Green Flash Brewing’s Cellar 3 Artistic Grand Opening in Photos

Green Flash Brewing opened their new Cellar 3 Barrel Aging Facility in Poway this past Saturday, May 16th, with artistic flair to a packed house. Cellar 3 will focus on creating barrel-aged beers experimenting with funk, wild yeast, sour, and spirit induced flavor profiles. The goal is to create unique and flavorful beers with character…

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Craft beer is now a $6.5-billion industry in California – LA Times

There are now more than 550 craft breweries operating in California and the number just keeps going up. Statistics from the California Craft Brewers Assn. illustrate just how much the industry is growing. Source: Craft beer is now a $6.5-billion industry in California – LA Times

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Help Make Stone Xocoveza Mocha Stout A Yearly Release

I recently published a conversation with Chris Banker – creator of a beer that was the winner of Stone Brewery’s 2014 American Hombrewers Association-sanctioned homebrew competition. As the competition winner, the beer was commercially produced (with minor collaborative adaptations by Stone Brewing and Cervecería Insurgente) and released in 2014 as a collaboration beer known as…

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3 Examples of Hawaii’s Emerging Craft Beer Industry on Oahu

Today is my last full day on Oahu and tomorrow I’ll be flying back to California. As part of the trip, I managed to explore and sample the now emerging craft beer industry in Hawaii. Most savvy beer drinkers are aware of Hawaiian breweries such as Kona Brewing and Maui Brewing. However, there is a…

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Freakers are Firkin Fun and Useful! @FreakerUSA

By their own description, Freaker USA is “the global leader of preventing moist handshakes and sweaty beverages”. And quite frankly, I think they are much more than that. To me, Freakers are works of art that combine whimsy and functionality to create drink insulator catalysts for party fun and flair! What are Freakers?! Freakers are…

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