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Many people have preconceived, often false, notions of stouts. This glorious beer has a heavy color and a heavier name (in-laws are stout, not beers, right?). People tend to associate the following traits with this heavy outward appearance:

Bitter
Thick and rich
High alcohol

This is the subject of a recent New York Times article, which does a good [...]

In lieu of brewing, I leave you with a joke.
A neutron walks into a bar. “I’d like a beer,” he says. The bartender promptly serves up a beer.
“How much will that be?” asks the neutron.
“For you?” replies the bartender, “no charge.”
And that, folks, is how it’s done.

A Piggly Wiggly in Myrtle Beach, SC has become the first grocery store in the Southeast to sell 64 oz growlers of beer. A PIGGLY WIGGLY. When Piggly Wiggly jumps on board, you know craft beer is no joke. You also might start looking out for other signs of the apocalypse. And this particular Piggly [...]

Due to lack of a real name for last night’s brew, a lighter-bodied American IPA made with a bundle of our freshly harvested Cascade hops, I am going to refer to it by its code name, Hip-Hopopotamus. Just know that the Hip-Hopopotamus’s lyrics are bottomless. Here’s one of our hop additions:

In completely unrelated news, Monday [...]

We’ll be brewing an American IPA tonight with a poop-load of freshly harvested hops. If you’re man (or woman) enough to brave the cold, we’d love to have you. Bring your own beer, as we’re “between batches” at the moment.
Note: no actual poop will be used in production of this beer.

The Decatur Beer Fest is back, and sold out once again. Joel will be holding it down for the Monday Night crew, so be sure to give him a hearty man-slap on the butt if you see him (ladies, high fives are also acceptable). Joel may or may not be tweeting the event under his [...]

Rock Art Brewery in Vermont got a pretty interesting note from lawyers at Monster Energy Drinks’ parent company, Hansen Beverages.
Your client’s use…of VERMONSTER in connection with beer will undoubtedly create a likelihood of confusion and/or dilute the distinctive quality of Hansen’s MONSTER marks.
Essentially Hansen is threatening Rock Art Brewery with legal action for trademark infringement [...]