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We thought that during the winter holidays things might slow down a bit…but we couldn’t have been more mistaken! So here’s some of what’s been happening while you were drinking your way to into the New Year.
New Kid In Town (Paso Robles, CA) – ACB friend and brewing legend Chuck Silva, who is credited by many (including us) with turning Green Flash – a once struggling company into the Nation’s 48th largest craft brewery in the US today, has brought his considerable skills to Firestone Walker’s hometown.
Pumped On Passion – Described as his and his wife Mary Jo’s passion project, and very much a boutique operation, the latest beer destination to call central California’s wine country its home is clearly a collective labor of love for both of them. Silva Brewing’s 10-barrel direct-fire brewhouse includes an intimate artisan tasting room and a 100-barrel cellar capacity, which just opened its doors in December.
Words To Drink By (London, England) – “They didn’t trademark everything back then…now someone farts and they put a TM after it.”
Michael Jackson – The Beer Hunter
Have Beer Dispensers For Restaurant Tabletops and Hotel Rooms Now A Go In Michigan (Lansing, MI) Michigan residents who don’t want to wait for a waiter (or room service) could soon pull their own drafts from tabletop dispensing machines thanks to a new provision that was approved by Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
Sam Adam’s Seasonals Peaked? (Boston, MA) – Samuel Adam’s has for years tried to offset the decline of their flagship brand with pickups like Twisted Tea and Angry Orchard…and their seasonal beers have reportedly proved reliable mainstays of their overall sales growth. But now IRI data is showing that even that once dependable segment is faltering at Boston Beer and that seasonals like Cold Snap, Summer Ale, Octoberfest, and Winter Lager aren’t doing the numbers they used to.
