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Popularity forces Bent Shovel to seek new digs for taproom

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Popularity forces Bent Shovel to seek new rural Clackamas County taproom
Bent Shovel Brewing, a small, family-operated brewery started four years ago in rural Clackamas County, has grown to the point of being forced to shut down its retail operation because too many vehicles are traveling to its popular red-barn taproom.
Via Oregon Live

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Iron Hill Brewery Invites Homebrewers to ‘Brew with a Legend’

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Registration for Regional Beer Competition Opens on Monday, October 28th
Iron Hill is launching Brew with a Legend, a regional beer competition where homebrewers will vie for the opportunity to brew their signature recipe with craft beer pioneer and Iron Hill’s co-founder, Mark Edelson.
Via Iron Hill Brewery

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Why Utah liquor stores will dump cases of beer down the drain Halloween night

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At Midnight, Halloween night, any beer that remains on liquor store shelves — and is 5% alcohol by volume or less — will be poured down the drain. Unless consumers get there first to buy a six-pack or three — probably at a bargain price.
The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says it has no choice but to “destroy” the unsold brews after Nov. 1, when a new law takes effect changing where beer with an alcohol level up to 5% ABV is sold.
Via Salt Lake Tribune

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PDX – Lompoc Brewing closing after 23 years

link: www.oregonlive.com/b... Posted in Beer culture, Breweries, OR, Oregon State, Portland on   

It is with great sadness we announce Lompoc Brewing is closing after 23 years in business. The closure will include the brewery, as well as 5th Quadrant and Sidebar, and its two pubs on North Williams Avenue. The final day of business will be Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. That means this weekend is the last weekend, next Monday is the last Wing Night, and next Tuesday is the last Tightwad Tuesday; it truly is The Last Waltz with Lompoc Brewing.
Via OregonLive

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Detroit Fall Beer Festival has a record number of breweries this year

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A record 130 Michigan breweries will gather Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 at the historic Eastern Market in downtown Detroit for the 11th Annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival presented by the Michigan Brewers Guild. Collectively, this group of breweries will offer up more than 850 different beers for sampling.
Via Michigan Beer

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Sam Adams “Utopias” beer is illegal in 15 states

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Samuel Adams released its exclusive Utopias beer to select locations yesterday, the collection is so rare, only 100 casks were made and it’s illegal in 15 states. Each beer is barrel-aged and hand-bottled, the brewing company calls it “America’s most extreme beer.” It contains 28 percent alcohol by volume and it sells for $210 a bottle. Due to its high 28 percent ABV content, the Utopias collection is illegal in Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia.
For more information on the beer you can visit the Samuel Adams website here.
Via RochesterFirst

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Today is the first Canadian Beer Day!

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Raise a glass to Canada’s world-class beer scene on the first Canadian Beer Day
Brewers and beer drinkers across Canada are raising a glass to recognize Canada’s world-class beer scene and brewing culture today.
Led by Beer Canada, today’s first annual Canadian Beer Day celebration, kicks off with a launch party at Great Western Brewing Company in Saskatoon. Delegates from Canada’s small and large breweries will gather with barley farmers, members of the beer supply chain and beer drinkers, to highlight the history and current contributions the beer industry has on Canada’s culture, economy and local communities.
Via Canadian Beer Day

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Falconer Foundation Scholarship Deadline Only A Month Away!

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APPLY NOW FOR FALCONER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP TO AMERICAN BREWERS GUILD
In collaboration with the American Brewers Guild, The Falconer Foundation is offering a full-tuition scholarship to ABG’s Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering program. The Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course is a 22-week distance education program with a final week of residential instruction. The course is designed for brewers and homebrewers who lack formal training in brewing science and covers all the fundamentals of beer production and quality assurance.
Via Glen Hay Falconer Foundation

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2019 GABF Competition Medal Winners

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The Great American Beer Festival competition is for U.S. breweries and Judges examined 9,497 beers from 2,295 American breweries this year.
The big day when many brewers hold their collective breath waiting to see if their dreams of gold, silver, or bronze, come true at Great American Beer Festival was October 5th. “If you don’t have butterflies in your stomach, you don’t have a beer entered in the competition,” GABF Competition Director Chris Swersey said before the award ceremony. Winning a GABF competition medal can catapult a small brewery to success.
Via Craftbeer.com

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