Pouring a nitro Milk Stout Bottle

The newest addition to the Ancient Ales family, Etrusca was born from drinking vessels found in 2,800-year-old Etruscan tombs. The two-row malted barley and heirloom Italian wheat is the backbone of this ancient ale, and with specialty ingredients such as hazelnut flour, pomegranates, Italian chestnut honey, Delaware wildflower honey and clover honey gives us enough reason to believe that on every Italian's dinner table, there should also be a place for beer. 8.5% ABV (bottle and draft)

This long-anticipated collaboration is their first Belgian-style Golden Ale. An elegant ale noted for using simple ingredients to create complex flavors and aromas. This collaboration has all the depth and breadth of Duvel's classic Belgian Golden Ale, along with rustic notes, including fruity esters from Ommegang's yeast. 8.5% ABV (bottle and draft)

In yer hands is one of the finest dwarven ales known to man. Brewed...nay, forged by the Burdisson clan, this is the mighty ale of which legends speak. Robust and flavorful, this beer proudly boasts a boldness that most elves fail to appreciate, and a subtle complexity only the most seasoned of men can comprehend. Think you have what it takes to drink a legend? Grab a tankard and pour yerself some! 6% ABV (bottle only)

Lazy Magnolia Timber Beast

A spicy, full-bodied Imperial Rye Pale Ale balanced with a generous dose of Zythos hops. Retreat to the back porch and be a little lazy. 8% ABV (bottle and draft)

Penn Brewery Nut Roll

Penn Nut Roll Ale - Inspired by the popular eastern European-style pastry made by so many Pittsburgh "nanas" at holiday time. This spiced nut brown ale is redolent with cinnamon and vanilla, a nutty character, and a dry finish. 5.5% ABV (bottle and draft)

Evil Twin/Stillwater/Stone The Perfect Crime

In a masterfully orchestrated collaboration of the minds, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso of Denmark's Evil Twin Brewing, Brian Strumke from Baltimore's Stillwater Artisanal Ales, and Stone brewmaster Mitch Steele crafted a beer that cleverly exploits the definition of a saison. 6.8% ABV (bottle only)

Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout

This stout is full-bodied with roasted barley flavor and fruity notes from the Samuel Smith yeast strain that support lush chocolate aroma, taste and finish. 5% ABV (bottle only).

Innis and Gunn Winter Treacle Porter

This is the first time Innis and Gunn has brewed and oak matured a porter, which has been imparted with great depth of flavor thanks to the addition of some roasted wheat, crystal malt and treacle (molasses). These flavor packed ingredients, along with our signature approach to long, slow oak maturation have created a sublime beer that is perfect for cold, dark winter nights. 7.4% ABV (bottle only).

Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead

The Rogue honeybees spend their days sampling the flavors of the farm and absorbing the terroir of the Wigrich Appellation. From blackberries, raspberries and cherries; to woodruff, lavender and pumpkins; to rye, corn and Rogues 7 varieties of GYO aroma hops. The honey they produced is a taste of the terroir of the Wigrich Appelation, and so is the Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead. 5.2% ABV (bottle only).

B. Nektar Evil Genius IPA-Style Mead

In an obscure industrial lair resides the man known only as the evil Dr. I.P.A. Using his hadron colider, hidden deep underground, he has conducted his most remarkable experiment to-date. The result is a perfect balance of honey and hops. But there are side-effects...His lab rats can't get enough of the stuff. And soon, neither will you. Introducing the Evil Genius. The big ban is no longer a theory, it's your reality. Made with raw Michigan wildflower honey and hops (Chinook, Cluster, Cascade) and is lightly carbonated. 6% ABV (bottle and draft).

 

The team excavated a mud-plaster domed structure, which it says was used as a kiln to dry malt and make beer 3,500 years ago.

 

The discovery also included "juglets", which the team thinks would have been used to help created beers of different flavours.

 

The excavation is taking place at the Early-Middle Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia, near Paphos.

 

Dr Lindy Crewe, from the University of Manchester who has led the excavation since 2007, said: "Archaeologists believe beer drinking was an important part of society from the Neolithic onwards and may have even been the main reason that people began to cultivate grain in the first place.

      

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By: Joshua M. Bernstein

 

Holiday shoppers, let me clue you in on a little secret. For many men, the key to life's happiness resides a single four-letter word: beer. This season, let the world's greatest liquid guide your gift buying. From distilled beer to books and posters, here are 15 of our favorite beer-themed presents..

     

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By: Asheville Citizen Times

 

North Carolina's community college system is nationally recognized for its success in preparing students for the workplace. Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has just demonstrated anew why that is the case.

 

On Wednesday, A-B Tech unveiled plans for the Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast, designed to help local residents fill new jobs in Asheville's burgeoning microbrewery business, as well as in the making of wine and liquor.

 

Students will learn how to make beverages, but they will learn far more as well. They also will be shown how to market the products.

 
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