At the end of the Great American Beer Festival award ceremony, closing out our seventh year covering this massive industry event, I felt strongly that the craft beer industry has finally fully outgrown the current format of The Great American Beer Festival proper and the awards ceremony. The format worked perfect when we were dealing […]
(Kihei, Hawaii ) – On Friday, October 13, 2017, Maui Brewing Company will be releasing Pilialoha Belgian Red Ale in cans for a limited time only. This specialty Belgian Red Ale is brewed with KonaRed® Hawaiian Coffee Fruit. With its ruby red appearance comes a dark cherry fruit and dried figs aroma. The Motueka hops […]
Like all good things, the Great American Beer Festival has come to end, and for some people in the craft beer industry battling a week-long hangover, it’s not a moment too soon. But there was something different about this year’s fest. From the new layout to the downsized booths, the 2017 GABF had a scaled […]
Day two of the 2017 Great American Beer Festival is in the books, and once I again, I got caught up in the sour beer styles and farmhouse ales that were flowing from nearly every booth. While the Thursday night session is usually for the more serious beer drinker looking to taste highly sought after […]
In it’s 36th year, brewers from across the country and thirsty beer drinkers from across the world, once again descended on the city of Denver to celebrate (and drink a lot of) craft beer at the Great American Beer Festival. Festival-goers were greeted with blue skies and cool temps on a beautiful Colorado day. While […]
(Juneau, Alaska) – The limited edition 2017 vintage of Alaskan Brewing Co.’s Alaskan Smoked Porter is now released, just weeks after the previous year’s vintage received a Gold Award for Strong Smoke Beer at the European Beer Star Awards. Smoked beers have gained in popularity in the United States over the past several decades, but […]
(Asheville, NC) – Hi-Wire Brewing announced today the release of three beers scheduled to hit shelves during the month of October. Their releases include some old favorites, including Strongman Coffee Milk Stout and Twice As Nice Doppelbock, as well as a new release from Hi-Wire Brewing’s Sour & Wild Ale program, a Brett Saison with […]
(St. Louis, MO) – Perennial Artisan Ales is excited to announce the details for Abraxas Week 2017! Abraxas week will run from Tuesday, October 31, through Saturday, November 4. We have so many exciting things in store for you! There are a lot of important details, so please read carefully. We will once again be […]
(Milford, DE) – Mispillion River Brewing is set to release War Kitten, a beer brewed with electrolytes this Saturday. Brewer Ryan Maloney first conceived of brewing a beer with electrolytes when he found himself mixing his daily sports drink with one of the brewery’s Berliner Weisses. He quickly realized that he could save himself the […]
(DENVER, CO) – Just in time for the Great American Beer Festival, Great Divide Brewing will be releasing the latest edition of their Jameson Caskmates Drinking Buddies collaboration, The Smoothness. This rich, silky dark lager was aged in Jameson Caskmates barrels imported directly from Ireland, and was inspired by Great Divide’s time at Jameson’s Midleton […]
(MILWAUKEE, WI) – Lakefront Brewery has installed arrays of solar panels at its Riverwest warehouse. With a total of 264 modules, Lakefront Brewery will be producing approximately 85,000 kWh annually. That represents up to 39% of all the energy used at the craft beer warehouse. “Wherever we can save, contribute or innovate, we’ll do it,” […]
(Denver, CO) – BeerRun GABF is an all day fundraising event that benefits Pints for Prostates. The route will once again take us from Boulder to Denver with stops at 6 brewery aid stations. The run will take place on Tuesday, October 3rd. We’re really excited to have a finish line fest this year and are […]
(Denver, CO) – In celebration of the Great American Beer Festival, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project will host a handful of unique bottle releases and specialty tapping’s throughout GABF week in their taproom located at 3350 Brighton Blvd. Denver CO. A full schedule of events can be found below. Monday, October 2nd – Nightmare on Brett […]
