As Resilience Butte County Proud IPA comes out fermentation, breweries all over are preparing release events in the coming weeks, including a number of breweries around the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Fieldwork Brewing Company already released their version (hazy, of course!) on December 6th, and Altamont Beer Works in Livermore poured theirs on the…
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Brewing Community Unites for Camp Fire Relief
In response to the terrible Camp Fire in northern California, which has destroyed thousands of homes and leveled entire communities -continues to burn as this is written- Sierra Nevada Brewing Company stepped forward with a proposal to brew a beer and donate all sales to fire victim relief efforts. Similar collaboration benefit brewing efforts are…
“Celebrator” turns 30!
Wow! The Celebrator is turning thirty! Established in 1988 as the California Celebrator, and now officially titled Celebrator Beer News, it has indeed been a fixture of the California craft beer community. I have personal fondness for the Celebrator going back to the mid- to late-1990s, when I started homebrewing. The local homebrew supply store…
Musings on 12 Rounds’ CEO Resigning
Today, Daniel Murphy, co-owner and founder of Twelve Rounds Brewing Company in Sacramento, announced on the brewery’s FaceBook page that he is stepping down as CEO of the company and that he and his wife, Elle Murphy, will be divesting from the brewery. As you may recall, Murphy drew much public ire (and some support)…