Hello Beer Fans! I have a ton of great beer news for you this week. First I have to tell you about AleSmith being named the Small Brewing Company of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival! The brewery won four medals at the GABF. Also well represented was Pizza Port Carlsbad and brewer […]
Click HERE to read the winners of categories 1-10 Click HERE to read the winners of categories 11-25 Category: 26 Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest – 16 Entries Gold: Rolling Thunder Dortmunder, Snake River Brewing Jackson, Jackson, WY Silver: Westy Export, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery (Flatirons – Westminster), Broomfield, CO Bronze: Penn Oktoberfest, Pennsylvania […]
Dear Saint Arnold’s Army: It’s Christoberfest time! (Somehow that word looks sacrilegious – no offense intended.) This is that special time of year when we are supposed to be serving Oktoberfest but have run out from most accounts and Christmas Ale is replacing it! Fortunately we start brewing Christmas Ale around the beginning of September […]
From Sierra Nevada: Our newest addition to our Harvest family is Southern Hemisphere Harvest. This is the first time we know of that an American brewer has put out a beer with fresh-picked hops from the southern hemisphere. The inaugural ale will debut in late April and will feature fresh Pacific Hallertau, New Zealand Motueka […]
Did you ever want the inside scoop about how we brew award-winning Shipyard beer? Here’s your chance! Enjoy some serious beer talk, and score some tickets to the Maine Brewers Festival on November 1! On Friday, October 31 join master brewer Alan Pugsley at a special “Dinner with the Brewers” at the Clarion Hotel in […]
AleSmith is pleased to announce the return of Evil Dead Red, just in time for Halloween! EDR is a heavily hopped American Red Ale with a rich, caramel, malty backbone and distinctly evil mahogany color. Weighing in at 6.66% abv, it’s the perfect beer to sip while day-dreaming of your next Halloween costume. So keep […]
The New and Improved Tröegs Tasting Room We would like to thank all our visitors for your continued patience as we transform our Tasting Room and Brewery Offices. The project is about 75 percent complete and we hope to have everything wrapped up by Nov. 1st. This project doubles the size of the Tasting Room, […]
GRAND TETON BREWING COMPANY INTRODUCES A NEW BREW XX Bitch Creek Double ESB is the final release of Grand Teton Brewing’s 20th anniversary commemorative “Cellar Reserve” beers. VICTOR, ID — Grand Teton Brewing Company, known throughout the West for their exceptional microbrews, has introduced XX Bitch Creek Double ESB, the latest in their “Cellar Reserve” […]
SAN LEANDRO — Drake’s Brewing Co., one of America’s pioneering craft breweries, was sold Monday to the owner of Triple Rock Brewery in Berkeley. The deal’s sale price was not disclosed. The buyer is Triple Rock proprietor John Martin of Orinda and business partner Roy Kirkorian. The two also are partners in Jupiter, a beer […]
SAN LEANDRO — Drake’s Brewing Co., one of America’s pioneering craft breweries, was sold Monday to the owner of Triple Rock Brewery in Berkeley. The deal’s sale price was not disclosed. The buyer is Triple Rock proprietor John Martin of Orinda and business partner Roy Kirkorian. The two also are partners in Jupiter, a beer […]
It’s official, beer is cheaper than gas. And since you can’t even find gas in the South these days (unless you fight some old lady at the pump after waiting an hour) might as well fill up on something delicious. Candler Park Fall Fest The Candler Park Fall Fest is an annual festival sponsored by […]
Hood River, Or – A few unmistakable signs tell us when winter has arrived in Hood River. The waterfalls in the Gorge start kicking out the jams. The snow report for the backcountry regains its hold over us. And the Wassail starts flowing once again. And that means friends and family will surely be close […]
Hello Beer Fans! As you might expect from the month that spawned the world’s largest beer festival, October is full of good beer happenings here in San Diego. There will also be plenty of good beer of all types at the pub all month long. This week we will feature our regular pitcher special for […]
