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It is with great sadness NZ Hops Ltd acknowledges one of their industry’s finest leaders, Tom Inglis, who passed away 5 June 2023. Tom, a fourth generation hop grower, forged a long and focused career driving recognition and demand for New Zealand grown hops overseas. After completing a Nuffield Scholarship …

ALLEGAN, Mich. — The second annual ALEgan Beer, BBQ, and Blues Festival took place at the Allegan County Fairgrounds Saturday. The festival included, 16 breweries, five BBQ vendors competing for attendees votes for best taste, blues music from the Aklees Blues Band, and Big Smooth and the Hell Raisers, organizers …

(Courtesy Molson Coors) It’s safe to say the past few years have been “unprecedented’ what with a pandemic that locked down the world, followed up by the worst inflation that we’ve seen in 40 years has profoundly undoubtedly altered consumer beer  buying behavior. That’s resulted in a paradox of sorts: …

Purpose-led beer brand Brewgooder has linked up with New York’s Brooklyn Brewery to offer what is claimed to be the UK’s first beer using West African “super-grain” fonio.   One of Africa’s oldest cereals, fonio has strong sustainability credentials due to its drought resistance and ability to grow in nutrient-poor soil without fertilisers and …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – As the Rose Festival CityFair kicks off its first weekend along the waterfront in downtown Portland, the Oregon Brewers Fest has released its tap list for the festival’s second weekend. On Thursday, festival organizers released the entire beer and cider collection for Tap Takeover, which fairgoers …

(Photo courtesy: Danville Baseball Club) DANVILLE, Va. (WFXR) — Peanut butter and jelly, hammers and nails, a needle and thread. Some things are just meant to go together, like beer and baseball, and it’s even better when they’re both local. The Danville Otterbots have a new pitcher on their team. …

Around 150,000 people attended the 149th annual Kentucky Derby this year. Collectively, they consumed an estimated 522,000 cans of beer, 142,000 hot dogs, and 120,000 mint juleps. For the juleps, 1,000 pounds of fresh mint, barrels of Old Forester and 60,000 pounds of ice were staged. And the hats! 90% …

Cincy Reigns, a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) fundraising collective that helps Bearcats’ student-athletes in all sports monetize their personal brands, announced a collaboration with Rhinegeist Brewery to produce a unique co-branded beer.The announcement came Tuesday afternoon.The beer, which will be known as Cincy Light, was described by Cincy Reigns …

BattleMage Brewing Company is not your usual craft brewery. On the walls are swords and records of D&D campaigns — Dungeons & Dragons for the non-nerds. The fantasy tabletop-role-playing game concept is not why Ryan Sather and Chris Barry, two lifelong best friends, decided to establish their brewery. Barry said …

Get ready to channel your inner Leprechaun, because, after a two-year hiatus, the Detroit St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back! The parade that usually attracts 80,000-100,000 people, will be returning to Michigan Avenue in Corktown on Sunday, March 13th.  Considered one of the largest St. Patrick’s parades in the country, is …