SweetWater 420 Fest, held April 20th and 21st at Pullman Yards in Atlanta now offers free general admission tickets with a donation to Waterkeeper Fund 2024 marks SweetWater Brewing’s 420 Fest’s return to a larger format music festival. When initially announced, the headlining acts included Beck, Slightly Stoopid, and Black Pumas. Today, the brewery has announced a major change to the music lineup and pricing structure. The previously mentioned musical talent will not appear this year, and general admission tickets are now free, with a $10 donation to their non-profit partner, Waterkeeper Alli ..read more

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America isn’t short on breweries, and for that matter, brewers. What it does lack is a clear way to become a professional brewer- or even a highly trained one. If you think about it, there are nearly 10,000 breweries in the United States and only handful of professional brewing programs. Some of the biggest names being Siebel and UC Davis. Now the Southeastern Conference can claim more than just football dominance.  Auburn University initially offered a Master’s Certificate in brewing science, which has now grown into a full blown Brewing Science and Operations, Master’s of Science Progra ..read more

North Atlanta, Georgia based NoFo Brew Co will be available internationally at Poundland Bescot Stadium in Birmingham, England. Fans of Walsall Football Club will be sipping American craft beer starting in April, when NoFo Brew Co launches a few beer offerings in Poundland Bescot Stadium. A special tasting event with NoFo and fans is scheduled for April 13th at 12 noon at The Locker at the stadium. Initial beer offerings include Cowboy’s Payday, a sessionable, hazy IPA at 4.5% ABV, Forest Explorer, a West-Coast IPA and Bluebird Day, Czech-style pilsner. We’re delighted to announce that NoFo b ..read more

Tombstone Pizza has teamed up with New Belgium to create a limited edition Voodoo Ranger Pizza Beer for National Pizza Day April 7th. Tombstone Pizza is a frozen staple in freezers across America. We’ve put down hundreds over the years after a night of drinking. We’re pretty sure Tombstone knows and now wants in on the beer action too. Introducing Voodoo Ranger IPizzaA. Yes, we have an IPA that tastes like pizza. Actually, according to Tombstone’s PR company, they tell us the beer is a New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA base, brewed with tomato powder, oregano extract and “other natural flavors.” P ..read more

It almost sounds like fiction now, but there was a time in beer when the mere mention of barrel aging would elicit a Pavlovian response. You released it, they would come. Somewhere we lost that.  I’m not sure if it was just a flooded market or style-hype shift. The days of barrel-aged perfection faded for diabetic pastry stouts and chunky lactose haze bombs. In all honesty, I thought those days were gone until I stumbled upon this one.  Terrapin Beer Company has always just done whatever they want to do, stayed true to the mountain biking, travel, solar-powered, live music hippie cul ..read more

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The co-founder of Charlotte, North Carolina’s Wooden Robot Brewery died in a fall at the South End location on February 20th. Earlier today, Charlotte, North Carolina’s Wooden Robot Brewery announced that both taprooms would be temporarily closed due to unforeseen circumstances. Later it was announced that co-founder Dan Wade died in a fall at the brewery’s South End location. According to various news sources, the fall was reported between 2-3:30 pm EST. Brewery co-founder Josh Patton issued a statement via Instagram: It is with an extremely sad and heavy heart that we share this news. Due t ..read more

Truly Hot Wing Sauce Hot Seltzer was released in a handful of states this week. If you had to double-check the calendar to see what day it was, so did we. Truly Hot Wing Sauce Hard Seltzer is a thing. This looks like something a brand would post on April Fool’s Day. Ahead of “The Big Game” Truly debuted a limited edition Hot Wing Sauce flavor, only available online and instantly selling out. Best we can figure, it’s like you dipped your hot wings in a hard seltzer. Want to take your big game watch party to the next level without shelling out $10,000 on tickets? Truly has you covered with thei ..read more

North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner and Old Rasputin Imperial Stout will be available in large format cans this month. Fort Bragg, California based North Coast Brewing is taking two of their famed beers to large format- namely Scrimshaw Pilsner and Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. Both are easily some of the longest running (and perhaps best) craft beers of their style in America today – especially Old Rasputin. (Should you ever have the chance to have Old Raspy on Nitro, do it. It’s life changing. Per North Coast (still rocking since 1988), the big cans will in mid to late January 2024. Scrimsh ..read more