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• Brewers Association Seeks to Differentiate Craft Beer with Independent Craft Seal

  

  The landscape of craft beer has gone from one of unfettered growth to that of a battleground for small, independent brewers fighting to eek out a place in the... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• American Homebrewers Association Releases Recipe Guide Containing Instructions t...

  

  Everyday I receive emails from around the beer world that keep me informed on what is happening within the industry. From time to time I come across a story tha... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Funky Buddha Announces Barrel-aged Living Barrel Series

  

  Funky Buddha, the evil geniuses behind popular brews like Last Snow and Last Buffalo in the Park, has announced a new series of barrel-aged beers. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bold City Reopened: Let Them Drink Beer!

  

  Almost as soon as I pressed the publish button on my last blog post about Bold City Brewing Company’s closure at the hands of the Jacksonville fire marshal,... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Fire Marshal Shutters Bold City’s Rosselle Street Tap Room

  

  After a meteoric rise, the days of visiting a brewery tap room in Riverside may be over. Thursday, July 6 a Jacksonville city fire marshal made a visit to the... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• German Beer Subject of World’s Oldest Consumer Law

  

  If you have ever had a mug of a German beer, you know that it can be a transcendent experience. Known for their exceptional lagers, Germans reign supreme as... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• American Homebrewers Association Names Best Beers in America 2017

  

  The American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) member magazine, Zymurgy, has released it annual Zymurgy’s Best Beers in America list for 2017 and for the first... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Saisons, Summer’s Great Refresher

  

  When summer’s heat gets unbearable, reach for a refreshing saison to help cool you down. Before the time of refrigeration, some beers were brewed in the cooler... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Taste for Sour Beer May Be Due to Evolution

  

  The power of sour is undeniable. For centuries, breweries have been making sour beers that range from mildly tart to toe-curling, tooth enamel-eating sour. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 DRINK

• Craft Beer: A Catalyst for Neighborhood Revitalization

  

  Springfield building under renovation to house the Main Six Brewing Company. Photo by MetroJacksonville.com Just a few months ago, I stood before members of... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• What Beer Should You Serve with Your ‘que?

  

  It’s grilling season. There are only a few phrases that get me more excited than these three words. Sure, “Free beer” and “Do you want to balance the checkbook? Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bourbon County Brand Stout Variants Announced

  

  Black Friday is getting a little bit blacker this year with Goose Island’s announcement that this year’s Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) release will include... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Rare Fernetic to Make a First Coast Appearance

  

  Forbidden Root Brewing Company beers have been available in Jacksonville for a while now, but the brewery’s unique Fernet-Branca inspired beer, Fernetic, has no... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• RateBeer Sells Minority Stake to AB/InBev Subsidiary, Reactions Mixed

  

  In a climate that can only be described as “highly-volatile,” Anheuser-Busch/InBev has made yet another acquisition. But, this time it is not a craft brewery... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Red Cypress Brewery Coming to Jacksonville

  Orlando’s Red Cypress Brewery is making the trek from the land of the mouse to the First Coast. The brewery is known for brewing with locally-sourced... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 6 Tips You Must Know to Score GABF Tickets

  

  To many beer-lovers, the Great American Beer Festival is the end-all, be-all of beer festivals. It is the epitome of what a beer festival should be and beer... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 3 New Bold City Brews You Must Try at Downtown Tap Room

  

  When I talked to Brian Miller, co-owner of Jacksonville’s first craft brewery, Bold City Brewing Company a few months ago about the just-opened downtown... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Sam Adams Invites You to Pour One Forward This Memorial Day

  

  Source: American Dream U This Memorial Day weekend take a break from the beach, barbecues and gatherings to reflect on the sacrifices made by our nation’s... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Hyperion Opens to Huge Crowds, Outstanding Neighborhood Support

  

  Last week something wonderful happened in my neighborhood; with the opening of our first neighborhood craft brewery, hope and pride swelled to overflowing. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Danish Brewer Goes from the Pisser to the Pint Glass

  

  Brewers like to make unique, memorable beers. In the past there have been beers made with yeast from a brewer’s beard, a pizza beer and a beer made from purifie... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK