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Stable Craft Brewing At Hermitage Hill Salutes Our Veterans With Special Veteran’s Day Celebration On Sunday, November 8

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Festive Day Features Special Veterans Day IPA Release with Yakima Chiefs Veterans Blend, Special Commemorative Glass, and Marine’s Cake-cutting Ceremony WAYNESBORO, VA – (November 2, 2020) – Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewing at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, will honor the special men and women who serve our country, with a special Veteran’s […]

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Gluten-Free Brewers Group Responds to FDA Final Rule on Gluten-Free Claims on Fermented Foods

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In August 2020, the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) finalized the definition and labeling requirements of gluten-free fermented and hydrolyzed foods (including beer and other alcoholic beverages).  The ruling provides a clear delineation between products that are truly gluten-free and products that are not and how product labels communicate those differences to consumers.  In […]

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San Diego Now Home to a Pizza and PourMyBeer Haven

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San Diego, CA (October 22, 2020) – PourMyBeer partners with Tappizza, San Diego’s latest pizza destination, to provide the ultimate pizza and beer experience with a 21-tap self-serve beer and hard seltzer beverage wall. Tappizza, located at 8242 Mira Mesa Blvd, is elevating the dining experience by putting its customers in control of their drinks, […]

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Reserve Your Own Private Igloo At Stable Craft Brewing

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Private Igloos Offer Perfect Answer for Outdoor Winter Dining WAYNESBORO, VA – (October 21, 2020) –Starting this November, Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewery at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, will once again offer its private igloos for outdoor dining at its best. Stable Craft’s heated igloos are available by advance reservations only […]

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World’s Fastest Pumpkin Carver Shatters Guinness World Record For Speed Carving A Single Pumpkin At Stable Craft Brewing’s Fall Harvest Party

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WAYNESBORO, VA – (October 20, 2020) – Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewery at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, was the site of a World Record record-shattering performance by Stephen Clarke, the World’s Fastest Pumpkin Carver on Saturday, October 17.  Clarke broke his Guinness World Record of 16.47 seconds for speed carving a […]

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Sensory Analysis of Hop Aroma for Beer

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This week I take a look at methods for doing sensory analysis of hops as well as some of the resources available to understand hop flavor and aroma better. Understanding Hop Flavor and Aroma For a few years now I’ve been doing presentations on beer recipe design where I encourage brewers to get more familiar […]
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Winners of 2020 Great American Beer Festival Competition Revealed During First-Ever Virtual Ceremony

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272 medals awarded to 240 breweries in world’s most prestigious professional beer competition Boulder, Colo. • October 16, 2020 — The Brewers Association (BA) awarded 272 medals* to 240 breweries across the country during the 2020 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awards ceremony. The best beers in 91 beer categories covering 170 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals during a virtual ceremony hosted on The Brewing Network. Judges for the 34th edition of […]

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Gluten-free Breweries Worldwide Attend The 2nd Annual Gluten-free Beer Conference

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On September 23, 2020, gluten-free breweries from around the world connected virtually at the 2nd Annual Gluten-free Beer Conference, hosted by Golden-based Holidaily Brewing Company. Out of over 8,000 craft breweries in the U.S., only 15 breweries are dedicated gluten-free, meaning they brew, package, and sell gluten-free beer only. The U.S. breweries in attendance included […]

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Fretboard Brewing and Branch & Bone Artisan Ales team up for “Dark Throne” Collaboration

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Fretboard Brewing Company (Blue Ash, OH) isn’t known for their collaborations with other breweries. Over the course of their 3 year history, they’ve partnered with musicians like Bootsy Collins and The Cliftones, to foundations like ArtsWave, and even a bread company (Klosterman Baking), but they’ve never released a product brewed in partnership with another brewery. […]

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Virginia Beer Co. Celebrates Harvest Season With Two Wet-Hopped Recipes

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Fall is in the air and that means one thing: harvest season! Brewing with fresh hops is a meticulous process, having to rely on bountiful bines and timing of wet hops plucked, packaged, and shipped overnight via air freight to align with a brew day built around the arrival of those hops and those hops alone…and this […]

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The Untold Benefits of Award-Winning Beer

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For us homebrewers that enter a competition sanctioned by the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), the goal is clear – we want feedback on our brews from trained tasters. And, if we win an award, we want to strut. As homebrewers progress to professional brewing, little changes in regard to competition goals. Professional brewers still […]

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Experience Virginia’s Fall Foliage At Stable Craft Brewing’s Fall Harvest Party On Saturday October 17

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World’s Fastest Pumpkin Carver Attempts New Guinness World Record, Pumpkin Drop, Grab the Oktoberfest Glass, Socially Distanced Stein Hoist and Many More Fun Fall Festivities   WAYNESBORO, VA – (October 5, 2020) – Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewery at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, offers the perfect venue and party to celebrate […]

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Thompson Island and Fifer Orchards Team Up for Beer Releaes

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Thompson Island Brewing Company in Rehoboth Beach will hold another event in its beer-and-donut pairing series Saturday, Oct. 3 and this time, they’re working with Fifer Orchards on a limited edition beer. This fall, the brewpub owned by SoDel Concepts has incorporated Fifer Orchards’ fresh-pressed apple cider into its Apple Crisp Bliss Belgian Tripel. SoDel […]

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BeerSmith 3.1 Mobile Released and Price Lowered

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I’m happy to announce the BeerSmith Mobile 3.1.9 update has been released for Android, iPhone/IOS and the Amazon app store. The app is being released on an “rolling” basis to existing users or via the app store over the next week. More Value, Costs Less The new BeerSmith Mobile release is a significant improvement over […]
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Coin Toss Brewing Defies the Pandemic Odds, Announces Expansion of its Oregon City Brewery and Taproom

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OREGON CITY, Ore.––Sept. 29, 2020––While 2020 has led to closures and downsizing for many small businesses, Coin Toss Brewing is thrilled to announce an expansion. The Oregon City brewery and taproom, located at 14214 Fir St., Unit H, is taking over an adjacent suite in its building complex. The new space is approximately 1,500 square […]

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BeerSmith 3.1+ Storage and Backup Improvements

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Starting with the BeerSmith 3.1 update we’ve added improved data storage security as well as backup options to the BeerSmith platform. I strongly recommend upgrading to 3.1 or higher by going to the main download page at BeerSmith.com if you are using an older version of BeerSmith. Improved Storage In earlier versions of BeerSmith the […]
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BeerSmith Yeast and Hop Updates 2020 Available

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I recently posted both yeast and hops updates for BeerSmith 3 and BeerSmith 2 to the add-ons server in BeerSmith. These are recommended downloads for BeerSmith users. These add-ons update the core yeast and hops listings to include new yeasts such as Kveik as well as some 63 new hop varieties. To download these updates, […]
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New Dry Hop Features in BeerSmith 3.1

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Today I’m going to highlight some of the new dry hop features in BeerSmith 3.1. BeerSmith 3.1 was released in mid-2020. Dry hopping is one of the best ways to preserve aroma oils in your hops. Because it is done at low temperature, you don’t risk boiling off volatile aroma oils. Also the long contact […]
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BeerSmith 3.1 Released

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I’m happy to announce the official release of the BeerSmith 3.1 update. This update includes some significant updates to the BeerSmith data storage model, TILT data import, new brewing features and a large number of bug fixes. This release is also a very important foundational step towards establishing both an online version of BeerSmith and […]
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BeerSmith 3.1 New Update Features

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Buy BeerSmith 3 Download BeerSmith 3 Here is a summary of the new features coming in the BeerSmith 3.1 desktop update. I have posted the open beta version on the main download page at BeerSmith.com, and plan to publish the formal release in the next week or two. You can find additional details for all […]
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