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New Guinness Brewery (Courtesy of Diageo)
Yikes, February already…and clearly the craft beer biz isn’t slowing down anytime soon. But no worries, Rumor Mill is always on the case, keeping you plugged in into all the beer news and lifestyle that matters. Plus we’ve an all-important update on what we’ve been drinking lately and you don’t want to miss that!
Guinness Plans New Brewery And Visitor Center In The US (Relay, MD) – Yesterday in a press release, Diageo, home to Guinness announced plans to return to brewing in the states after a 63-year absence, and that they’d be building a $50 million brewery and distribution center in Baltimore County.
Modeled After Guinness’s Open Gate Brewery in Dublin and looking to capitalize on the soaring popularity of beer tourism here in America, the new $50 million facility will contain a mid-sized production brewery along with a tasting room, retail store and visitor center.
Words To Drink By (Norwalk, CT) – “Opening a Guinness brewery and visitor center in the US will enable us to collaborate with fellow brewers and interact with the vibrant community of beer drinkers.” Tom Day – President, Diageo Beer USA “
New Beer Scholar At The Smithsonian (Washington, DC) – Last year the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced a new initiative to explore brewing history and Industry in America that is being funded by the Brewers Association. And on Monday they announced that after an exhaustive search, they’d found the right person to oversee the three-year program.
Theresa McCulla is the social and cultural food historian (that’s a thing?) and she will work out of the museum in Washington, conducting research and collecting oral histories, with special emphasis on homebrewing and the craft brewing industry.
American Craft Beer Overlooked By The Smithsonian (Washington, DC) – “We’d like to think that our extensive history of all-night drinking would have warranted an interview from the Smithsonian” remarked Tom Bobak editor at American Craft Beer, “Brewbound probably got a return call.”
What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Washington, DC) – Last night we hit up a distinctive winter seasonal that we recently received from the Starr Hill crew. Starr Hill Warm Up Winter Ale is a 6.1% cold-weather seasonal that doesn’t kill you with an overt abundance of dessert baking spices.
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