Brewing News
Who knew? Minnesota's south woods also beckon skiers
February 24, 2008 - Skiers have a hard time figuring out Mother Nature.
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Save Money on Winter Heating Costs
February 23, 2008 - Heating costs may not matter as much as heat usage this winter. more » Recenly released price projections show energy bills will increase by 10 percent for all families this winter.
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He could be tops of the hops
February 22, 2008 - J Mark Angelus of Nehalem enters Saturday's final round to be Beerdrinker of the Year knowing that he could have sampled more than the 916 different beers he tried in 2007.
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Solar heater puts the power of the sun in the suds
February 22, 2008 - Lucky Labrador's new Solar Flare ale glows as golden as sunbeams in a glass, but a new solar water-heating system makes it Portland's greenest beer. Solar Flare will be pouring only at the Lucky Lab brewpub on Hawthorne Boulevard where it was brewed.
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Joe Sixpack: Italy - the next great brewmaster?
February 22, 2008 - ITALIAN BEER - isn't that one of those classic oxymorons, like giant shrimp and Microsoft Works? Moretti, Peroni . . . and then what?
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Local Beer And Good Times On Tap
February 21, 2008 - With the weekend close at hand, you've probably heard at least one person utter that all-too-familiar Storrs motto: "There's nothing to do around here." But really, that's not true. Especially if you like beer. Many beer enthusiasts have dreamed of making a pilgrimage to the source of their favorite brew.
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Wednesday Mornings Weather 02-20-08
February 21, 2008 - Total Systems in Columbus held a job fair Thursday looking for potential workers. The company is hiring one hundred workers in the call center for customer service positions.
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McCain, Obama backers may be big winners, too
February 20, 2008 - MADISON Illinois Sen. Barack Obama ran his Democratic presidential nomination winning streak over New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to nine straight states Tuesday by handily capturing Wisconsin after a frenzied week of on-the-ground campaigning.
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Results and parties: Live-blogging the spring 2008 Wisconsin primary election in Madison and Dane County
February 20, 2008 - My night ends with a quick visit to the downtown Great Dane, where the victory party for Barack Obama is slowly winding down as revelers head home in anticipation of an early Wednesday morning. The bar and billiards hall at the brew pub is hardly empty, though, as scores of supporters remain to talk, drink, and watch the continuing returns on the overhead TVs tuned in to CNN.
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National Beerdrinker of the Year 2008
February 18, 2008 - When I raise conversation about the Beerdrinker of the Year Competition held by Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, I am often met with one-liners and guffaws from those who are unfamiliar with this esteemed contest.
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Builder changes condo tactics
February 15, 2008 - EASTON | Ashley Development is changing strategies in an effort to get the long-delayed Pomeroy's project off the ground. Mayor Sal Panto met last week with company President Lou Pektor and other Ashley representatives to discuss plans for a brewpub and 30 condominiums.
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The Cannon Brewpub Changes Hands
February 14, 2008 - The local micro-brewery will soon undergo major changes, from the furniture to the menu. more » Firefighters in Phenix City are fighting a fire at the Moose Lodge near the intersection of Opelika-Road and 18th Place.
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3 TO TRY
February 14, 2008 - Tasty combination T he folks at
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Science on Tap' is Friday in South Beach
February 13, 2008 - Hoping to start a new tradition, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) and Rogue Ales are teaming up to offer the public Science on Tap, starting at 5 p.m., Friday at the Rogue Ales brewery and world headquarters in Newport.
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February 13, 2008 - Bear Republic Brewing Company out of Healdsburg, Calif. (north of San Francisco), is known as one of the quintessential flavors of the West Coast beer scene.
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Future brewpub to have less parking
February 13, 2008 - Depending on its popularity, patrons planning to frequent a future Washington Street brewpub might have to park elsewhere than within the establishments parking lot.
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Local news briefs
February 13, 2008 - Police were investigating a report of a stabbing in downtown Wausau Tuesday night, according to Marathon County emergency dispatches.
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Keeping the city on hold
February 11, 2008 - Randy Miller and Robert Toman have a dream -- a downtown Fresno brewpub within baseball-throwing distance of Chukchansi Park.
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Somebody has to be lying about steroid use
February 11, 2008 - In the eight weeks since he became the most prominent player to join baseball's list of suspected steroid users, Roger Clemens has launched denials with the same ferocity that he fires fastballs.
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Drink
February 10, 2008 - More than a few great breweries have packed up their hops and faded away in recent years. But their best recipes can survive. That's exactly what happened to Perkuno's Hammer, the powerful and complex Baltic porter Tom Baker turned into a national cult beer at his small-but-mighty (and now defunct) Heavyweight Brewing Co. in Ocean Township, N.J.
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New brewery-pub planned for Old Town
February 08, 2008 - BELLINGHAM Old Town will soon be getting a whole lot hipper.
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Beer Here -- Maggie from the Grumpy Troll
February 08, 2008 - Grumpy Troll brewmaster Mark Duchow named his assertive Imperial IPA Maggie for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Duchow actually expanded upon the recipe of a homebrewing buddy to make this beer. Maggie is offered year-round at the Grumpy Troll. For a special treat, a 'quot;freeze-cured'quot; version of Maggie, Ice Maggie, is currently on tap at the Mount Horeb brewpub.
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Bay Area voters show elation, relief
February 07, 2008 - After months of presidential candidate appearances, TV blitzes and phone banking, Bay Area voters showed up in droves to the polls Tuesday. The region is home to one of five California voters and has some of the state's wealthiest contributors and staunchest progressive activists.
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Whiskey maker moving to Denver
February 07, 2008 - An Ann Arbor, Mich., brewpub that makes its own whiskey and other distilled spirits is pulling up stakes and moving to the Denver area.
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Short Trips: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside offers a tourist adventure
February 06, 2008 - Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is being reclaimed from paint-peeled decline, and tourists are beginning to visit the city's "other" neighborhood, where long ago the town began.
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Leopold Bros. to make liquor in Denver
February 06, 2008 - Leopold Bros., a brewpub in Ann Arbor, Mich., owned by two brothers from Littleton, is closing, and the business is moving to Denver to make spirits, including vodka, gin and whiskey, according to media reports.
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My Super Fat Tuesday bar crawl in Madison
February 06, 2008 - Though more sensible folks wisely hunkered down at home as the latest winter storm started dumping snow on Tuesday night, there was no shortage of people out on the town. This simply wasn't a typical mid-week crowd, though, as several nightspots around downtown Madison filled up with folks gathering to celebrate two disparate yet similarly-named events, the Super Tuesday set of presidential ...
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Brewpub splits for Denver
February 06, 2008 - Since it opened in a rehabbed brake factory in 1999, Leopold Bros. has become a favorite Ann Arbor brewpub, a welcoming place to go for darts, pinball or a game of checkers over a few pints of beer.
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Miller, Bud join Mexican-style beer craze
February 04, 2008 - In 2007, Miller Brewing Co. introduced Miller Chill, described as "a Chelada-style beer" blended with lime and salt. It seemed curious at first glance, and then I remembered countless Corona bottles with lime wedges stuck in their necks. Miller Chill seemed like an acceptable alternative. A few weeks ago my Sunday newspaper showed up with a sticker announcing the arrival of Anheuser-Busch's new ...
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Mountain Sun rising in Denver
February 04, 2008 - The nearly 15-year-old Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery is exporting a taste of Boulder to Denver by opening a new location there as early as mid-April.
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Bubble bursts in Elk Grove
February 03, 2008 - Elk Grove, already mired in an economic slump, may be at the forefront of what's coming to the entire Sacramento region.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
February 02, 2008 - Browse articles that have been published online at Gazettetimes.com. You can browse the last 14 days or click below to perform an advanced archive search going further back.
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WHAT'S BREWING? IT MAY BE HIGHER PRICES FOR BEER
February 02, 2008 - Beer drinkers better enjoy their brew this Super Bowl Sunday. Going forward, they'll have to plunk down more cash, especially if craft beer is their drink of choice.
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Brent on Beer: Local lawyer buys Sacramento Brewing
January 31, 2008 - It's an epidemic. Businessmen with Marin ties keep buying up brewpubs in the Sacramento Valley. George Irwin is the latest one.
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I have a story about new restaurants in Vienna in this weekends NYT. This is another Choice Tables feature, not a ...
January 31, 2008 - (whose taps are pictured above). In the story, I wrote that this is one of the few beers in Vienna to come close to the nearly extinct Vienna lager style.
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Brent on Beer: Iron Springs' future up in the air
January 31, 2008 - The future of Fairfax's Iron Springs Pub & Brewery is in jeopardy. Its lease is up in June, and brewery owner Mike Altman has been trying to lock up a long-term deal. The existing landlords are asking for a 53-percent increase in rent. "We can't afford that," Altman says.
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Oregon brewers send beer drinkers over edge with Abyss
January 30, 2008 - OCCASIONALLY, a beer comes along that's so interesting that it boggles the mind. Our first Beer of the Week is one of those. It's The Abyss 3/4 from Deschutes, Bend, Ore. In its two short years of life, it's become a cult beer.
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On the edge, Abyss has a licorice whiskey punch
January 30, 2008 - Occasionally, a beer comes along that's so interesting, it boggles the mind. Our first Beer of the Week is one of those. It's the Abyss (HHH3/4) from Deschutes, Bend, Ore.
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Theres nothing off about the off-season
January 29, 2008 - Katie here. OK, so it was just two posts ago that I was itching for summer. I take it back. This weekend was enough to remind me that uncrowded bars, friendly crops of locals and good music (by which I mean any band whose setlist doesnt include Sweet Home Alabama) are what make the beach great.
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"Big" talker takes tips to work
January 29, 2008 - Nobody listened when Denverite Debra Fine self-published her book "The Fine Art of Small Talk," which teaches you how to start a conversation and keep it going. It works at workand in bars.
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Brewed awakening: Prices rise
January 28, 2008 - Happy hour will soon be a little less joyful. In the next few weeks, brewpubs will raise prices to compensate for skyrocketing prices for barley and hops, the two key ingredients in beer.
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Pine beetle and severance tax coffeeshop tour
January 27, 2008 - SUMMIT COUNTY Muhammad Ali Hasan, candidate for Colorado's House District 56, is spearheading a tri-county coffeeshop tour to raise awareness on the growing concerns of the Pine Beetle problem and the raiding of Western Slope Severance Tax funds.
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Business briefing, January 25
January 25, 2008 - The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell for a fourth straight week, an encouraging sign that the job market is holding up in the midst of a host of otherwise bad economic news.
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In brief
January 25, 2008 - Air Products and Chemicals said Wednesday net income rose 15 percent in its first fiscal quarter, citing higher volume and price margins.
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Lyons brewery hopes to begin production at new plant in March
January 25, 2008 - LYONS, Colo. (AP) - The company behind the canned craft brew Dale's Pale Ale says it increased beer production 51% last year to 12,409 barrels. Oskar Blues Brewery is expanding to a 35,000-square-foot facility in Longmont that is about ten times the size of its existing facility in Lyons.
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Micro-Brewers Hope to Fight Sinking Beer Sales in Germany
January 24, 2008 - German beer consumption has been in steady decline since the early 1990s - especially among young people. Speciality breweries and brew-pubs could change that, but they've not really become popular -- so far.
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Beer Here -- Imperial IPA from the Great Dane Hilldale
January 23, 2008 - This beer is unique to Great Dane Hilldale; you won't find it at the other locations. It is served from a standard cold, carbon dioxide-driven tap to accentuate its crisp, hoppy qualities. Hilldale brewer Don Vasa plans to make this beer available year-round. While the bitter tones dominate, there is a sticky caramel maltiness in the background.
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Dining Out: Matthews is a tradition in Highlandtown
January 23, 2008 - by Lynn Williams maindish@baltimoreguide.com They say you never forget your first. Pizza, that is. The pizza we eat during childhood is likely to remain the Platonic ideal of pizza-dom throughout our lives. Despite all the gourmet varieties that have arrived on the scene in the past 20 years, people still smile brightest when handed a slice of [...]
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While life's the ultimate workout, a game of Frisbee helps
January 23, 2008 - Personal: Pearce has a master's degree in urban planning from Portland State University and works for the city of Portland's Office of Transportation. He served as project manager during construction of the new tram on the South Waterfront.
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GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance Loans Heartland Brewery $35 Million
January 22, 2008 - With the help of GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance and Corporate Solutions Group, Heartland Brewery is able to develop new stores and promote future growth with three loans equaling $35 million.
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