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New Hampshire’s Pennichuck Brewing Company to Close its Doors

by Luke

I just received word that New Hampshire’s Pennichuck Brewing Company is closing its doors. The following statement was released yesterday by Phil Jewett, the brewery’s President, This is our first initial announcement that Pennichuck Brewing Company of Milford, New Hampshire, will be closing for good. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the many [...]

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A Video Response and More on the @RockArtBrewery Legal Case

by Luke

Update on the Rock Art case: above is a YouTube video featuring Matt Nadeau of Rock Art Brewery. I had the pleasure of visiting with Nadeau at his brewery in October of 2008 and to put it quite simply, Rock Art is a great brewery producing great beers in a great part of the country. [...]

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Rock Art Brewery, Makers of The Vermonster, Told to Cease & Desist

by Luke

The owners of Monster Energy Drinks, which operate under the name of Hansen Beverage Co.(based in Corona, California) and is actually owned by Anheuser-Busch, have filed a cease and desist order against Rock Art Brewery, LLC of Morrisville, VT, claiming that their beer, “The Vermonster,” infringes upon its intellectual property rights. According to the Burlington [...]

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Allagash Brewing Co. to Release Vagabond Ale

by Luke

Maine’s most well-known beer geek brewery, Allagash Brewing (the only Maine brewery to win a medal at the 2009 GABF), has announced the release of the second beer in their new 375 ml series: Vagabond Ale. Vagabond is the follow-up release to the brewery’s now famous Gargamel Ale, which was released this past May. Vagabond [...]

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Canned Craft Beer on NPR’s Weekend Edition

by Luke

The good folks at National Public Radio ran a piece this weekend during Weekend Edition Saturday which discussed the benefits of Good Beer in Cans and the recent explosion in popularity of canned craft beer. As any long-time reader of Blog About Beer knows, I’m a huge advocate of beer in cans, so I was [...]

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An Incredible Collaboration from Sierra Nevada & Dogfish Head to be Released This Fall

by Luke

Every so often a collaberation beer between two of the world’s greatest and most prominent breweries comes along that sounds just too good to be true. This is one of those times. I spotted the following press release on Beernews.org Wednesday and thought it was one of the best press releases I have read in [...]

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