Archive for the 'Brewing, breweries' Category

Goose Island: Don’t change your GPS settings

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Did you give up on the notion that the Goose Island brewpub on Chicago’s north side would survive despite seven months of stories it would have to move (or just place close)?
You should have shown more faith.
Me too. When I saw John Hall in San Diego in April he said it wasn’t over. But after [...]

Florida microbrewers give it another shot

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

A man moves from Colorado to Florida.
“It was the biggest culture change from Colorado to Florida,” Marc Wolff, who lives Port St. Lucie and works in West Palm Beach, told the Palm Beach Post. “The food is better here, which is surprising. It’s even easier to find wine selections. But the beer was just a [...]

New York area breweries

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

The New York Times (free registration) gives some attention to many breweries in its region you might not have heard of, focuses on the importance of beer as a local products.
It was quite a different scene on a Friday night at the New England Brewing Company in Woodbridge, Conn., where a few dozen people — [...]

Beer in wine country

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

The San Francisco Chronicle offers a guide to finding craft beer in wine country.

Artisan brewers thrive in the Wine Country may not get all the beer facts right – hops aren’t roasted and the six Trappist monasteries don’t make 400 different beers, and Jay Brooks offers a longer list – but it includes the [...]

Wisconsin, a new brewery guide

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Kevin Revolinski, author of “The Wisconsin Beer Guide: A Travel Companion,” has a nice travel piece in the Chicago Tribune (free registration required).
Whether you are just popping up to Milwaukee or Madison for the day, or taking a long weekend up in Chetek, Minocqua or Door County, there are beers here that any beer fan [...]

Pizza Port ready for GABF

Monday, September 25th, 2006

The San Diego Union-Tribune profiles the Pizza Port brewery restaurants – as well as recently opened Port Brewing.
Of course the Solana Beach location twice won Small Brewpub of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, which runs Thursday through Saturday in Denver.
It will be the first chance for many beer drinkers to try the [...]

Stone Brewing profiled

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

The San Diego Business Journal profiles Stone Brewing and founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner.
From the story:
“We didn’t get into this to create something, and then turn around and sell it,” Koch said, when asked whether the two might ever consider being acquired by a major brewer such as Coors or Budweiser.
“I don’t think they’d [...]