On March 13th, on the very day that judging was to start for the National Homebrew Competition (NHC), the American Homebrewers Association cancelled the competition due to the novel coronavirus. Thus, local homebrew club, the Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE), which was coordinating the SF Region judging, found itself sitting on hundreds of bottles…
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Black is Beautiful
Brewers worldwide are joining an initiative to brew a special edition beer to raise awareness of the obstacles and injustices faced by Black people on a daily basis, to promote necessary changes, and raise funds for organizations helping to bring about such changes. The initiative was launched by Marcus Baskerville, the founder and head brewer…
Illinois Brewery in Hot Water Over Owners’ Insensitive Posts
An small brewery in Illinois finds itself in the midst of a shitstorm thanks to its owners online postings. The story was first caught by A Good Beer Blog, who preserved and tweeted the screenshots, and followed-up on by PorchDrinking.com. Following the story, one finds oneself bearing witness one big WTF? moment in a year…
Two and half months into the shutdown …
Recently I came across a blog post which mentioned that Mexico’s Grupo Modelo and Heineken, who has stopped brewing on March 30th, were saying that, with Mexican federal guidelines coming out, they were now ready to resume production as soon as June 1st. Naturally, the brewing shut down in Mexico has hurt all sectors of…