Written by Shannon Dininny for Huffington Post TOPPENISH, Wash. — Call it a hops revolution. Northwest farmers have begun planting new varieties of the key flavor ingredient in beer and working with researchers to develop ways to grow the crop without pesticides. The movement stems from a federal decision last year requiring brewers who label [...]

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Now all you have to do is GET there!- The Professor “We are proud to announce our second Főzdefeszt, Hungarian Craft-Beer Festival: 6-9 October, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 12h – 24h, on Sunday from 12h – 18h, in Budapest, VIII. Palace-district, off Kálvin tér (Lőrinc Pap tér – Krúdy Gyula utca – Mikszáth Kálmán [...]

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Note: the Professor renamed this article because he felt “Blue Moon adds Craft Brewery Dimension to MillerCoors” was problematic. The Professor has several problems with this article, starting with calling Blue Moon, “craft beer.” It’s like calling Caddy “a small, inde, car company.” But it does provide some insight into Miller/Coors attempt to slice into [...]

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Written by Shawn McKenna for greatplainsobserver.com As the owner of Downtown Bismarck’s Peacock Alley, Dale Zimmerman hears many requests for new menu items. Unfortunately, the one item request he hears most often is something he hasn’t been able to offer: beer brewed in North Dakota. “Local beer is our number one requested item, next to [...]

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Written by Jack Ewing for The New York Times Declining beer consumption may be contributing to the European debt crisis — at least according to a study commissioned by those who brew it. The conclusion is not as preposterous as it might sound. Europeans are saving money by drinking at home rather than in pubs, [...]

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Now for the bad news: big beer is about to get bigger.-PGA From Reuters. No Author Credited In a global brewing industry marked by huge consolidation over the last decade, bankers are hopeful of an $80-billion (£51.5-billion) plus deal to end all deals between the industry’s two giants, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller . If AB [...]

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The Professor posts this only because it shows ov er reaction when it comes to beer can be very anal, and idiotic: reacting first, investigating second-PGA Author not credited. From nbcwashington.com It was meant to be a token of thanks and appreciation. But now that a friendly case of beer has gotten some local firefighters [...]

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Written by Harold Brubaker for philly.com Small craft brewers have defied the nation’s stubborn economic slump, unable to meet growing demand despite a pullback by consumers overall. Several brewers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are out to fix that supply problem by building new facilities, doubling and even tripling capacity to produce lagers and ales, [...]

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Written By Norman Miller for GateHouse News Service The Pennsylvania Brewing Company almost died in 2008. Founder Tom Pastorius sold the Pittsburgh brewery to a private equity firm. Instead of keeping the small brewery and brewpub open, they fired the whole brewing team and closed the brewery and restaurant and paid another brewery to brew [...]

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Written by Michael Bauer for insidescoopsf.sfgate.com A selection of beers at Leopold’s. Alex Washburn/The San Francisco Chronicle Beer is quickly becoming as popular as wine in San Francisco –not surprising, given the city’s distinguished brewing tradition. Earlier this year, Travel and Leisure readers ranked SF as the ninth in America’s Best Beer Cities. And beer’s popularity [...]

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