Recent News http://greatbrewers.com/recent_news en Ommegang Hop Chef Competition – D.C. Recap http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/ommegang-hop-chef-competition-%E2%80%93-dc-recap <p><big><b>Our first-ever Ommegang Hop Chef Competition at the Atlas in Washington D.C. was an amazing time and the dishes and pairings were delicious. Thank you to all the Chefs for the amazing food and volunteers for making our first Hop Chef event a memorable one. </b></big></p> <p><a href="http://www.benekeith.com/upload/file_upload/file/2861/Ommegang_Hop_Chef_DC_-_PDF.pdf"><br /> <img border="0" src="http://www.benekeith.com/upload/file_upload/file/2862/Ommegang_Hop_Chef_clear.png" /><br /> </a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/fan-group/beer-fans-texas">Beer Fans of Texas</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/ommegang-hop-chef-competition-%E2%80%93-dc-recap" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/ommegang-hop-chef-competition-%E2%80%93-dc-recap#comments Ben E. Keith - Dallas Ben E. Keith - Denton Ben E. Keith - Fort Worth Beer Fans of Texas Fri, 25 May 2012 19:01:03 +0000 rch 107403 at http://greatbrewers.com Who's Who In Craft Beer http://greatbrewers.com/story/whos-who-craft-beer <p>This article is from thehuffingtonpost.com<br /> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food-republic/craft-beer-rankings_b_1504164.html" title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food-republic/craft-beer-rankings_b_1504164.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food-republic/craft-beer-rankings_b_150416...</a></p> <p>Thirty years ago, the concept of a craft-beer power ranking system was inconceivable. Back then, there were only a handful of breweries pumping out suds that deviated from the watery-lager norm.</p> <p>Related: How To Drink Craft Beer Smarter »</p> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-label">Reference:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div id="node-38308" class="node node-teaser node-type-brand"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/brand/green-flash" title="Green Flash">Green Flash</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="submitted"> Submitted by <a href="/users/green-flash-brewing-co" title="View user profile.">Green Flash Bre...</a> on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:48pm </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-39702" style="width: 240px;"><a href="/brand/green-flash"><img src="http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Brand - Green Flash.preview.jpg" alt="Brand - Green Flash" title="Brand - Green Flash" class="image image-preview " width="240" height="142" /></a></div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-brewery"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Brewery:&nbsp;</div> Green Flash Brewing Co. </div> </div> </div> <p>Locally brewed and bottled in San Diego County. Our premium ales are hand-crafted, using only the finest, all-natural ingredients.</p> <p><strong>What's a Green Flash</strong></p> <p>Green flashes are real phenomena seen at sunrise and sunset, when part of the sun suddenly changes color.</p> <p>Green flashes usually are brief, lasting only one or two seconds.</p> <p>Green flashes do not always light up the sky, but are often small and inconspicuous.</p> <p>To see green flashes, you must be in the right place. An ocean horizon can often provide optimum green flash viewing conditions.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/brand/green-flash" title="Read the rest of Green Flash.">Read more</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="node-38074" class="node node-teaser node-type-brand"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/brand/left-hand-brewing" title="Left Hand Brewing">Left Hand Brewing</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="submitted"> Submitted by <a href="/users/left-hand-brewing" title="View user profile.">Left Hand Brewing</a> on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:47pm </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-68242" style="width: 240px;"><a href="/brand/left-hand-brewing"><img src="http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Left_Hand_Logo_(300dpi).preview.jpg" alt="Left Hand Logo 2010" title="Left Hand Logo 2010" class="image image-preview " width="240" height="232" /></a></div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-brewery"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Brewery:&nbsp;</div> Left Hand Brewing Company </div> </div> </div> <p>Greetings from beautiful Colorado!</p> <p>Living here in our great state requires great balance - there's just simply too much to do! Soak in over 300 days of sunshine a year. Catch a show at Red Rocks. Climb to the top of 14,255' Longs Peak. Catch an Avs or Rockies game. Drop into some fresh powder at A-Basin. Tee up on the first hole at Haystack Mountain. Fly fish the South Platte. With so many choices, how does one manage?</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/brand/left-hand-brewing" title="Read the rest of Left Hand Brewing.">Read more</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div id="node-38533" class="node node-teaser node-type-brand"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/brand/stone-brewing-co" title="Stone Brewing Co.">Stone Brewing Co.</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="submitted"> Submitted by <a href="/users/admin" title="View user profile.">admin</a> on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:48pm </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-38658" style="width: 171px;"><a href="/brand/stone-brewing-co"><img src="http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Product_Page_stone_171.jpg" alt="Brand - Stone" title="Brand - Stone" class="image image-preview " width="171" height="101" /></a></div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-brewery"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Brewery:&nbsp;</div> Stone Brewing Co. </div> </div> </div> <p><b>Selling Craft Beer by Greg Koch, CEO Stone Brewing</b><br /> <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="278" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nSEijNpV0e0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/brand/stone-brewing-co" title="Read the rest of Stone Brewing Co..">Read more</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="node-38285" class="node node-teaser node-type-brand"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/brand/founders" title="Founders">Founders</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="submitted"> Submitted by <a href="/users/admin" title="View user profile.">admin</a> on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:48pm </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-38809" style="width: 171px;"><a href="/brand/founders"><img src="http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Product_Page_founders_171.jpg" alt="Brand - Founders" title="Brand - Founders" class="image image-preview " width="171" height="101" /></a></div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-brewery"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Brewery:&nbsp;</div> Founders Brewing Company </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>To bring you truly great beer, we have focused our efforts to one simple pursuit...ignore mainstream.</strong></p> <p>We brew the beer we want to drink.</p> <p>In this pursuit we have found lower efficiencies, higher cost, less yields and smaller market share. This may seem like an unsound business model, but in our pursuit for bigger and better beer we have discovered a subculture of microbrewery aficionados. People like you, who enjoy beers that push the envelope of creativity.</p> <p><strong>History:</strong></p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/brand/founders" title="Read the rest of Founders.">Read more</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/beer-house-distributors-kentucky">Beer House Distributors of Kentucky</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://greatbrewers.com/story/whos-who-craft-beer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://greatbrewers.com/story/whos-who-craft-beer#comments Beer House Distributors of Kentucky Fri, 25 May 2012 01:40:51 +0000 lisapettit 107391 at http://greatbrewers.com What to Eat with Wheat Beer http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/what-eat-wheat-beer <p><i>Editor's Note: Food is even better with beer, and beer's even better with food. But what will taste particularly delicious with each beer style? We asked Certified Cicerone Michael Agnew to help us sort it all out.</i></p> <p><img src="http://www.benekeith.com/upload/file_upload/file/2834/wheatbeer1.jpg" width="200" align="right" /></p> <p>The official start of summer is still a month away, but in many places summery weather has already arrived. Even up here in the frozen north where I live, shorts weather is here. It's time to break out the wheat beers. </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/fan-group/beer-fans-texas">Beer Fans of Texas</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/what-eat-wheat-beer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/what-eat-wheat-beer#comments Beer Fans of Texas Wed, 23 May 2012 14:38:12 +0000 rch 107349 at http://greatbrewers.com Beer House Distributors is now the distributor for Sierra Nevada in selected areas! http://greatbrewers.com/story/beer-house-distributors-now-distributor-sierra-nevada-selected-areas-0 <p>Beer House Distributors is pleased to announce that we are now the distributor for Sierra Nevada in Northern Kentucky, Carrollton, Frankfort, Maysville &amp; Shelbyville areas.</p> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-label">Reference:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div id="node-38504" class="node node-teaser node-type-brand"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/brand/sierra-nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="submitted"> Submitted by <a href="/users/admin" title="View user profile.">admin</a> on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:48pm </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-38672" style="width: 240px;"><a href="/brand/sierra-nevada"><img src="http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Brand - Sierra Nevada.preview.jpg" alt="Brand - Sierra Nevada" title="Brand - Sierra Nevada" class="image image-preview " width="240" height="150" /></a></div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-brewery"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Brewery:&nbsp;</div> Sierra Nevada Brewing Company </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>History:</strong></p> <p>In 1979, Ken Grossman began building a small brewery in the town of Chico, California. His goal: to brew exceptional ales and lagers. Today, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is considered the premier craft brewery in the United States. And the beer? Critics proclaim it “Among the best brewed anywhere in the world.” </p> <p>Ken’s passion for brewing began when a friend showed him the basics of home brewing. Using homemade equipment, Ken began brewing five-gallon batches of beer on his own, and soon became a proficient home brewer. </p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/brand/sierra-nevada" title="Read the rest of Sierra Nevada.">Read more</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/fan-group/beer-fans-kentucky">Beer Fans of Kentucky</a></li> </ul></div> http://greatbrewers.com/story/beer-house-distributors-now-distributor-sierra-nevada-selected-areas-0#comments Beer House Distributors of Kentucky Beer Fans of Kentucky Wed, 23 May 2012 12:51:15 +0000 lisapettit 107347 at http://greatbrewers.com Beer House Distributors is now the distributor for Sierra Nevada in selected areas! http://greatbrewers.com/story/beer-house-distributors-now-distributor-sierra-nevada-selected-areas <p>Beer House Distributors is pleased to announce that we are now the distributor for Sierra Nevada in Northern Kentucky, Carrollton, Frankfort, Maysville &amp; Shelbyville areas.</p> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-label">Reference:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div id="node-38504" class="node node-teaser node-type-brand"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/brand/sierra-nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="submitted"> Submitted by <a href="/users/admin" title="View user profile.">admin</a> on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:48pm </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-38672" style="width: 240px;"><a href="/brand/sierra-nevada"><img src="http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Brand - Sierra Nevada.preview.jpg" alt="Brand - Sierra Nevada" title="Brand - Sierra Nevada" class="image image-preview " width="240" height="150" /></a></div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-brewery"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Brewery:&nbsp;</div> Sierra Nevada Brewing Company </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>History:</strong></p> <p>In 1979, Ken Grossman began building a small brewery in the town of Chico, California. His goal: to brew exceptional ales and lagers. Today, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is considered the premier craft brewery in the United States. And the beer? Critics proclaim it “Among the best brewed anywhere in the world.” </p> <p>Ken’s passion for brewing began when a friend showed him the basics of home brewing. Using homemade equipment, Ken began brewing five-gallon batches of beer on his own, and soon became a proficient home brewer. </p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/brand/sierra-nevada" title="Read the rest of Sierra Nevada.">Read more</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/fan-group/beer-fans-kentucky">Beer Fans of Kentucky</a></li> </ul></div> http://greatbrewers.com/story/beer-house-distributors-now-distributor-sierra-nevada-selected-areas#comments Beer Fans of Kentucky Wed, 23 May 2012 12:48:44 +0000 lisapettit 107346 at http://greatbrewers.com Craft Beer Tasting 101 http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/craft-beer-tasting-101 <p>By Marissa Payne</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/fan-group/beer-fans-texas">Beer Fans of Texas</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/craft-beer-tasting-101" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://greatbrewers.com/blog/rch/craft-beer-tasting-101#comments Ben E. Keith - Dallas Ben E. Keith - Abilene Ben E. Keith - Commerce Ben E. Keith - Denton Ben E. Keith - Fort Worth Ben E. Keith - Llano Ben E. Keith - Palestine Ben E. Keith - Waco Ben E. Keith - Austin Specialty Division Ben E. Keith - Houston Specialty Division Beer Fans of Texas Tue, 15 May 2012 14:18:59 +0000 rch 106961 at http://greatbrewers.com