New Parking Area for Beer Fest

New parking area – since closing the Race Track the old infield is now a convenient Parking area. For larger view of map Right Click on Image then select copy image, paste into a document.

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Appalachian Mountain Brewery back in Hands of Original Owners

For years the large brewing corporations have acquired craft brewers as part of the strategy for gaining market share. However, as Craft Beer sales have stabilized the Mega brewers have shifted their attention to potential growth of other segments of the beverage industry (read that as seltzers and canned cocktails). All of which leads to the unusual sale of a Craft Brewery back to its original owners. The Boone, North Carolina based Appalachian Mountain Brewery, part of the Anheuser-Busch portfolio of Craft Breweries, was recently reacquired by original owners Nathan

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Are You Drinking a Mistake

If you’re a fan of Pils, Vienna, Oktoberfest, Helles, Marzen, Bock and other varieties of Lager beer; you may be drinking an accident. A recently released study indicates that lager may have been the result of a contaminated batch of wheat beer. This lucky mistake occurred in Schwarzach, a small town in South Bavaria at the start of the 1600’s. Lager uses Saccharomyces Pastorianus, a different yeast than ales. The clue as to how this came about was when Saccharomyces Eubanus was discovered in the Patagonian Andes of Argentina during

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Tombstone and Beer

                An unusual grave marker located in Winchester Cathedral, UK. A memorial to Thomas Thetcher who died on this date (12 May) in 1764, in part it reads that he “…died of a violent fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot.” It further reads “Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer Soldiers take heed from from his untimely fall, and when you’re hot, drink strong, or none at all. Mark your calendars, Mountain

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Keg Champion Awards

The Steel Keg Association announced winners of their first annual Keg Champion Awards. Awards were presented in 7 categories and over 2,000 Breweries, Bars and Restaurants were nominated.  The Basis for the awards were, as described by the Association’s Executive Director. “They were distinguished by their commitment to sustainability and to delivering differentiated consumer experiences. Importantly, we also have a shared belief that this is not the culmination of an awards program, but just the beginning. Cheers to these winners and all of the keg champions out there.” In addition

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National Beer Day

On this day in 1933, Ninety years ago, Prohibition essentially came to an end. Repeal meant on this day the United States allowed the sale and consumption of Beer. Although the official end of prohibition lay in the future, official modification of the Volstead act allowed the sale of Beer. Mark your calendars, Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd, Idaho Falls, ID – TICKETS on sale now at https://myidahotix.com/events/mountain-brewers-beer-fest-2023-6-3-2023 Copyright Gregg Smith – His latest book “American Beer History” is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/American-Beer-History-Mayflower-Microbreweries/dp/108155410X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=American+Beer+History&qid=1625503750&sr=8-2

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Guinness Sets opening for Chicago Taproom

            Guinness announced it plans on opening its second US Taproom (the first was in Baltimore) with the official name as Guinness Open Gate Brewery Chicago. Located at 901 W. Kinzie St. The project was originally announced in 2021 but was delayed by several circumstances. The 15,000 square foot facility Will feature a Taproom, restaurant, bakery, brewing facility and aging area. Aside from standard Guinness the up to 16 tap line-up will feature Guinness experimental beer. Mark your calendars, Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd,

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CANADA moving away from Beer?

What would Doug and Bob Mckenzie think? A newly released report from Statistics Canada, a government data collector, determined overall alcohol sales dropped in the Great White North for the first time in a decade, by 1.2%. Although beer remains the county’s most popular alcoholic beverage its sales have slipped by 8.8% over the past 10 years. Not surprisingly the beneficiary was Cider and Seltzers which claimed the majority of that drop by gaining 5 percent. Mark your calendars, Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd, Idaho Falls, ID – TICKETS

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Daybreak Pale Ale

Daybreak Pale Ale – Bale Breaker Brewing; Yakima, Washington – From the heart of Washington’s Hop Country Bale Breaker celebrates its tenth anniversary with the release of Daybreak Pale Ale. In their signature Hop-forward style Daybreak follows the lead of the brewery’s other beers, but does so while using just two hops, Simcoe and Mosaic. The result is a crisp beer with notes of grapefruit (of course) along with apricot, berries, melon and a bit of resin-like character. All that comes in a reasonable ABV of 5.5%. Look for it

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Beer in Art

This painting of a sailing ship certainly qualifies as art but what does it have to do with Beer? To find out come to The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho – for…. Beer in ART: A Walk Through Art (and Beer) History Presented by: Gregg Smith  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2023, 4 – 5 PM Beer has been around for millennia and Art as well; if Art depicts life shouldn’t Beer have a place in Art? It does, and it can be seen over and over, but sometimes we need to

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