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Divisive beer bill passes overwhelmingly in Florida Senate, awaits House

The brewers like the part that of the bill that would allow them to fill 64-ounce “growler” jugs of beer for customers to take home...

April 29, 2014 at 12:47 PM

American Craft Beer Week returns May 12-18 (video)

Sponsored Press Release:  (Boulder, CO) — From May 12-18, beer lovers everywhere will toast the country’s craft beer...

April 29, 2014 at 12:22 PM

The Lost Abbey Saints Devotion, Cisco Rantum Scoot up next in The Rare Beer Club

Sponsored Post: The Rare Beer Club™ has a pair of special beers to offer for the month of May: The Lost Abbey Saints Devotion (rated...

April 29, 2014 at 12:04 PM

Questions being raised around Brewmeister’s claim to “World’s Strongest Beer”

Where do you begin, with Brewmeister? The self-styled ‘Supersonic Scientists Delivering you to Drunksville?’ Where to start? With the...

April 29, 2014 at 10:50 AM

Caldera Brewing Co. expanding distribution to Arkansas

Another great brewery is headed to Arkansas via Glidewell Distributing... Oregon's fantastic Caldera Brewing Company should be landing in...

April 29, 2014 at 10:25 AM

Report: Florida Brewers Guild and FBWA may have been close to agreement on SB 1714

The talks proceeded positively and resulted in a follow-up meeting between Pepin Distributing, the FBWA (led by Mitch Rubin) and FBG...

April 29, 2014 at 8:23 AM

Senate Bill 1714 sponsor’s statement says aim of bill is to protect Florida’s three-tier system

Senate Bill 1714 has come under heavy scrutiny from the news media, public and most ardently, craft brewers. Today, I want to set the...

April 29, 2014 at 8:15 AM

New mobile app aims to show you beer ratings with snapshot of a beer menu

Sponsored Post by SipSnapp: App Delivers Wine/Beer Recommendations by Taking a Picture of a Menu Product Summary: SipSnapp is...

April 28, 2014 at 4:37 PM

Florida Brewers Guild rep on SB 1714’s 11th hour amendment: “lipstick on a pig”

State Senator Kelli Stargel has filed a strike-all amendment to SB 1714, the controversial bill that craft brewers say will do great harm...

April 28, 2014 at 11:22 AM

40 new beer labels from Budweiser Project 12, New Belgium, Great Lakes and more

40 new beer labels from Budweiser Project 12, New Belgium, AleSmith, Great Lakes, Summit, Uinta, Allagash, Angry Orchard, Ballast Point,...

April 26, 2014 at 9:29 PM

Cigar City says it might leave Florida if contentious beer bill becomes law

Joey Redner, founder of Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, said the bill backed by the state's largest beer distributors has prompted him to...

April 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM

HopCat Indianapolis among ten to fifteen new locations to be planned

Founded in Grand Rapids in 2008, HopCat is the flagship brand of BarFly Ventures. It has locations in Grand Rapids, Mich., and East...

April 25, 2014 at 11:19 PM

CraftShack is back with mobile-friendly design, Fyodor’s Classic and Mirror Mirror

Sponsored Post by CraftShack: Craftshack is back as a BeerPulse sponsor. In addition to now accepting Bitcoin as of earlier this...

April 25, 2014 at 2:52 PM

FDA to revise animal feed proposal so as not to impact relationship between brewers and farmers

Since the March 31 close of the comment period on FDA’s proposed animal feed rule, we’ve received a lot of questions and comments...

April 25, 2014 at 1:27 PM

Florida Senate Bill 1714 hits floor on Monday, governor backs growlers but SB1714 signature up in the air

Scott spokeswoman Jackie Schutz said Tuesday whether he signs a bill to allow 64-ounce growler sales at Florida craft breweries is still...

April 25, 2014 at 1:16 PM

How Boston Beer founder, Jim Koch, can drink all night without getting drunk

That's when things got dead serious for the first time all afternoon. Koch leaned in toward me, stared straight into my eyes, and...

April 25, 2014 at 12:44 PM

40 new beers from North Coast, Shipyard, Breckenridge, Sixpoint and more

40 new beers from North Coast, Blue Point, Shipyard, Point, Gansett, Breckenridge, Sixpoint, Cisco, Green Flash, Harpoon,...

April 24, 2014 at 1:34 AM

Middle Tier Musings: 8 Considerations When Choosing a Craft Beer Distributor

Sponsored Guest Post by Matt Hartman of Remarkable Liquids: 1. Passion: If your distributor is not passionate about the product...

April 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM

Three Floyds relinquishes Chicago property

Three Floyds in January sold a small commercial building that was once home to a bar at 819 N. California Ave. in Humboldt Park for...

April 23, 2014 at 4:06 PM

DC man will become sixth American to record 10,000 beer tastings on RateBeer

Nearly 51 / 2 years and hundreds of group tasting sessions later, Bonventre soon will rate his 10,000th beer, a feat only 30 people in...

April 22, 2014 at 3:44 PM