Beer is an industry with a storied past. The colorful individuals who have operated breweries, the difficult struggles with the temperance movement and prohibition, and the unique laws governing beer production and sales in each state make the history of brewing an interesting … [Read more...]
Where Patience isn’t Required: Best U.S. States to Find Great Craft Beer
Craft beer fans can be fanatical and who can blame them? Few things in life are as amazingly satisfying as a great glass of fine brew and once hooked, consumers will often go out of their way to find that one beer that satisfies like no other. There is, however, one major … [Read more...]
Oskar Blues Brewing delivers cans to more Americans in 2013
Oskar Blues Brewery, the Longmont Colorado- based craft brewery that helped pioneer the packaging of craft beer in cans, keeps growing and expanding across the United States. Oskar Blues racked up record production in 2012, with 85,750 barrels of beer brewed at its … [Read more...]
Department of Justice sues Anheuser- Busch InBev to stop takeover of Grupo Modelo
Anheuser- Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer manufacturer, is having some legal problems with its $20.1 billion attempt to take over the third largest beer manufacturer, Grupo Modelo. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the beer giant, claiming that … [Read more...]
Ohio Pushes for an Increase in Beer Alcohol Level
Residents of the Buckeye state may finally have the opportunity to purchase stronger beer without crossing the state line. State Representative Dan Ramos, (D- Lorain, Ohio) plans to re- introduce a bill this year that would increase the legal limit for beer sold in the … [Read more...]