—Recognition Also Bestowed Upon Departing White House Chef Sam Kass—

Boulder, CO • December 17, 2014 – ‘Tis the season of giving…and brewing! This holiday season, in recognition of their support and participation in the popular American hobby of homebrewing, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) has extended special lifetime gift memberships to President Obama—the first president to brew beer in the White House—and outgoing White House chef Sam Kass.

December 11, 2014

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Ensenada, Mexico – Beers from the award winning Mexican craft brewer AguaMala are now available in the United States. Distribution begins immediately for Southern California cities with projected distribution in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning early 2015.

Mark Twain once said, “The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious.”

Those words weren’t truer than they were on Saturday, during the rare beer flight, flying over the Coachella Valley.

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Angel City Brewery is honoring the 81st Anniversary of the end of the (terrible!) “Great Experiment” with a Repeal Day Party. On Friday, December 5 from 7pm – 12am, Angel City will transform their new Beer Hall into a speakeasy-style soiree. The flashback fête will feature Angel City favorites on draft, including Dark Rye Lager, For the Sake of Ale, and Pomegranate Saison, Prohibition-era live music by Marissa Gomez & The Ghosts of Echo Park and Urban Grass, mixologist-crafted beer cocktails, and more. All attendees are required to dress in their best prohibition-era garb – guys, dolls, flappers, gangsters all welcome. KTCHN dtla will be catering the event with their favorite dishes from the 1920s and 30s.

Every year for the past 33 years, Denver, Colorado attracts thousands of craft beer lovers and brewers to what is known as the largest beer festival in the nation. And this year was the biggest ever, with about 3,500 beers being poured for 49,000 festival attendees.

One of the overarching themes of the weekend was “more”.

Located just 60 miles from the Coachella Valley, Temecula is known as Southern California’s wine country. Commonly known as the 'jewel' of Riverside County; the charming California town produces over 50 different varietals of wine.

And this is a great thing for the craft beer industry.

Wait. What?

Indio, CA -  Empire Music Ventures is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience on Saturday, February 28th, 2015 at the Empire Polo Club.  Taste craft beer and fine wine in one of the most beautiful venues in the Coachella Valley as you groove to the tunes of a diverse musical line-up designed to offer something for a variety of ages and musical tastes.

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New Series Destination Beer Announces Season One Plans

Destination Beer is releasing plans to film a full season of episodes slated for Spring 2015 release

Oct 13, 2014 - Destination Beer, a new series featuring travel destinations for craft beer and food lovers, will launch its first full season of episodes next year. 2010 Master Chef Finalist Chris Spradley, who created Destination Beer, will host the new TV show which is described as "a new travel and cooking reality show with great beer as the main ingredient!"

The pilot episode was previously filmed at Deschutes Brewery in Bend, OR and the following breweries have signed on to be part of the first full season (alphabetical):

· 21st Amendment, San Francisco, CA

· Boulevard Brewing Company

· Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

· Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL

· Karbach Brewing Company, Houston TX

· Nebraska Brewing Co, Papillion, NE

· New Glarus Brewing, New Glarus, WI

· New Orleans Lagers and Ales, New Orleans, LA

· Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO

· Yuengling Brewery, Pottsville, PA

Spradley said, "We filmed the pilot last year and showed it to some industry people who really liked it and gave us some great feedback. Now we're taking it to the people with the crowd funding campaign. There is a place for this show on TV!"

The campaign will launch via Indiegogo on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 to pay for a full season and seeks to raise $300,000 to produce 14 episodes total. Supporters will receive perks ranging from participating brewery t-shirts and glassware to associate producer credit and for $1000, a chance to appear in an episode as an extra, and attend the "wrap party" when filming is completed at a selected brewery.

The show will feature destinations such as Bend, Oregon; New Glarus, Wisconsin; Omaha, Nebraska; Tampa, Florida; and Houston, Texas, taking viewers behind the scenes of breweries and introducing them to the people behind the beer. The scheduled release date for the first episode is February 10, 2015.

The show will also feature chefs, local to the featured brewery, preparing amazing dishes and pairing each with the perfect beer. The recipes for the dishes on the show will be available to the viewers on the website after the show airs. Digital content will include "behind-the-scenes" and "Beers With" segments.

By combining beer, food and travel in one show, Destination Beer brings together three things that Americans are passionate about. According to Brewers Association statistics, there are over 95 million beer lovers in America. Craft beer growth in 2013 was 17.2% by volume and 20% by dollars[1] continuing a staggering growth model as compared to the overall economy including overall beer sales which declined 1.9%. Cooking shows are also growing in popularity. The Food Network saw growth of over 20% in 2012 with a nightly average of 1.1 million total viewers ranging in age from 25-54[2].

Spradley also hosts a weekly radio show about beer, What's On Tap Radio, which just won an award from the North American Guild of Beer Writers in the Best Podcast category.

If a network is not chosen by February 10, episodes will air on the new Destination Beer You Tube Channel.

More information about the show and host Chris Spradley can be found on the website at: www.DestinationBeerShow.com.

www.facebook.com/DestinationBeer

www.twitter.com/DestinationBrew

Filming and production is being completed by White Knuckle Studios, Bend, Oregon.

http://whiteknucklestudios.com

Contact for Destination Beer:
Chris Spradley, Creator/Producer

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[1] http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/facts

[2] http://www.scrippsnetworksinteractive.com/newsroom/company-news/Food-Network-drew-record-viewership-in-2012/

Paso Robles, CA – Firestone Walker’s Double Jack IPA secured the hat trick in Belgium this week, landing a gold medal and top honors for the third straight year in its category at the prestigious Brussels Beer Challenge.

The Brussels Beer Challenge was first held in 2012, and Double Jack has now earned the gold medal for the “Pale & Amber: Imperial IPA” category in each competition held to date.

In the words of the Brussels Beer Challenge: “During two days, a tasting panel of 60 international renowned beer connoisseurs tasted 730 beers from all over the world. The participating beers were divided into categories based on origin, typicity and style and then evaluated. At the end of the two tasting days, the best beers, in each category, were awarded a gold, silver or bronze award.”

In total, American craft breweries took home 12 gold medals out of 50 categories at the 2014 Brussels Beer Challenge. “The American craft beer revolution continues to become a global force,” said brewery co-proprietor David Walker.

Double Jack is the amped-up big brother to Firestone Walker’s signature Union Jack IPA, resulting in an aggressively hopped, flawlessly balanced and dangerously drinkable imperial ale.

Double Jack opens up with bright grapefruit and tangerine American hop aromas, courtesy of liberal dry hopping with Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial and Simcoe. Undertones of stone fruit are revealed upon first sip, followed by the essence of blue basil and pine. A sturdy pale and crystal malt backbone brings balance to high hop intensity.

Coachella Valley Brewing will be celebrating Stout Day on Thursday, November 6th, with five new stouts!