Nation’s economy is down, but it’s not reflected in beer sales Attendance at the 13th annual Holiday Ale Festival stays consistent, bringing in 17,000 beer lovers Sunny skies and mild temperatures set the mood for the 13th annual Holiday Ale Festival, which witnessed attendance consistent with the year prior: final … Continue reading

Need help finding gifts for everyone on your holiday list? Look no farther than Arena Bar and Grill. The region’s premiere bar and restaurant has gotten into the spirit of the season and will be offering its one-of-a-kind beer baskets again this year. The baskets are custom-made by Arena Bar … Continue reading

Real ale and music lovers have flocked in their thousands to the 10th annual St Austell Brewery Celtic Beer Festival. More than 3,000 people from across the South West gathered at St Austell Brewery on Saturday (November 29) to sample some of the 120-plus beers on offer and party throughout … Continue reading

SBS Imports of Seattle, Washington is pleased to announce that Bell’s Brewery has agreed to be the 2009 partner for the latest brew in the De Proef Brewmaster’s Collaboration Series. The yet to be designed beer will be brewed in March at De Proef in Lochristi, Belgium and released to … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery‘s first seasonal release of the year, Buzzsaw Brown, honors the historic heritage of the brewery’s hometown of Bend, Oregon. The town’s history extends back to when workers spent long, hard days in the sawmills on the banks of the Deschutes River. Buzzsaw Brown creates a tasty encore to … Continue reading

Pike Entire is a blend of three beers: Pike’s XXXXX Extra Stout, original gravity 10.73 / alcohol 7.00%; the same beer aged for more than half a year in oak Bourbon barrels; and an Imperial Stout original gravity 10.98 / alcohol 12%. The Entire blend contains 42.7% barrel aged beer … Continue reading

St Austell Brewery’s Admiral’s Ale has won the ultimate accolade after being voted the best packaged beer in the world. Admiral’s Ale scooped the top award at the International Beer Challenge – held in association with Off Licence News – coming in at number one in their list of the … Continue reading

The Holiday Ale Festival in Portland is now exactly a month away, starting on December 3rd. It’s like the Oregon Brewers Festival of the holiday season… just check out the beer list in the press release. One day I’ll make it up there to check it out. Announces Wednesday opening … Continue reading

St Austell Brewery, brewer of the South West’s favourite beer, will bring an extra glow to pub goers’ faces this Christmas with the launch of Tribute Extra, a new limited edition brew for the festive season. At 5.2% ABV Tribute Extra is based on Austell Brewery’s flagship ale, Tribute but … Continue reading

Another item about canned craft beer (the second one this week) from 21st Amendment Brewery. They’ve started canning their watermelon beer (formerly "Watermelon Wheat") recently and renamed it to "Hell or High Watermelon"; the rest of the press release is similarly punny. I’m unclear as to why the cans are … Continue reading