Beer Notes: Where craft beer gets its color
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. As you learned in a previous Beer Notes, the appearance of your beer, including its color, affects how you perceive that beer. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the color of beer, what creates it and why it […]
Shore Craft Beer Brewery Guides Distributed Across the Mid-Atlantic
Starting on May 1, 10,000 Shore Craft Beer brewery guides will stock display racks all over Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. Thanks to support from the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland (TCC) and a Rural Business Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Shore Craft Beer has been able to […]
Beer Notes: What even is craft beer?
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Innovative and creative craft brewers in the U.S. alter the landscape of craft beer every day, and many of us follow the introduction of new beers with interest and the eagerness to sample. Innovation is the hallmark of U.S. […]
Beer Notes: Glitter beer sparks controversy (it’s still pretty, though)
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. The Brewers Association announced in early April a new addition to their Beer Style Guidelines for 2019: The Glitter Beer. Typically an addition like this would not be made in such haste but, their spokesperson Lisa Frank said, they […]
Craft beer reform bills become law, signify major changes for Maryland brewers
Maryland’s craft beer legislation is finally changing. On March 16, House Bill 1080, sponsored by Delegate Carol Krimm, along with Senate Bill 704, sponsored by Senator Brian Feldman, were voted in unanimously by the House Economic Matters Committee. Senate Bill 801, the Brewery Modernization Act of 2019, sponsored by Senator Antonio Hayes, was voted in […]
Crooked Hammock Brewery Branches Out to Middletown, DE
The t’s have been crossed, the i’s are dotted, and on April 1, Crooked Hammock Brewery broke ground on their new, second location in Middletown, Delaware, 65 miles north of their original restaurant-and-brewery in Lewes. Middletown Mayor Kenneth Branner attended the groundbreaking ceremony, along with representatives from the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce. They made […]
Craft beer volume up four percent in 2018, according to new growth report
The craft beer industry continues to grow slowly and steadily even as the overall beer market continues to shrink. 2018 sales data released on April 2 by the Brewers Association in their annual growth report showed the craft beer segment growing by four percent and increasing craft’s overall beer market share by volume to 13.2 […]
Hero’s Challenge to feature firetruck pull, craft beer to benefit Special Olympics
Are you tough enough? For the third year, on Saturday, April 27 at the intersection of North Division Street and E. Main Street in downtown Salisbury, the Salisbury Police Department will be hosting its annual Hero’s Challenge Firetruck Pull to benefit Maryland Special Olympics. Everyone is invited to form a team and pull a truck […]
Beer Notes: What’s in a (craft beer’s) name?
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. With more craft breweries and craft beers popping up in the U.S. every day, the world of craft beer marketing is a competitive one. There are so many good beers on the shelves fighting for the consumer’s attention that […]
Big Oyster named among the fastest-growing craft breweries in the U.S.
On March 27, the Brewers Association released its second annual list of the 50 fastest-growing small and independent craft breweries in the United States. Delmarva’s own Big Oyster Brewery of Rehoboth Beach, DE ranked #2 on the list, second only to Lake Time Brewery of Clear Lake, IA. These 50 small and independent breweries experienced […]
Beer Notes: A Very Short History of the Brut IPA
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. One of the latest trends in the world of craft beer is sweeping across Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, as well as the rest of the country. This week on Beer Notes, we’re looking at the birth of the Brut […]
Hit the beach, then hit the brewery and enjoy a beer outside this spring
Let the records show that the winter of 2018/2019 truly felt like the longest one in history. I write this on the last day of winter, even though I’ve been in the springtime state of mind for well over a few weeks now — I just bought a pair of shorts yesterday! Knowing full well […]
