Recently, I had the opportunity to take a look around the Market & Main Indoor Public Market soon to open on Main Street in Martinez (California). I was pleased to see that one of the spaces inside will be taken by a business featuring a taproom and beer beer garden: “Craft and Fire“. Craft and…
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Because October …
It’s October, and along with the appearance of pumpkin spice-flavored beers –which some would consider a curse– the month also brings with it what most would agree is a boon: the release of festbiers. That being the case, today we have a run down on a trio of California festbiers, which we are certain you…
Backus Workers Achieve Contract, Avoid Strike
In the predawn hours of Tuesday, the union representing the workers of Peru’s Backus & Johnston S.A. brewing corporation, the Sindicato Nacional de Obreros de Unión de Cervercerías Peruanas de Backus y Johnston S.A., reached an agreement with the company after seventeen hours of negotiations. The agreement came about a mere hour or so from…
Backus & Johnston Workers to Strike
On September 16th the union representing the workers of Peru’s Backus & Johnston family of breweries announced that they are going on strike. The union, the Sindicato Nacional de Obreros de Unión de Cervercerías Peruanas de Backus y Johnston S.A., or Sindicato Backus, announced that as of 4:30 pm on the 10th of September, negotiations…