Junior Achievement Wine & Beer Festival raises glasses and funds https://www.diningandcooking.com/2125098/junior-achievement-wine-beer-festival-raises-glasses-and-funds/ #breweries #entrepreneurship #FinancialLiteracy #fundraising #JuniorAchievement #LocalWineries #St.JosephCounty #Wine #Wine&BeerFestival

News -- Charlestown Brewing Co. to open this month at The Yard at Hood Park. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/charlestown-brewing-co-to-open-this.html

News -- Triton Beverage Group is acquiring Cape Cod Beer, joining Hog Island and Mayflower under the same parent company. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/triton-beverage-group-is-acquiring-cape.html

https://www.alojapan.com/1270150/entertainment-focused-sake-breweries-pop-up-in-niigata-japan/ Entertainment-focused sake breweries pop up in Niigata, Japan #breweries #EntertainmentFocused #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news #Niigata #pop #sake NIIGATA, Japan — A growing number of sake breweries in Japan’s Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo, are turning themselves into tourist spots by installing cafes and shops on site.   Kikusui Sake, a major brewer based in Shibata in the prefecture, is the latest to appeal directly to customers i…

New brewery and Italian-inspired winery open in Hill Country https://www.diningandcooking.com/2025524/new-brewery-and-italian-inspired-winery-open-in-hill-country/ #Beer #BlackChapelBrewing #breweries #CharlestonTaylorEstate #CraftBeer #HillCountry #HillCountryWinery #ItalianWine #JohnsonCity #openings #TastingRoom #vineyards #Wine #wineries

In Bucharest and enjoying the flagship IPA from what would seem to be the country's most prominent craft brewery.

Hill Country winery and brewery open with Italian cooking https://www.diningandcooking.com/2021170/hill-country-winery-and-brewery-open-with-italian-cooking/ #Beer #breweries #Cooking #openings #vineyards #Wine #wineries

News -- Hog Island Beer Company is acquiring Mayflower Brewing Company. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/04/hog-island-beer-company-is-acquiring.html

Last year I traveled to #AustinTexas for a few days for work (my first time), and while it wasn’t a #beer trip, I did get a chance to check out several #breweries and enjoy some good beer. One such visit was to #HoldOutBrewing when I had a free night, to grab some dinner and try the brews.

https://www.thebrewsite.com/hold-out-brewing-austin-texas/

BBC: Tray bien! Man’s 1,500-strong beer memorabilia haul. “Meet Richard Percival, the man who owns what he thinks is the world’s largest collection of brewery trays. The football fan, who supports Notts County, was on an away day in Brighton in 1982 when he asked if he could keep a Young’s Brewery tray with a ram logo at a pub – which led to him becoming ‘an absolute magpie in both senses’, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/bbc-tray-bien-mans-1500-strong-beer-memorabilia-haul/

Nebraska lawmakers advance bill to allow small business breweries, distilleries to self-distribute products https://www.byteseu.com/799728/ #AlcoholSales #BeerAndSpirits #BeerSales #breweries #business #distilleries #Lawmakers #Lb113 #legislature #LocalBusiness #nebraska #NebraskaLawmakers #NebraskaStateLaw #omaha #OmahaNebraska #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinesses

#progressivepol #breweries #Wisconsin If you’re a fan of beer and liberal politics, you may have heard of Minoqua Brewing in Wisconsin. The owner does a lot of fundraising for good things and has been engaged in a lengthy battle with the local county board, which is GOP-controlled. They just forced the closure of the tap room in Minoqua and he’s trying to both open a tap room in Madison and fight to reopen the original one. Check out their offerings here - https://www.minocquabrewingcompany.com/products/lady-justice-weisse-16oz-4pk?mc_cid=6866474fcc&mc_eid=58564a1336

At the beginning of September, we were in #TacomaWashington for a quick trip, and while there I managed to work in several quick visits to nearby breweries. These were ones that were within walking distance of the hotel we stayed at, and all new to me.

Here are my thoughts for (short) reviews of each, along with some photos.

https://www.thebrewsite.com/tacoma-washington-three-quick-brewery-visits/

News just out -- the parent companies of Harpoon/Long Trail and Smuttynose/Wachusett are merging. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2024/12/mass-bay-brewing-co-harpoon-long-trail.html

Big news just out -- the Cambridge Brewing Company brand has been acquired by Castle Island Brewing Co. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2024/12/cambridge-brewing-company-has-been.html

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