Beer News

AB Trademarking Area Codes

Ever heard of 312?  It’s a wheat beer brewed by Goose Island in honor of Chicago’s area code.  Looks like Anheuser-Busch InBev is cooking up the same idea.  Recently, InBev applied for a few trademarks for “area codes” around the Continue Reading →

From Goose Island To Cider

Greg Hall is best known for Goose Island Brewing.  Since the sale of the brewery to AB, the question remained what Greg will be doing now.  The answer is surfacing. Cider.  Specifically – farm to table ciders.

Virtue Ciders is on Continue Reading →

A Victory For Raging Bitch In Michigan

There has been an ongoing issue in Michigan over Flying Dog Brewing’s Raging Bitch label.  The Michigan liquor board banned the label due to the “bitch” name in the title. Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew had the same issue, the beer Continue Reading →

Homunculus Bottled Today

Smuttynose Brewing is bottling their newest offering Homunculus today.  This Belgian style offering heads for shelves in July.
Homunculus is a hoppy Belgian-style golden ale. A special Belgian abbey yeast left an alcohol content of 9.9% abv. The grain bill is Continue Reading →

SweetWater Begins Expansion

SweetWater Brewing has started their huge expansion.  The first steps involved tearing down a neighboring building the brewery purchased to expand.  From 360 Media:

It was a “hoppy” morning for the Atlanta based craft-brewery, SweetWater Brewing Company, as they watched Atlanta Continue Reading →