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Small breweries react to changing market

Enlightening comments from OBW Brewers Forum Each year, one of the highlights of Ohio Brew Week is the Brewers Forum held at Casa Nueva Bodega in uptown Athens. A mix of Athens’ local brewers with those from others areas of… Continue Reading…

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Cheat Canyon Brewing pulls plug on Morgantown

The buzz began after an unattributed quote posted on a Morgantown web forum began catching people’s eyes on Tuesday. The text it quoted read: “We pulled the plug on Morgantown. Morgantown has proved too expensive and not economically feasible for… Continue Reading…

Bridge Brew Works

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Bridge Brew Works opens outdoors

Last week, Bridge Brew Works opened its much-anticipated taproom. And when we say opened, we mean it’s really open. It’s the first open air brewpub in West Virginia, and it’s an absolute thing of beauty. There is nothing else like it… Continue Reading…

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Parkersburg Brewing cans roll

Cans rolled at Parkersburg Brewing Company as the brewery canned its first beer last Friday. A 28 barrel run of Cell Block 304 Brown Ale, which amounts to over 325 cases of six-packs, was packaged and will begin to hit distribution… Continue Reading…

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Local ingredients rule, ales gone wild

Trendy imperial pastry stouts and New England IPAs were as rare as hen’s teeth at Fonta Flora’s State of Origin beer festival last weekend in Morganton, North Carolina. Shoot, there were hardly any IPAs or adjunct stouts of any stripe there.… Continue Reading…