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Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Canned Today

21st Amendment Brewing mentioned on Twitter today that their Hell Or Highwatermelon Wheat has come off the canning line today with their spiffy new artwork. Love the American theme.  Apparently that bridge is being refurbished.

Georgia To Get Second Growler Store

Georgia will be receiving it’s second store selling growlers very soon, this one again in Athens, GA.  5 Points Bottle Shop has been a landmark for many years for beer and wine.  Coming soon is 5 Points Growlers.

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Redhook Brewing Gets A New Look

This year, Redhook Brewing celebrates 30 years of brewing.  In their 30th year, Redhook is deciding to unveil a new look.

What you need to know:
Redhook first starting brewing in 1981.  It’s not just the labels that will be spruced up.  Expected bottle caps, packing, even the bottles.

A quote from Robert Rentsch, brand manager of Redhook:
“There seems to be a movement within the craft beer community where a lot of breweries are trying to ‘out craft’ each other.  Redhook isn’t about that. Of course we’re brewing great beer, but we’re just as interested in having a great time. We think our new look reflects our personality well.”

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Kiuchi Brewing Bottles Water For Quake Victims

Kiuchi Brewing – best known for Hitachino line of beers suffered some damage in the recent Japan quake.  Posted to their website since the quake –

A big earthquake happend around our brewery.  It will take a long time todo our ordinary job including export to foreign countries.
We will do our best to reconstruct our brewery, so please wait for a while.

In leiu of brewing, Kiuchi Brewing is has suspended production of beer and is bottling water to help the victims of this terrible tragedy.

Posted to a BeerAdvocate forum today was a response from B. United, importers of Hitachino:

GEORGIA: Sunday Sales Vote Today?

Creative Loafing’s “Fresh Loaf” is reporting that the Sunday Sales could see a floor vote today, but not as SB 10.  Apparently there are enough senators demanding sunday sales see the light of day, so it has been attached to Continue Reading →

Dogfish Withdraws From 4 States

Dogfish Head Brewing just announced on their blog that they are going to pull out of 4 U.S. markets.

What You Need To Know:
Due to production issues, Dogfish Head Brewing is pulling out of 4 states – Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Tennessee, & Indiana.  Also the United Kingdom, and Canada.

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