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STONE BREWING vs MILLERCOORS, Part 3: Moderately Strong? Isn’t that an Oxymoron?

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Regis Schmerheim
Regis Schmerheim
Craft Beer Drinker, Padres, USC Trojans, Navy Midshipmen, & SDSU Aztecs Fan. I enjoy watching movies & sports, mostly at home. I typically do that with a beer in my hand.
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United States District Court for the District of Southern California This is Part 3 of a three-part series looking into the Stone Brewing’s allegations that the MillerCoors Brewing Company has infringed upon the Stone Brewing’s Trademark, STONE® with its 2017 Rebranding of Keystone & Keystone Light’s advertising and packaging programs. Part 1 was a discussion to inform our readers of Stone Brewing’s allegations into the Rebranding of Keystone & Keystone Light’s 2017 advertising campaign were an infringement on Stone Brewing’s trademark. Part 2 was a…

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Recipe Design for Brewers…Simplified

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Tom Ayres
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This series by Tom Ayres, explores recipe design. Brewing creativity and the factors that makes each beer style worthy of celebration. All segments in this series can be read here. When it comes to designing your own beer recipes, there’s a lot of great information out there. From books on the subject to website articles, there’s a lot of great detailed information and approaches to designing beer recipes from scratch. That said, it’s pretty complicated stuff. After reviewing some of my favorite sources on this…

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Craft Beer: A Community or a Family?

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Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
My name is Stephen and I am relatively new to the craft scene, however I am intent on trying as many new beers as I can whilst visiting as many pubs, bars, breweries and festivals along the way. You can follow my travels over on my Twitter page (@points_of_brew) or on my Instagram account (@stecarter91). My favourite styles of beer are a murky IPA or a sweet West Coast IPA but I am open to trying new beers that push boundaries and continue to innovate.

Beyond my beer drinking and beer travels I am a keen sports fan and play football, cricket and rugby regularly and more recently I have taken up archery. Video games and reading also play an important role in my life, often having a beer whilst gaming or reading!
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When I first started on my beer journey, I wasn’t sure where it would take me. At the time all I knew was that I wanted to get my hands on as many new and exciting beers as I could. I was hooked and needed more. Since then, my outlook has changed. Not that I don’t want to try new beers (I don’t think that will ever be the case!) but more that I want to be more involved with the craft community. At the…

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How Adnams went from traditional family brewer to craft collaborator

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Sean O'Reilly
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Traditional Adnams Brewing (Southwold, England) collaborates with new breweries from America. When I started drinking Adnams beers in the mid 1980’s, the brewery was already over 100 years old. It was one of three regional breweries in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, and it had a proud local reputation. In fact it had won national and even international awards in the 1950’s. At that time it was very much a traditional brewery. Much has changed since then, with Adnams recently having collaborated…

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Founders Brewing: Focus on the Future

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DG Barrett
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Co-founder at Sommbeer
Faith, Family and Beer always in that order.
"We don't take serious beer too seriously"
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Mike Stevens, co-founder of Founders Brewing, speaks on the current state and future plans for his brewery.Sommbeer is tracking and posting updates on the Founders lawsuit by plaintiff Tracy Evans for racial discrimination A charge of racism was levied against one of the nation’s prominent brewers. We are going to leave the final resolution of this matter to the lawyers however.   Rather, we want to use this event as opportunity to reveal what a company should be. To this end, we contacted Founders Brewing to hear…

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Brewery Travels #39: The Dakotas

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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This past summer on our way back home to Wisconsin, we made a slight detour to cut up through both South and North Dakota. I had driven through South Dakota before and stopped at Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial, but North Dakota had eluded me. But we veered that direction, and North Dakota became the 49th state I have visited (looking at you Hawaii). We met with friends in both Sioux Falls, SD and Fargo, ND, and I popped into multiple breweries in each…

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Is Bigger Always Better?

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Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
My name is Stephen and I am relatively new to the craft scene, however I am intent on trying as many new beers as I can whilst visiting as many pubs, bars, breweries and festivals along the way. You can follow my travels over on my Twitter page (@points_of_brew) or on my Instagram account (@stecarter91). My favourite styles of beer are a murky IPA or a sweet West Coast IPA but I am open to trying new beers that push boundaries and continue to innovate.

Beyond my beer drinking and beer travels I am a keen sports fan and play football, cricket and rugby regularly and more recently I have taken up archery. Video games and reading also play an important role in my life, often having a beer whilst gaming or reading!
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Stephen Carter explores the business desire for brewery expansion and it’s potential affect on quality and market desirability. Your mind probably doesn’t automatically wander to beer when you see the question above does it? There’s no shame in admitting it, because mine doesn’t, as it wanders into the realms of innuendo. Before this descends into chaos however, I can assure you this article is about beer. Trust me. After having a good chin wag with Johnny at my local bottle shop (shout out to Raynville…

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“Being a Female Craft Brewer is Not Unusual Here”

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Tom Ayres
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Tom Ayres, interviews one of the brewers from Deviant Wolfe Brewing in Sanford, Florida. Together they explore the role that women have in shaping the ever growing world of craft beer. I was visiting family in Sanford, Florida recently. Being a craft beer nut, I had to sample some of the local craft beer. During my visit to Deviant Wolfe Brewing, I met brewer, Heather Opheim. During our chat, I learned there were a lot of brewers and owners in the area that were women.…

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Is the Next Craft Beer Scene: Florida?

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If— when— you’re looking for the best craft beer, you’ll probably be tempted to look towards the Pacific Northwest. Oregon and Washington in particular are well-known hipster hubs, and the two states consistently rank near the top in craft beer production per capita. If you really pay attention, you’ll look towards Vermont and the Northeastern corner of the U.S. too. And soon enough, if you keep looking, you’ll find yourself in Florida. Just a few years ago, Florida wasn’t doing anything remarkable when it came…

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