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lots going on in the beeriverse! sierra nevada's founder, ken grossman , in a nice long interview three craft beer trends to watch: collaboration brews, expanding industry means more jobs and women are embracing craft the big boys are running scared - and taking over craft breweries, when they're not too busy coming up with new "craft" products part one of the lovely lynn's blog on converting your friends into craft beer drinkers u.s. beer is inspiring british brews

according to craftbeer.com these are the brewer's association  top 50 breweries in the u.s. of a. in 2011: Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies (Based on 2011 beer sales volume) Rank Brewing Company City State 1 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA 2 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA 3 New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO 4 The Gambrinus Company San Antonio TX 5 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 6 Matt Brewing Co. Utica NY 7 Bell's Brewery, Inc. Galesburg MI 8 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 9 Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma CA 10 Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City MO 11 Stone Brewing Company Escondido CA 12 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE 13 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 14 Alaskan Brewing & Bottling Co. Juneau AK 15 Long Trail Brewing Co. Burlington VT 16 Shipyard Brewing Co. Portland ME 17 Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs LA 18 Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland OH 19 New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus WI 20 Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River OR 21 Summit Brewing Co. S...

american craft brew statistics:

the results are in! these are the best beers in cans in the u s of a

happy u.s. turkey day!

only toronados in s.f. made it to the top ten list representing the west but hey, if you're travelling in the u.s. any time soon you should check out this list of the best bars for beer geeks

they're not anti-car, they're pro-bike ! and they brew a fabulous beer if you're in the states this summer, maybe the tour will cross your lucky path

the huffington post on beer: 10 craft beers you should try right now too many belgians on this list for me to get all the way through it but i gots to agree with having the stone sublimely self-righteous american black ale!! top 50 beers in america are your favourites on the list? pliny the elder is there!  its number one! (and much further down are ska's modus hoperandi and green flash's west coast ipa!!) from zymurgy magazine - american homebrewer's association

if i didn't have a fabulous softball tournie right here in good ole vancouver this weekend i'd be wishing mighty hard that i was in washington d.c. instead! all 'ale the women in beer!

i need me a sugar rush to get through the rest of this day its certainly not beer but a starbuck's frappuccino will do and its half price time right now so off i go! hope to see a huge crowd tonight at the sold out u.s. breweries extravaganza / gong show at the drill hall tonight!!

Crannóg Ales Casks preparing for next week's Vancouver Craft Beer Week: 1 firkin Backhand of God Stout for the Cascade Room cask night on May 12. I pin Hand Truck Porter for the Women & Beer night at the Republic also on May 12. See you at one place or the other! vote for bee r city usa brewbound's review of deschutes' twilight brewbound's review of odell's double pilsner brewbound's review of odell's friek brewbound's story about purple carrot collaboration beer brewbound's story about green flash's expansion in san diego press release about odell's hiveranno harpoon's rye.p.a . rate brewdog at brewdog green flash's press release about the expansion: GREEN FLASH BREWING CO. EXPANDS TO 45,000SF BREWERY IN SAN DIEGO San Diego, CA – May 2, 2011 – Green Flash Brewing Co. is proud to announce the opening of its new 45,000sf brewery located at 6550 Mira Mesa Blvd. in San Diego. The official opening is June 1, 2...

the american federal government loves hops! and want to support their growth! no really, its true! read all about it here

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: When it comes to total beer consumption, the United States trails only China. However, if looked at per capita, the US drops to 13th and China doesn't even make the list. so where's canada on that list??? (and p.s., the usual link to craft beer locator isn't working, so i've linked to their facebook page this time...)