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A New Bill Could Give the US Beer Industry a Boost

February 9, 2017

Nancy

Via Food Dive by Keith Loria Legislators in both houses of Congress have proposed the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act. If enacted, the bill would provide tax relief to all brewers and beer importers. The Beer Institute believes the comprehensive new bill provides fair and equitable reform of the federal excise tax on […]

Drinking Accessories

Growler Chill May Be Your Beer’s Best Friend

February 9, 2017

Nancy

After raising $428,159 in a Kickstarter program (pretty good, since they were originally looking for $175,000), Penguin Tap’s Growler Chill is ready for counter space in your kitchen. Or your den. Or your Man Cave. Penguin Tap says: “We believe craft beer lovers everywhere deserve to drink happy beer. Our mission is to ensure craft […]

Breweries

Brewers Join Forces Against Proposed Bill Limiting Craft Beer Business

February 7, 2017

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We here at Your Beer Show are hopeful this is not a trend. This story, written by Don Granese, comes to us from WOWT in Omaha, Neb. According to brewers, it’s concerning that the same people who helped the industry, are now trying to hinder business. Brewers of craft beer in Nebraska are mobilizing after a proposed […]

Flavors to Savor

The Best Foods to Cure a Hangover

February 4, 2017

Nancy

So, the big game’s this weekend. And it could happen that you have a tad bit more to drink than you probably should. Maybe. It could happen. Thanks to Nicholas Mancall-Bitel at Super Call, you don’t have to handle that hangover for very long. Check out these foods that help you get over it quick. […]

Breweries

The Battle of the Brews and Super Bowl LI

January 31, 2017

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You may have seen that Georgia gas station owner Viral Chhadua, ticked off over an article in the Boston Globe written by Dan Shaughnessy titled “It’s hard to get pumped up about a Super Bowl against…Atlanta.”, has pulled Samuel Adams beer from his shelves until after the Super Bowl between the Atlanta Falcons and the […]

Breweries

5 Questions Brewers Wish You Would Ask During a Brewery Tour

January 30, 2017

Nancy

Have you ever reached the end of a brewery tour, and there’s that uncomfortable moment when the tour guide asks if anyone has questions – and all you hear are crickets? America’s small and independent breweries have stories, personalities and their own set of challenges that you may not hear about in the taproom. A […]

Home Brewing

The Domestication of Beer Yeast

January 30, 2017

Nancy

The Domestication of Beer Yeast via American Homebrewers Association by John Moorhead, AHA Competition Coordinator Farmers know that if they want to increase crop yields, they need to breed their best-performing plants. The same goes for cattle ranchers who breed their largest cows with their biggest bulls. This holds true for pets, livestock, crops, and… […]

Breweries

Bubblin’ Crude To Bubblin’ Brew: These Guys Traded In Their Oil Field Cash For Beer Money

January 29, 2017

Nancy

via The Surge by Chaye Stephen What’s even better than working in the oil patch? Apparently, brewing beer. At least, these two former UK oil field workers think so. They left behind the oil fields and started their own brewery – with no regrets. They decided to call it Fierce Beer. And, fierce, it is. […]

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Can You Brew Beer on the Moon?

January 27, 2017

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A team of UC San Diego engineering students is hoping to find out. They are finalists in the Lab2Moon competition being held by TeamIndus, one of the four teams with a signed launch contract to send a spacecraft to the moon as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE challenge. The experiment will test the viability […]

Breweries

National Beer Can Appreciation Day

January 24, 2017

Nancy

Today is National Beer Can Appreciation Day! We’re celebrating the fabulous day 82 years ago today, when beer was first sold in cans. The Krueger Brewing Company of Richmond, Virginia is credited with making the first beer can. Made out of steel, it weighed almost 4 ounces and was opened with a church key. Do […]

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