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The Saratogian One of his favorites was a brown ale made by Kona, a Hawaiian brewery. More than 80 breweries offering 150 different beers from around the globe were represented, along with a variety of food vendors. Beer Week is a new event designed to fill a void in ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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MLive.com 99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beeeeer! Actually, that's a misrepresentation. There are over 430 different types of beer available at the West Michigan Beer Festival at Fifth Third Ballpark which when combined adds up to quite a bit more ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Boston Globe By Steve Greenlee Cambridge Brewing Co. has been pouring great beer in Kendall Square since 1989, but only recently did the brewpub begin bottling its beverages. It started last fall, when CBC put its hot-selling fall ale, the Great Pumpkin, ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Sacramento News & Review But with an on-site tap room producing the brewery's small, rotating menu of artisan craft beers, Track 7 represents a growing Sacramento trend in which the city has shifted from the behemoth, something-for-every-taste brewpub model toward something ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Sydney Morning Herald COCA-COLA AMATIL says alcohol remains a ''core growth strategy'' for the company despite the sale of its Pacific Beverages joint venture precluding it from re-entering the Australian beer market until December next year. Speaking at the full-year ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-44040395801146190452012-02-22T20:53:00.002Z2012-02-22T20:53:58.670Z

Washington Post It's the brewing equivalent of a baker's sourdough starter. Colonizing barrels of unfermented beer, the bugs will work their slow alchemy over months and years, enabling Hawbaker's Cabinet Artisanal Brewhouse to make creative “wild ales” that ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Boston Herald The brewer plans to announce a new partnership with the Boston Athletic Association, the nonprofit that manages the marathon, and unveil its new Samuel Adams Boston 26.2 Brew, at its Jamaica Plain brewery on Thursday afternoon. ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-6937483795695727692012-02-22T20:45:00.000Z2012-02-22T20:45:03.652Z

While most of the country knows Michigan as the Great Lakes State, craft beer enthusiasts statewide consider their home the Great Beer State -- and with good reason. With nearly 100 Michigan breweries operating in 2010, the state ranks fifth in the nation in overall breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs. Founded in 1862, Frankenmuth Brewery is the oldest of any breweries in Michigan, boasting

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Patch.com For the third year in a row, the Rocky Point Artisan Brewers held the Long Island Nano Cask Ale Festival, featuring beers from the three brewers from Rocky Point, along with other local brewers such as Port Jeff Brewing Company, Spider Bite Brewing Co. ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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LocalNews8.com Almost 25 years ago, the Grand Teton Brewing Company opened in Wilson, Wyo. It was the first modern "micro" brewery in the state of Wyoming. After just 10 years, it moved to a bigger facility in Victor. Today, it's beer is sold in more than a dozen ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-61209497977091089452012-02-21T21:19:00.000Z2012-02-21T21:19:13.702Z

Wall Street Journal (blog) With the recent opening of Slow Boat Brewery in Beijing, the city's number of Western-style microbreweries officially doubled – to two. But according to both brewers, there's a growing and largely untapped market in China's capital as disposable income ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Reuters The world's fourth biggest brewer, which brews Carlsberg, Tuborg, Baltika brands said its 2012 results would be dented by the euro zone crisis hitting beer drinkers and also by a low single-digit percentage rise in its input costs. ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-31681905444030213682012-02-20T19:43:00.000Z2012-02-20T19:43:12.655Z

CBC.ca Unionized workers at Oland Brewery in Halifax accepted an offer by Labatt Breweries of Canada on Sunday, avoiding a lockout. Don Roberts, president of Local 361 of the Brewery and Soft Drink Workers, wouldn't say how many of the 130 unionized workers ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Examiner.com This past Tuesday I attended Eli Cannon's Tap Room's Anti-Valentines Party with my wife, which featured a Stone Brewing Co. tap takeover. They had Levitation, Arrogant Bastard, Double Bastard, and Oaked Bastard on draught, in addition to their ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-75205052007534737102012-02-20T19:20:00.000Z2012-02-20T19:20:41.401Z

Cincinnati.com The Enquirer/Leigh Taylor “The Cincinnati Brewing Industry: A Social And Economic History” by William L. Downard Visit the Over-the-Rhine Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. at www.otrbrewerydistrict.org. ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-42906728611298269202012-02-18T21:38:00.002Z2012-02-18T21:38:57.460Z

Coastweek NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- East African Breweries Limited (EABL) posted a 17 per cent increase in its half-year net profit to 59 million US dollars for the period ended Dec. 31, 2011, officials said on Friday. "In the period under review, there was economic ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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TheChronicleHerald.ca Unionized employees at Oland Brewery in Halifax could be locked out Monday after rejecting a tentative agreement. (ERIC WYNNE / Staff) The 130 unionized workers at Oland Brewery in Halifax could be locked out Monday. Labatt Breweries of Canada filed ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Elk Grove Citizen By Cameron Macdonald The Third Annual Sacramento Beer Week kicks off on Friday, Feb. 24 and runs through Sunday, March 4. Elk Grove will have plenty of festivities dedicated to the lagers, pilsners, stouts, India pale ales, barleywines, doppelbocks, ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Greatist Next best option is to grab a light beer… right? Not so fast— before cracking open that ice cold Natty Light, consider this lighter option may not really be a healthier choice. When Coors Light knocked Budweiser off the podium as the most popular ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Westword (blog) 16 2012 at 2:55 PM ​For the first time since it was created in 2008, AC Golden Brewing in Golden plans to release three of its specialty, small-batch beers in 750 ml bottles. All three are sour fruit beers that were aged for ten months in oak barrels ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Forbes Though most restaurants might not have cicerones (read: sommeliers for beer) working the dining room floor quite yet, American craft breweries are creating an exciting collection of artisanal, local and limited edition brews that could elevate humble ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-83748670915216125692012-02-18T20:39:00.000Z2012-02-18T20:39:56.167Z

Winnipeg Free Press MONTREAL - Beer maker Molson Coors wants to increase sales of core brands like Coors Light and Molson Canadian to drive revenue growth during what it expects will be another challenging year. "We expect 2012 to be as challenging as 2011 in all of our ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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TheChronicleHerald.ca Labatt Breweries of Canada and unionized workers at the Oland Brewery in Halifax reached an agreement in principle on a new collective agreement Sunday after three days at the bargaining table. Local 361 of the Brewery and Soft Drink Workers, ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) by Kendall Jones, washingtonbeerblog.com American Brewing Company is getting ready to celebrate its one year anniversary. The brewery and tasting room in Edmonds will host a party on Saturday, March 3rd. Festivities get underway at 1:00 and continue ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Paul Garrardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188306468526335051.post-5062994992853166672012-02-15T22:14:00.002Z2012-02-15T22:14:41.198Z

NBC San Diego By Sarah Grieco Drink up, San Diego: High-end beer sales increased last year and local breweries are seeing the results. Sales increased more than 2 percent last year, according to data from The Beer Institute. Researchers attributed the boost to ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

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