[siteorigin_widget class=”kad_fullpane_widget”][/siteorigin_widget] It took only twenty days for the Thomas fire to chew and claw a path of ash across southern California and become the largest wildfire in state history. In its wake, the monster left homes and businesses in smoking piles of rubble. Firefighters fought day and night in long fourteen hour shifts and…
With the sun shining and cool breezes blowing, the breweries of the Florida Keys are sailing away from the devastating hurricane season of 2017. Slammed by the winds and waves of Hurricane Irma, one of the Atlantic’s strongest storms in a record breaking hurricane season, the Keys were left in ruins. But slowly the rebuilding…
Another one bites the dust. With the news from California about brewery Saint Archer finding its way into the loving arms of macro brewing behemoth MillerCoors, which was right on the heels of an announcement from craftbeer champion Lagunitas selling 50% of its ownership to Heineken, craft beer lovers are sitting with distrustful stares into the…
Slowly the great state of California has been drying up. Since 2011 California residents have been struggling with an ongoing drought that has forced them to reconsider the way they live, eat and drink. Recently craft brewers and wine producers have also felt the pressure. Now, California governor Jerry Brown has ordered mandatory water use…
Brewers in the Magnolia State could soon be getting some good news. One of the least progressive states with respect to craft beer might be about to leap ahead and bump shoulder with states that allow taprooms. Representative Toby Barker, Mississippi’s youngest lawmaker at the age of 32, is spearheading the Mississippi Microbrewery Modernization…
Mississippi is in a weird position. The past few years have been really great for lovers of craft beer. It isn’t perfect yet. Laws have changed recently that open the state up for a surge in beer making. Sadly, this might not be enough to catapult the state into a beer-focused craft beer haven….
You know the ban on growlers in Florida is silly. Here we try to explain why the ban is so bad for the industry. What’s going on? In Florida if you want to purchase a growler you are limited to two choices, the quart sized 32-ounce and the hefty 128-ounce “gallon” size. Unfortunately most of…
Knoxville’s Brewers Jam is a who’s who of brewers, but none have the lineage of Woodruff’s Brewing. What’s their history with the event?
Officially Old North Knoxville’s newest bar and beer store has been open for a couple of weeks, however Saturday night was the actual grand opening to one of the hippest new beer joints in the Happy Holler area of Knoxville. We were there to make a dent in their beer list and to take in…
America’s only Trappist brewery begins shipping. It’s lauded as some of the finest beer in the world. The word garners excitement to beer snobs, hipsters and know-nothings alike. It is a mysterious brew in the upper echelon of brews to enjoy. There are only ten authentic Trappist breweries in the entire world and a small town…