I tried to embed THIS VIDEO, but can't seem to get it to work. Anyway, here is a clip from Fox News featuring Dan Kopman of Schlafly Beer, Nick Matt of Matt Brewing, and Leslie Henderson of Lazy Magnolia Brewing, talking about the Beer Stimulus Plan...which is a proposal to reduce the federal excise tax on small breweries.

Did you know that Craft Beer, while representing only about 5% of Beer Sales, represents about 50% of Brewing Industry...

(Boston, MA) – The votes are in for the Samuel Adams’ sixth annual Beer Lover’s Choice® contest, and drinkers selected Samuel Adams Revolutionary Rye™ to join the all-new Samuel Adams® American Originals Variety Pack, now available nationwide. In the 2010 contest, 66,283 beer lovers from coast-to-coast tasted two new Samuel Adams beer styles, Samuel Adams Revolutionary Rye and Samuel Adams® Belgian IPA, and voted for their favorite.


Drinkers evaluated the...

Boulder, CO • January 3, 2011-The board of directors of the Brewers Association (BA), the trade association representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, has voted to change the BA's designation of "small" in its definition of a "craft brewer." The Association's board of directors also has revised its bylaws to reflect the change.

In the BA's craft brewer definition, the term "small" now refers to any independent brewery that produces up to 6 million barrels of traditional beer...

Boulder, CO • January 12, 2011—The Brewers Association (BA) recently released its 2011 Beer Style Guidelines. Updated annually, the guidelines currently describe 140 styles of beer and are used in prestigious beer competitions, like the Great American Beer Festival®  and the World Beer Cup®.

For 2011, several beer style descriptions have been significantly updated:Belgo-American-Style Ales Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin/Oud RedGerman BockRye BeerAmerican-Style Sour...