October 2007

Full Sail Brewing Pockets Award for World’s Best Premium Lager

by Luke

According to a press release, which appeared today courtesy of Full Sail Brewing Co., a panel of international beer judges, who sampled from hundreds of lagers and ales from the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Australia and beyond to find the “Best Beers of the World”, have awarded Full Sail’s–a small employee-owned brewery from Hood [...]

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Michigan Brewing Co. to be Run on Bio-Diesel

by Luke

There certainly is environmental friendliness aplenty in the wide world of beer this week. Yesterday I spoke with Cheri Chastain about the environmental efforts of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and today the Michigan Brewing Co. has announced that their entire line will be produced using energy from bio-diesel from here on out. Wow! According to a [...]

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An Interview with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

by Luke

This evening I got to chat with Cheri Chastain, the Sustainability Coordinator at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., about their ongoing efforts to reach complete sustainability at their brewery, and to do their part to help our environment. Here is a transcript of our conversation: What do you do at Sierra Nevada? My current official title is Sustainability [...]

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Taste Your Beer’s Beer Tasting & Hop Appreciation Kit

by Luke

The good folks at tasteyourbeer.com were kind enough to send me a sample Beer Tasting kit to review, so let me start off by thanking them for their generosity. The kit–similar to popular kits designed to improve your wine tasting skills–comes with everything you need to get started identifying the many different hop varieties used in your [...]

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GABF Winners Announced

by Luke

This weekend was, of course, the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. And as the festival draws to a close, the Brewers Association was kind enough to release the complete list of the 2007 winners in both PDF and drop-down search menu, both available here. They also released the following press release for your reading [...]

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Beer Dinner to Benefit Coastal Code & California Paddle

by Luke

The Alaskan Brewing Co. is pairing up with newly opened Comme Ça Restaurant to provide a night of great food, great beer and great works. Comme Ça head chef David Myers, renowned for co-founding Hollywood hotspot Sona, has prepared a sublime menu, including wild Alaskan salmon and beef bourguignon, which will be paired with award-winning [...]

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