual release rivals its iconic holiday ale, Mad Elf, for the excitement it generates every year. Nimble Giant Nimble Giant came up through the small-batch Scratch Series, starting with…
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Scottish Wee Heavy Introduction – by Firkin Ron The term beer style refers to a broad set of descriptors used to differentiate and categorize types of beers. Descriptors such as color, flavor, strength, ingredients, production method, recipe, history, and origin create the framework for establishing a beer style. And almost any time you buy a…
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Julia Herz steps up to the podium at a national beer writers and influencers conference called Beer Now. The room, filled with over 150 beer writers, social media influencers and professionals, falls respectfully silent. Everyone wants to hear Julia’s conference opening address about the independent craft beer industry. As the Craft Beer Program Director at…
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Turisimo Fermentations Releases New Purple Reign Hard Cider from Hoch Orchards PRESS RELEASE La Crosse, WI: Turisimo Fermentations and Hoch Organic Orchards have collaborated on a new Hard Cider. Purple Reign, a semi-sweet cider made with purple raspberries and other fruit grown by the Hoch Family in Nodine, MN. Purple Reign, the first of the new…
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Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Background Located in Beersel, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen traces its roots to 1887 as a café and geuzestekerij (a place that produces geuze by blending old and new lambics acquired from other breweries). In 1953, Gaston Debelder and his wife Raymonde purchased the enterprise and building. They named their business “3 Fonteinen”….
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California Common Introduction – by Firkin Ron The term beer style refers to a broad set of descriptors used to differentiate and categorize types of beers. In short, descriptors such as color, flavor, strength, ingredients, production method, recipe, history, and origin create the framework for establishing the style of a beer. And almost any time…
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