You can never have too much of a good thing: Diageo is planning a new Guinness factory in Dublin. Moreover, the brewery will sit on a plot purchased in part from the Guinness family. Click here for the full story.
Link and article courtesy Reuters 2008.

For all the joy beer bottles bring to the masses, there is a major quality they lack: the ability to be hoisted in the air and collided with your buddy’s bottle, Oktoberfest-style. Any attempt at aerial suds-knocking is met with bruised knuckles or that awkward “bottle-neck cheers.” Well, leave it to the Germans to solve [...]

Historic Coney Island may be downsizing, as seen by the recent close of Astroland, but Shmaltz Brewing Company’s Coney Island Lagers are about to welcome a new member to the lineup: Freaktoberfest, a blood-red lager that clocks in at 6.66% ABV should prove to be a frighteningly fun side-show attraction this Halloween. The new brew [...]

Today, Smuttynose Brewing withdrew its plans to release Granite Ghost Ale, a limited-release beer to commemorate the commissioning of the USS New Hampshire. Click here for the full story.
Link courtesy Seacoast Online

 
It was just another boring Tuesday at the office when, suddenly, we were perked up by an email from St. Pauli Girl:
“So, your candidate for President probably won’t win this year, your fantasy football team picked Brady as the QB, and you’ve never picked a winning lottery number in your life. So pick something that [...]

 
Every respectable college party has at least one table for beer games. Around it, spectators watch impatiently to see which of two teams has the drinking skills needed for victory.
Now, picture that party on a massive scale.
That’s what Flip Cup Guys founders Mike and Scott envisioned when they created the World’s Largest Flip Cup Tournament [...]

Mark your calendar, break out your lederhosen and give your calorie counter the day off: the German-American Steuben Parade returns to the streets of New York City, Saturday, Sept. 20 at noon and, oh my, how the beer will flow.
But before indulging your inner-biermeister, don’t miss what makes this festival the go-to, catchall event for [...]

 
Heading back to the office after a long weekend is always a drag. On the upside, the end of Labor Day means the start of fall beer season, and suds lovers can kick theirs off with with Anheuser-Busch’s annual seasonal, Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale. First introduced in 2005, the all-malt ale is brewed with Golden Delicious pumpkins, plus nutmeg, cinnamon, [...]

As our beer director recently discussed, the hop harvest is here, and it’s big. But who says the pros get to have all the fun? In honor of Oregon’s latest crop of Centennial hops, BridgePort Brewery challenges local homebrewers to create their own fresh-hopped offerings with its second annual Hop Harvest Home Brew contest.
Brewers can [...]

While the rest of the nation’s Oktoberfest-goers are dancing the polka, attendees of the 4th Annual Widmer Oktoberfest will be jamming to blues, hip-hop and rock—and enjoying a rare glimpse of the brewery’s upcoming release.
Held Saturday, Sept. 6 at 3 p.m.,the annual Widmer Bros. Brewery festival is expected to draw 4,000 beer fans, who will [...]