There is good news and some not-so-great news ahead for breweries in 2023. This is according to the Brewers Alliance, a non-profit trade association for small and independent American craft brewers. It has just released its outlook for 2023 breweries and these here are its key findings: • Brewery openings will be the lowest in over a decade • Distributed craft volume … [Read more...]
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Southwestern College Students Create A Beer With NOVO Brazil Brewing Company
We all know that college students drink beer. But some at San Diego's Southwestern College have created one. In collaboration with San Diego's NOVO Brazil Brewing Company, students from the college's Fermentation Science Program have launched Tzunúm, an Australian Pale Ale. It is that is available on draft only at NOVA's Imperial Beach location. “It was such a … [Read more...]
Yes, There Is A Beer Can Appreciation Day And It’s Jan. 24
Ahhh, beer. The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems, to quote Homer Simpson. Yet in this day of the craft beer craze where bars have sometimes dozens of taps, there is a day to recognize a beer lovers standard: canned beer. It's Beer Can Appreciation Day and it's Jan. 24. Yes, there really is a Beer Can Appreciation Day and it was created to acknowledge and … [Read more...]
10 Best Beer Cities For Beer Drinkers In The U.S.
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com's Chief Beer Drinker Ahh, beer. "The cause of, and solution to, all of live's problems", to quote Homer Simpson. It is certainly a part of the American lifestyle. It's hard to imagine going to a bar, a baseball game, watching sports, being at a concert, a backyard barbeque, at the the lake or just kicking back on the porch on a nice day … [Read more...]
Craft Breweries Now Face A New Challenge – A Shortage Of Carbon Dioxide
Are you ready for another shortage? Here's one that will lower the spirits of craft beer fans across America. Craft breweries are facing a shortage of carbon dioxide, a key ingredient that gives beer its crisp taste. After an aluminum shortage for cans and kegs, rising costs of the products that go into making beer and other issues, this seems like piling on – hey, … [Read more...]
Is Drinking Beer Bad For You? It’s Good For The Mind And Soul, So No
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger Recently, I saw a report stating that drinking two beers a day can age you prematurely by as much as 10 years. This contradicts other reports stating that beer is actually good for you. So which is correct and is drinking beer bad for you? Here is the answer. Beer Is Good For Your Mind & Soul I didn't read that … [Read more...]
How Much Wheat Is In Wheat Beer?
We already know that wheat is a staple ingredient to count in many delicious cuisines like hot dogs and apple pie. But did you know that it plays a prominent role in certain types of beers, too? So much so that there is even a specific beer in its name called Wheat beer. The particular variant is famous for being a refreshing drink, especially during the warmth of the … [Read more...]
Hall Of Fame Quarterback Troy Aikman Launching A New Sugar-Free Beer
Tossing touchdown passes and tossing back a few beers has been a big part of Troy Aikman's life (and now he's tossing out analysis as a broadcaster on Fox's NFL coverage) in one area, he is making a change. The beers he drinks will now be those of his own creation as he is launching EIGHT beer. He worked with brewmaster Phil Leinhart (Paulaner Brauerij, Anheuser-Busch, and … [Read more...]
Free Beer! Anheuser-Busch Giving Away Brews When U.S. Hits 70% Vaccinations
'Let’s Grab a Beer' Initiative Is In Conjunction With The White House By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Free beer! What American can't want that, right? And just in time for the Fourth Of July. Here's how it works. Anheuser-Busch, in a partnership with the White House, is offering a free beer to all Americans provided the U.S. reaches … [Read more...]
Maluma Helps Celebrate Michelob Ultra’s Move To 100% Solar Energy Brewing
Global Superstar's Song To Debut On Earth Day 2021 Global superstar Maluma is helping to celebrate Michelob Ultra's move to 100% solar energy brewing with the release of a hot new anthem song titled "Rumba (Puro Oro Anthem)." The sol-ful anthem is the first-ever song to feature the roaring sounds of the sun. Yes, the sun actually makes its own unique sound, and … [Read more...]
Busch Beer Dog Brews Up A Cool PR Campaign With A $20,000 Doggie Job
A Boss That Barks – Beer Company Seeking A Canine Chief Tasting Officer Busch Beer is really doggin' it these days. First, the brewer created Dog Brew, a beer made for dogs. And now it is offering dogs a job that will pay $20,000. Rover's role calls for him (or her) to be Chief Tasting Officer. This, er, "executive position" will be a key part of Busch Dog … [Read more...]
How Today’s German Brewers Are Making Creative Beers Within The Purity Law
Traditions & History Mix With The Modern Beer Lovers' Tastes German beer, Germany Purity Law By Nicola Holly, Special To PubClub.com Germany is well known for its beers and for its breweries adhering to the strict German Purity Law. Fortunately, beer is no longer brewed in Germany in the same manner that it was in 1516. There's no fear that anyone will … [Read more...]
Why It’s Suddenly Impossible To Get A Pint Of Beer At Dublin Pubs
COVID-19 Restrictions Lead To A Dry January For Many Dubliners Published Jan. 12, 2020 Dublin pubs, Dry January, Ireland COVID restrictions, Micheal Martin A lot of Dubliners probably did not intend on having a Dry January, but many are experiencing one, anyway. Certainly if they are hoping to get a pint from a pub. That's because it's impossible to get a … [Read more...]
Virginia Tech Now Has Its Own Beer, Fightin’ Hokies Lager
Craft Brew A Joint Venture Between The School And Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Virginia Tech University now has its own beer. Called Fightin' Hokies Lager, it was created by VT researches and is brewed by Hardwood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond. And the brewery claims it's no turkey, either. “As one of America’s leading academic institutions in disciplines … [Read more...]
Dog Brew By Busch Is Beer For Your Dog – Seriously
Who Needs Doggie Treats When You Can Give Your Canine Beer!? By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub Beer Blogger It can be a "ruff" existence being a pooch, but a dog's life just got better. That's because it now has beer! And no, not the kind where the owner shares a few sips of his brew but an actual beer brewed specifically for dogs. It's Dog Brew by Busch and it's … [Read more...]
Mexico Facing A Shortage Of Mexican Beers; Could Tequila Be Next?
Shutdown Of Alcohol-Producing Facilities Starting To Affect The Supply By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger While it seems impossible to comprehend in a place where people go on vacation in large part to drink beers on the beaches in the sunshine, parts of Mexico are running out of Mexican beers. Even more alarming is the possibility that tequila could be … [Read more...]
Craft Breweries Are Hot But The Girls In Them Are Not
Why Good-Looking Women Are A Rare Site In These Trendy Beer Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger One of the hottest trends of the past decade – and it's getting even hotter leading into the Roaring 2020s – is craft beer and the craft breweries where the beer is brewed. Cities are promoting craft breweries as a tourist destination and states are … [Read more...]
Ballast Point Breaks The Mold Again As Small Brewery Buys It From Constellation Brands
Kings & Convicts Microbrewery Taps The Keg On Popular Craft Beer Company Ballast Point Brewing Company broke the craft beer mold when it was sold to Constellation Brands for a still-record $1 billion, and now it has done it again, only in reverse. The San Diego-based brewery has been sold again, but this time not to a mega-company but to a small-time company … [Read more...]
Coors Becomes Official Beer Of Professional Bull Riders Association (PBR)
Tour Brews Up Sponsorship For Second Half Of Season Beer and bull riding go together like cowboys and boots, and recognizing this fact, Coors Banquet has signed on to be the “Official Beer of the PBR,” the Professional Bull Riders tour. In addition to in-arena exposure at events, on the PBR’s digital and social channels, and at after-party celebrations. Coors … [Read more...]
Hard Knox Garage A Great Craft Beer Brewery Bar Concept
A Food Truck Park Pairs With Craft Beers In Knoxville, TN By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Craft Beer Blogger In a world of creative businesses – pop-up selfie stores are popping up everywhere and charging as much as $25 to go into them – this is one ideal for us craft beer lovers. One that I wish other entrepreneurs would bring to cities all over the … [Read more...]
Bud Light Offering Free Beer If Mexico Beats Brazil In World Cup 2018
Clever Social Media Tease Promises Brews For All Of California By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger Hola Mexico! Here's a reason for Americans on the West Coast to cheer for Mexico in the World Cup 2018. At least for the next game. Bud Light has announced it will be giving away free beer – yes free beer! – if Mexico beats Brazil in the World Cup … [Read more...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Monterey Has Another Award-Winning Craft Beer On Tap
White Buffalo Beer Wins Gold Gold Medal At LA International Beer Competition If you've been to Peter B's Brewpub in Monterey, CA, then it will come as little surprise to learn that it has another award-winning beer on tap. Its the Great White Buffalo, and it won a Gold Medal at the Los Angeles International Beer Competition. Brewer Justin Rivard’s brew was … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewers Festival 2022 Dates, Beers & Everything You Need To Know
The 31st edition of one of the best, most fun and lively beer festivals in the USA takes place on its usual end-of-July weekend in Portland, Ore. The Oregon Brewers Festival is a free-entrance event featuring more than 80 brewers at a location in a park on the banks of the Willamette River. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend, and not all of them are from Portland … [Read more...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Is Quite Simply Good Craft Beer In Monterey CA
Belly Up Blonde & Legend Of Laguna (Seca) IPA Are Top Brews Along The California Coast By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger There is the tendency of when you go to a craft brewpub to expect a menu of complicated beers with a myriad of ingredients. That's fine but when brewmasters get too carried away, concentrating so much on combinations and … [Read more...]
Why Don’t Enough Craft Breweries Brew A Lager Or Blonde Beer?
Exotic Beers Dominate Tap Handles But This #BeerLover Just Wants A Smooth & Tasty Brew By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Drinker (And Beer Blogger) I love going to craft breweries. There's something about them that makes you feel like your in some kind of special beer lover's community. The places are quaint, have character and the brewmasters and … [Read more...]
Punk ‘N Brew Craft Beer Festival Huntington Beach Date & Details
NOFX and Bad Religion Headline Event At Bolsa Chica State Beach While Halloween parties are taking place in other parts of Los Angeles, beer lovers have another option: the Punk & Brew Craft Beer Festival in Huntington Beach. Set for Saturday, Oct. 28 at Bolsa Chica State Beach, it features more than 100 beers from Western USA craft brewers and music from punk … [Read more...]
Traverse City Beer Week 2017 Dates, Events & Details
The Great Beerd Run, A 5K With Beers In Route, Among Highlights For TCBW By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger If you like to combine your beer drinking with fun events, then you might want to consider gong to Traverse City, Michigan. It has an entire week devoted to beer and beer drinking, and one event is a 5K that involves drinking beer during the … [Read more...]
How To Tell If The Beer You’re Buying Is An Independent Craft Beer
New Brewers Association Label Tries To Eliminate Brew Confusion When it comes to buying craft beers, there's a lot of brew confusion. Unless you keep up with it on a regular basis – which makes you a true #beerlover – it's difficult to know which beers are actually from independent breweries and which ones are disguised because they are part of a large company. A new … [Read more...]
German’s Riegele Beer Now Available In Massachusetts
2017 German Brewery of the Year Distributing Several Beers In New England One of Germany's top beers is now available in New England. Riegele (pronounced Rig-ula) is now available throughout Massachusetts. It has has signed an agreement with Massachusetts Beverage Alliance (MBA) for statewide distribution through its U.S. importer, Luxe Brands. Riegele is one of the … [Read more...]
Beer That Tastes Like Piss – How About Beer That IS Piss
Copenhagen Brewery Turns Urine From Music Festivals Into 'Pisner' Brew By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger You’re heard of beer that tastes like piss? Well now there is a beer that is like piss. In fact, it IS piss! Norrebro Bryghus, an Organic craft beer brewery located in Copenhagen, Denmark, has created “Pisner," a beer that is – seriously – crafted … [Read more...]
Yard House Taps Special IPA Craft Beer For Its 20th Anniversary
3 Degrees Of Celebration Is A Triple IPA Brew In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Yard House is offering a special draft beer for a limited time in December and January. Called 3 Degrees of Celebration it's a Triple IPA brewed in a partnership with San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing Co., and Alpine Beer Company. It will be tapped on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the … [Read more...]
Sierra Nevada Brewmaster To Retire
Search Underway For Steve Dresler's Replacement At Chico, CA Brewery What do you call it when a brewmaster retires – he hangs up his beer mugs? He's finished fermenting, is hopping away from the hops? Whatever is may be – and with a few beers it's possible to think of a few more cute phrases – that's what Steve Dresler is doing at the end of next year. The longtime … [Read more...]
California Beer Festival Santa Cruz 2016 Info & Tickets
Aptos Village Park Hosts Craft Beers & Foodies Event Craft beer lovers and foodies come together at the California Beer Festival, Aug. 12-14, at Aptos Village Park in Santa Cruz County. It features more than 85 craft breweries and bands in this scenic location in a three-day event that begins with a food and beer pairing competition and ends with a picnic-style … [Read more...]
California Beer Festival San Dimas 2016 Info & Tickets
Craft Beers & Live Music In Los Angeles County This September Craft beers and live music return to the Los Angeles area for the California Beer Festival, Sept. 10 & 11. Held at the Frank G. Bonelli Park in San Dimas, it features more than 85 craft breweries and bands in this scenic park. Tickets are on sale now and they are $40, plus a $4.30 processing fee. … [Read more...]
Breckenridge Breweries Hootenanny 2016 Date, Bands & Tickets
26th Annual Event Features Craft Beers, Bands & BBQ In The Colorado Mountains Beers, bands and BBQ combine to make for what organizers call a "pig-pickin’, foot-stompin’, beer-drinkin’ block party" in the Colorado mountains. Sounds like our kind of event! It's the 26th annual Breckenridge Breweries Hootenanny, and the 2016 event takes place on the brewery's massive … [Read more...]
Is Philadelphia Really America’s Best Beer-Drinking City?
Beer Gardens, Breweries & Beer-Drinking Pub Crawls To find the top beer drinking cities in the USA, you would start in Portland, Oregon, first real home of the microbrewery. You could also go to kind of a Portland-of-the-east, Asheville, N.C. Or any city or town in Colorado. And certainly the long-standing big-time beer-drinking American cities of Chicago, Milwaukee and … [Read more...]
America’a Largest Brewpub Is In Bellingham, WA
Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro Produces 6,000 Barrels A Year There's a lot brewing at Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro in Bellingham, WA. In fact, there's so much brewing that it's been recognized as the largest brewpub in the USA by the Brewers Association (BA), a trade organization for the craft beer industry. In 2015, Boundary Bay produced 6,147 barrels of beer (1 … [Read more...]
Sierra Nevada Introduces New Beer Camp Craft Beers
New Tastes For #BeerLovers In The USA Each year, Sierra Nevada uses its Beer Camp Across America to release new craft beers to the public, and in 2016 it has chosen six styles. Known as the Beer Camp Across America collaboration, the beers are sold as 12-packs containing two of each limited-edition style at a retail price of around $30. Some are also be available on … [Read more...]
American Craft Beer Week 2016 Is May 16-22
A Celebration For #BeerLovers In America Not to be confused with National Beer Day, which celebrates all brews in the USA, American Craft Beer Week in 2016 is May 16-22. Yes, that is correct. All the beers get a single day while craft beers get an entire week. American Craft Beer Week is put on by the Brewers Association and the publishers of CraftBeer.com to … [Read more...]
National Beer Day Explained By The Man Who Created It
A True #BeerLover Tells The Ales (And More) Tale By Justin Smith, National Beer Day Founder This Thursday is National Beer Day. It’s on the same date every year, April 7th. But why do we need a special day to celebrate beer? When I tell some people about National Beer Day, I often have them flippantly respond with: “Isn’t every day National Beer Day?” It’s true … [Read more...]
National Beer Day A True Celebration For #BeerLovers
Cheers To Beers On April 7 Fill a glass with your favorite foam-topped beverage, raise it high in the air and give a cheer to this great drink, beer! April 7 is National Beer Day – hashtag #NationalBeerDay – a celebration if ever there was one for all us #beerlovers. Beer is the beverage that brings out the Homer Simpson in all of us – guys and girls – that … [Read more...]
World’s Most Interesting Man Not All That Interesting
Famous Dos Equis Pitchman Being Sent To Mars The World's Most Interesting Man has been retired, sent to that great space shuttle in the sky (in his last commercial, he's been sent on a one-way mission to Mars). The Dos Equis commercial will go down as one of the most successful campaigns in advertising history. And for that reason alone, it is to be … [Read more...]
Sierra Nevada Announces 2016 Beer Camps Dates, Locations
Craft #BeerLovers & Brewers To Hoist Brews In June This sure sounds like a lot more fun than a boot camp. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. will host its second Beer Camp Across America (BCAA) festival tour in 2016 with stops in Tampa, Seattle, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles. The festivals, to be held in June, offer craft beer lovers samples of specialty … [Read more...]
Munich Oktoberfest Beer Consumption Down In 2015
#BeerLovers Still Drink 2 Million Gallons In Bierhalls The bierhalls were full and so were the beer mugs but still, consumption of brews at Munich's Oktoberfest was down in 2015. Stats released by Mayor Josef Schmidt showed about half a million liters less was drank this year than in 2014. There were 7.3 million liters drank in 2015 – that's about two million gallons … [Read more...]
Great American Beer Festival Underway In Denver
Beer Lovers Try To Tap Into 3,500 Beers For beer lovers who can't be at Oktoberfest, there's another option – the Great American Beer Festival. And thousands are in Denver the last weekend of September for the 2015 event. As a result, downtown Denver is buzzing and the LoDo bars are packed more so than usual. It's a convention scene with people here to drink … [Read more...]
How To Win Tickets To A San Diego Beer Week Tasting Pairing
Craft Beers, Chefs From Local Restaurants And Live Music At Tom Ham's Lighthouse Drink craft beer and eat for free! You can do it – if you win, of course – by entering a contest for two free tickets to a craft beer pairing during San Diego Beer Week. This takes place at Tom Ham's Lighthouse on Monday, Nov. 10, from 6-9 p.m. Called Brews, Views and Chews, it … [Read more...]
LA Bars Pouring Ninkasi ‘Pints For A Cause’ Beers To Fight Autism
Simmzy's, Hopscotch Tavern & Matt Denny's Participating On Nov. 12 Simmzy's in Manhattan Beach and Long Beach, Hopscotch Tavern in Fullerton and Matt Denny's Ale House in Arcadia are taking part in a promotion with Ninkasi Brewing beers to help cure autism. These Los Angeles bars and the brewery have teamed up for "Pints For A Cause' on Wednesday, Nov. 12. A … [Read more...]
Stella Promos In Gaslamp Bars Previews San Diego Wine & Food Festival
McFadden's, Whiskey Girl And Lucky Bastard Saloon Bring Beers And Cheers What better way to get primed up for the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival – which includes fine Belgian beers, as well – than to tag along with a promo night for Stella Artois in the bars of the Gaslamp!? Not much that I can think of, quite frankly. And so I did it on Thursday night. And it … [Read more...]
Looking Forward To The 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Annual Event Features Great Wines, Food, Beer – And Socializing It is upon us again. One of San Diego's top events of the year – a "must-do" on anyone's social calendar – is taking place the weekend of Nov. 21-22. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival and it is something I look forward to each and every year. Even though I don't even live in San Diego! Yet I drive … [Read more...]
Enjoy Great Belgian Beers At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Stella Artois, Leffe And Hoegaarden Also Served With Stella Hosting A Beer Luncheon You don't have to drink wine at the the San Diego Wine & Food Festival. Beer lovers can feast, too, with premium Belgian beers Stella Artois, Leffe and Hoegaarden. The beers are poured at the two main events, Friday night's The Vault tasting and Saturday's Grand Tasting, and a Friday … [Read more...]
El Segundo Rock & Brews Hosts Goose Island Craft Beer Dinner
Menu Pairings From Gene Simmons And Paul Stanley Restaurant With Premium Chicago Beers Here's a tasty temptation that will rock (and roll) your dinner world. Rock & Brews in El Segundo, CA – the original of the Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Zislis Group rock-themed restaurants – is hosting a dinner featuring items from its menu specifically selected to be paired with … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Beer Garden Party Review At 2013 Hometown Fair
Lively Crowd Enjoys Singles Socializing With Good Craft Beers And Friends The combination is as natural as the beach and the ocean, as dominating as Clayton Kershaw with a baseball in his hands. The first weekend of each October, the gorgeous Los Angeles beach community called Manhattan Beach holds an event that sounds as if belongs in a small town in Iowa, Hometown Fair. … [Read more...]
Budweiser Introduces 25-Ounce Beer Can
A King Can Of The King Of Beers In Time For Football Season Here's a way to keep from getting off the couch to make a mad dash to the refrigerator for a beer during critical moments of football games: Budwieser has introduced 25-ounce cans! The bigger can adds an extra ounce, for the same price, to the existing 24-ounce can. "It's more than just a new can or some new … [Read more...]
Get Your Tickets Now For The 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Grand Tasting On Embarcadero Highlights 10th Annual Event Nov. 18-24 You know you want to go, so get out the dough. Or, rather the credit card. The dough – and what's made with it – comes later. The 10th annual San Diego Wine & Food Festival is Nov. 18-24. And while it may seem a bit of advance planning overkill to get tickets in October, before you've even thought … [Read more...]
Goose Island Craft Beers Pairing A Winner At Rock & Brews Redondo Beach
Special Five-Course Dinner Highlights Good Beer With Good Food At LA Restaurant Chicago's craft beer Goose Island has come West and - like many transplants from the Windy City - has landed in the fun Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. And on a weather-perfect Tuesday evening, the kind of gentle night where you want to have a few … [Read more...]
Craft Beers Enhance Redondo Beach Lobster Festival Scene
Goose Island And Shock Top Specialty Brews Blend Perfectly With Bands And Bugs In 2013 Always a fun event, the Redondo Beach Lobster Festival elevated itself in 2013 with the addition of a craft beer garden. In an enhancement to the usual selection of beers, there were also several selections from Chicago craft brewer Goose Island and and also a wild variety of flavors … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach Lobster Festival 2013 To Feature Craft Beer Festival
Shock Top, Goose Island Among Taps At Sept. 20-22 Event Lobsters and beer go together like water and waves, yet this takes it to a new beer-lovers level. The 2013 Redondo Beach Lobster Festival – Sept. 20-22 at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, CA – includes a craft beer festival. It features more than a dozen selections. Some of the beers are: • Shock Top Lemon Shandy • … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewers Festival Attracts 85,000 To Portland’s Craft Beer Party
Annual Beer-Lovers Event Sets Attendance Record Three words come to mind when it comes to the 2013 Oregon Brewers Festival held the weekend of July 24-28 in Portland: Wow, cheers, and darn! The wow is for the fact that it attracted 85,000 people this year. The cheers is for the organizers for putting on another great event and for setting an attendance record. The darn … [Read more...]
Trump National Wine & Beer Festival 2013 Date is Aug. 25
Tickets Now On Sale For 5th Annual Event Featuring Craft Beers And California Wines Get out your smart phone, put in the date and set the reminder. The Trump National Wine & Beer Festival is Sunday, Aug. 25. Now in its fifth year, the Trump Wine & Beer Festival has become one of the top social events of the South Bay, as well as parts beyond. People go not just … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewer’s Festival One Of The USA’s Top Craft Beer Events
Portland's Annual Waterfront Party Is About More Than Great Beers When I tell you that the Oregon Brewer's Festival – held the last weekend each July in Portland, Oregon – is one of the top craft beer events in the USA, then beer aficionados are likely to start wondering about what kinds of beer are served, the breweries, the varieties, etc. In short, all things … [Read more...]
Budweiser’s Red, White & Blue Cans Make For Patriotic Beer Drinking
Grabbing A Bottle Or Can Brings Out The Blogger's Pride In America With baseball bats cracking around the nation's ballparks, summer here and the Fourth of July approaching, Budweiser has struck up a patriotic tune with red, white and blue beer cans, plus similar labels on its bottles. The cans, especially, make you want to reach out and grab one. They have white stars on … [Read more...]
Anheuser-Busch’s Stella Introduces Belgian Style Cider Called Cidre
New A-B Product To Quench Thirst Of Growing Cider Market Stella Artois, the word's top-selling Belgian beer, is bringing a cider to the U.S. market. It's called Stella Artois Cidre and A-B describes it as "a crisp, distinctive European-style cider made with apples hand-picked from wine growing regions." Initially it will be available in 26 U.S. states, with further … [Read more...]
Monterey Brewery Peter B’s Celebrates American Craft Beer Week
Guest Brews, A Beer Wench And National Toast Highlight Events American Craft Beer Week is May 13-19 and Monterey Bay craft brewery Peter B's – which has won several awards for its beers – is participating with events each night of the week. It starts on Monday, May 13, with the release of Alvarado Street Raspberry Wheat Ale (Alvarado Street is just out the door of Peter … [Read more...]
Budweiser Bowtie Cans Make It Easy To Grab Some Buds
Design Ideal For Getting Beers On The Go In The Summertime Budweiser has made its advertising slogan of "Grab Some Buds" much easier to achieve with promotional bowtie-shaped cans of the King of Beers. The cans are actually in the shape of the beer's bowtie logo with a small crinkle in the middle. I got a hold a few and whenever I show them to people they all say … [Read more...]
Beer vs. Wine: When To Choose Which One To Drink
Beer Is For Partying While Wine Is For Reflecting Beer and wine, two great things in life to be sure. But beer verses wine? I love them both, but sometimes I feel like having a beer and at other times I prefer to be drinking wine. So what determines which will be quenching my thirst's desire? Well, it's really a mood thing. When I'm in the wild whoop-it-up frame of … [Read more...]
San Francisco Craft Beer Lovers Should Flock To Boonville Beer Festival
Bay Area Breweries Pour It On At This Annual May Event Attention Bay Area brew lovers! There's an event you should check out in your area. It's the Boonville Beer Festival. That's up in Mendocino County, at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds, in fact. And I can speak from a personal experience that this is a great event, a craft beer drinker's paradise! There are 80 … [Read more...]
Where To Find Goose Island Chicago’s Craft Beer In South Bay Bars
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach Bars Are Pouring These Good Brews Looking for a new craft beer to try in the South Bay? Then let me suggest Goose Island, the Chicago specialty brewery that is making a big splash nationally. Currently the bars serving it in the South Bay are: BrewCo and Shellback Tavern in Manhattan Beach and American Junkie in Hermosa Beach. At the … [Read more...]
MarchFest 2013 Is A Craft Beer And Music Festival In New Zealand
Hop-Growing Area Of Nelson A Celebration Of Hops, Craft Beers And Bands You don't normally associate New Zealand with craft beer, but an event called MarchFest just might get you raising a pint and toasting the Kiwis. It features 15 local and regional craft brewers in a festival that also includes bands and grilled food. Held in Nelson, N.Z., the 2013 event is April 6 … [Read more...]
Goose Island Beer Having A Tap Takeover At BrewCo Manhattan Beach
Chicago Craft Brewery Pouring Brews In The South Bay Goose Island, the Chicago craft brewery that has exploded onto the beer scene, is doing a "tap takoever" at BrewCo in downtown Manhattan Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 25. It goes from 5-close (about 11) and will feature four "classic" beers and three "vintage" selections, as well as the 22-ounce bottle of Pepe Nero. The beers … [Read more...]
Beer Helps Bone Density So Let’s Drink Another Round!
India Pale Ales Provide The Most Benefit According to Cal Davis Study Got milk? Heck, got beer may be better for you! The Journal of Science and Agriculture has published a study that looked at 100 beers and concluded that brews can increase bone density. The study comes from the University of California at Davis, which has a class in brewing beer. And the conclusion … [Read more...]
Monterey Craft Brewery Peter B’s Brews A Valentine’s Day Beer
Bravarian Style Hefeweizen To Help Save Our Shores Organization Good brewmasters never rest. They keep brewing new beer. Kevin Clark is at it again, and he's come up with a Bavarian-style Hefeweizen that will debut on Valentine's Day in his craft brewery, Peter B's in Monterey, CA. This is a limited beer, just 12 barrels. In the past, Clark has created beers … [Read more...]
Monterey Craft Brewery Peter B’s Wins More Beer Awards
Russian Imperial Espresso Stout Takes Gold At World Beer Championships As Monterey, CA, continues to gain notoriety for its wines, a craft brewery is brewing up award-winning beers. Peter B’s Brewpub won a Gold medal for its Russian Imperial Espresso Stout at the World Beer Championships and two Bronze medals for its Barrel Aged Stout and Whiskey Barrel Aged Stout. Peter … [Read more...]
First-Time Germany Travel Lessons: Pilsner Beer & An Ex-Girlfriend
The 7-Minute Beers, Karlsruhe And Finding The Correct Restroom The memories flowed as quickly as the beer. Well, a heck of a lot faster than the Pilsner was poured. But more on that later. I was at a media luncheon in Los Angeles hosted by Tourism Germany for us Southern California travel journalists. The new German public relations representative, a friendly frau by … [Read more...]
Looking Forward To Drinking The New Budweiser Black Crown Beer
Gold Lager Debuting For Super Bowl Parties XLVII When The King (Budweiser) introduced a new beer for The Queen (Bud Light) it was like The King of Queens, so to speak. Bud Light Platinum, which hit the market this time last year, proved to be right in my wheelhouse. It's got flavor, is as smooth as a James Bond line (Sean Connery) and has a stronger kick than David … [Read more...]
Portland’s Jupiter Hotel Promotion Includes Pizza And Beer
Oregon Brews and Sizzle Pie In The City Of the Microbrew This is a great idea, the perfect promotion, right up there with complimentary Internet, and far better than bagels in the morning. The Jupiter Hotel in Portland, Oregon, has launched a hotel promotion that features free beer. And late-night pizza! In Portland, no less, home of the craft brews. It's called the … [Read more...]
California Cultures Mix at Mendocino Crab Wine & Beer Festival 2013
It goes without saying that cracking crabs and drinking beer go together. That's commonplace along the East Coast, particularly in Maryland, home of crab cakes and beer. But it also happens in California. Except people in this part of the country – in particular in the northern part of the Golden State – must always put their own special touch on things. So when they host a … [Read more...]
Anheuser-Busch Introducing Goose Island Beer Nationally in November
Chicago Craft Brewery Expands Honker's Ale, India Pale Ale, 360 and Matilda Chicago's popular craft beers arc coming to the rest of the USA. Thanks to a purchase by Anheuser-Busch nearly two years ago, Goose Island will now be available across the nation. Utilizing the vast distribution network and increased brewing capacity of A-B, it is being introduced to bars and … [Read more...]
Anheuser-Busch Wants Budweiser Pulled From Denzel Washington’s Flight
This Is Not The Movie Product Placement The Beer Company Covets Normally, product placement is a great thing for a company. Junior Mints on "Seinfield," Charlie Harper drinking Coronas on "Two And A Half Men." There's a huge business of product placement, in fact, in which companies pay big money to have their products featured in movies and TV shows. It does go … [Read more...]
Ready to Party At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
One Needs To Be In Shape For Whirlwind Of Fun Events Bring it on. I'm ready. Up to the challenge. I've been working out, doing deep breathing exercises, practicing curls with wine glasses. The reason for all this preparation is the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, a multi-day event of saturation and satisfaction. Of indulgence and inspiration. This is one of the … [Read more...]
Portland’s Holiday Ale Festival 2017 Pours Winter Beers Downtown
Pioneer Square Beer Festival Features Specialty Craft Beers Cheers for the holidays means something different in Portland, Oregon, home of the craft brews. It means beers, at least from Nov. 28-Dec. 3. That's when the Holiday Ale Festival takes place. The 2017 event is the 22nd annual one. Held in Pioneer Square in the heart of downtown, it's the perfect location … [Read more...]
Monterey Craft Brewery Peter B’s Wins Awards For Two Of Its Beers
Well-Named Alvarado Street Raspberry Wheat And Legend of Laguna IPA Take Beverage Tasting Institute Silver Medals You don't normally think craft beers – and certainly award winners –when thinking of Monterey, CA. It's primarily wine country. But Peter B's Brewpub is changing that perception. The craft brewery, tucked in behind the Portola Hotel & Spa between … [Read more...]
Savannah, Ga Fall Beer Festival, The Tybee Beach Brew Fest, Is Nov 2-3
Kona and Red Hook Among Craft Brews At This Two-Night Event on Tybee Island I've had lots of beers in Savannah, Ga. But never have I been to an official beer festival there, and now apparently there are a couple, led by the Savannah Craft Brew Fest on Labor Day Weekend. Heck, there's even a wine festival in my old stomping grounds. And now, there's the Tybee Beach Brew … [Read more...]
Rocktoberfest Rocks LA Live With Gene Simmons And Rock & Brews
Week-Long Festival in Downtown Los Angeles Features Beers And Rock 'n Roll Bands People do get out of "The Bubble." Including the band at Pancho's. Before Wolfgang Puck walked on the red carpet, before Gene Simmons walked on the red carpet – and took the stage – there was a group of musicians who went through completely unnoticed by the press photographers. Except this … [Read more...]
Los Angeles A Fun Place to Party For Oktoberfest Beer Halls
Old World, Alpine Village and Big Bear Bring German Beer Halls To Southern California Hoisting big beers, doing big cheers arm and arm and flapping arms like wings doing the chicken dance, all to the live music of an oompha band. It's Oktoberfest and you don't have to go to Munich to experience it.' While there are great Oktoberfest celebrations throughout the world – and … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewers Festival Pours $30 Million Into Portland Economy
Waterfront Event Brings In Beer Drinkers Of All Ages And Attracts Several Out-Of-Town Visitors Let's have a big "cheers" for people drinking lots of beers! The Oregon Brewfest, an annual event that takes place the end of July at a waterfront park in downtown Portland, reports the 2012 event poured $30 million into the local economy. Here are specifics, as detailed by … [Read more...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Part of September Beer Festival in Monterey, CA
Second Annual Monterey Beer Garden Features A Dozen Craft Brewers on Sept. 22 You may think of Monterey, CA, as a wine area. It largely an accurate assumption. With wine tasting rooms in the city and Cannery Row and vineyards a few miles away, Monterey County is making a push to be recognized as a true California wine country. But it's also becoming a prolific craft beer … [Read more...]
Global Beer Network Importing Craft Belgian Beers to the U.S.
Boston-Based Company is Bringing More Than 60 Belgian Beers From 9 Small Breweries to the American Market When I received an invitation to meet the head of a U.S. distributor of a number of Belgian craft brews, I first said, "yeah, beer tasting!" But then I briefly hesitated. Belgian beers can be so strong in alcohol it's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. You … [Read more...]
The USA Is The Best Beer Drinking Country in the World
Variety and Selection Sets America Apart From Even Places Like Germany, Says Belgian Beer Importer The statement was as bold as the beer he was drinking, a 10.5% Belgian import called Gulden Draak. But Steve Villani, president of Belgian craft importer Global Beer Network, was sticking to his words. "The United States is the best beer country on the planet," he … [Read more...]
Beer Wars Brewing Between AB InBev and Heineken Spilling Over to Mexican Breweries
What the Potential Purchase Means For Us Everyday Beer Drinkers It's a takeover, with a twist. Anheuser-Busch InBev is in talks with Grupo Modelo about purchasing the remaining 50% in the Mexican brewery that it doesn't already own. Among the brands of Grupo Modelo is Corona, the brewer's top export to the U.S. It also has Pacifico and the various Modelo beers (Especial, … [Read more...]
Landshark Lager Is The Perfect Summertime Beer
Not To Light And Not To Heavy It's Ideal For The Beach, Boats and BBQs. And Jimmy Buffett Concerts Summer has arrived, and that means going to the beach, the river, the lake, house parties, backyard BBQs, large and small gatherings of friends and strangers and on summertime adventures. Naturally, these activities go better with beer, whether it's putting a couple in the … [Read more...]
Malibu Beer Festival Was ‘In’ At the Malibu Inn
Kicking Back At This Laid-Back Beer Event in Malibu The sun was out, the beer was flowing and the people were partying. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon in Malibu, CA? That's the way it was at the 2012 Malibu Beer Festival, held on a sensational Saturday, May 9. Even though this was Malibu there were no celebrities present. Unless you count the 25 or so … [Read more...]
Becks Gives Its Beer Bottles an Artistic Look
Labels Painted By Artists Provide a Fresh Look to a Refreshing Pilsner Many of us think of beer as a work of art. Its taste, its ability to stimulate conversation – some people even developing develop extreme passion for certain brands – and its overall contribution to the betterment of society are all emotions that exist among both beer drinkers and within the artistic … [Read more...]
You Bastards! Alabama Bans Sale of Dirty Bastard Beer
Who Are The Real Bastards Here, the State of Alabama's ABC Board or the Brewers Who Named Their Beer? Both, Really You can be a Fat Bastard or a Raging Bitch in the state of Alabama, but not a Dirty Bastard. That's because the board of the ABC Stores has rejected the sale of the latter, a beer, because it finds the name objectionable. Fat Bastard is okay because it's a … [Read more...]
Drink Beers And Help A Military Family’s College Student
Pints of Pale 31 To Help Raise Money For The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Drink up and help a military family member go to college. Now that's something worthy of a cheers or two. Barney's Beanery sports bars in Los Angeles has toasted glasses with Firestone Walker Brewing Company to create Boot Camp Beer, a program that donates 50 cents from the sale of each pint … [Read more...]
Craft Beers To Go at Peter B’s Brewery Monterey, CA
With Wines and Wineries Becoming A Local Bragging Source A Craft Brewery Is Making Its Mark on the Monterey Peninsula Walk in with a thirst and walk out with a craft brewed beer. That's a pretty common practice among craft breweries, but it's unique in this part of the U.S.A., Monterey, the beautiful small town on the coast of California just up from Pebble Beach. In an … [Read more...]
Gas More Expensive Than Wine Or Beer? Then Drink Up!
Drink Don't Drive But Also Be Wary of Suspicious Minds By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger What can you do when gas prices get more expensive than our favorite beverages? There's these funny Internet reports that wine is now cheaper than glass. "Drink don't drive," it says. That IS funny. But is it true? Well, I just spent $3 for a 750 ml., … [Read more...]
Bud Light Platinum Delivers A Punch With A Smooth Swing
Beer Review Of Anheuser-Busch's New High-Alcohol Brew You know the kind of athlete that quietly goes about his business, who is so smooth while he's playing it's easy to overlook his accomplishments? The one who always gets overshadowed by his big-play teammates? Then you check the box score and see that he's rushed for 125 yards, scored 25 points or driven in four … [Read more...]
White House Honey Ale Is Obama’s Home-Brewed Beer
President's Brew Could Appeal to a Huge Segment of 'Untapped' Voters: Beer Drinkers There's a lot of potential jokes here, President Obama brewing his own beer, officially called White House Honey Ale. But I'll pass on them all because I want to try it! Can a blogger about bars and beers get sent a 6-pack for review? Better yet, get invited to the White House to … [Read more...]
The Crazy Things Men Do For A Beer
In Pursuit of a Beer Garden; Sometimes It's the Journey That's The Story and Not The Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger Sometimes, despite good training and life preparation from my loving parents, I do things that prove that boys will still be boys. "Mom would not approve," I kept telling myself in this particular instance. The … [Read more...]