VIDEO – Victory Brewing Company has recently been doing some expanding at the brewery. One of the reasons for the expansion is that as of today, Victory Brewing Company is now distributing in our great state of Vermont. We were lucky enough to get the first keg of Victory beer in Vermont at [...]

VIDEO – We are really lucky to have such a killer beer bar within a short drive of us and our Inn. So we were admittedly nervous when started hearing rumors of “the Dove” being sold. I am sure all of the Moan and Dove regulars shared our sigh of relief when we [...]

We are honored to have been mentioned in the New York Times! The best part is that they called us “beer geeks”, which is why I thought now was a perfect time to remind our readers that we have a great little Inn in Vermont with it’s own private pub for our guests. [...]

This week a new website was launched by the Brewers Association for the Homebrewer segment of their membership.  Not only is the new site more visually appealing than the old segment of the AHA site, it is far more functional.
One of the biggest functionality and association building aspects of the new site is that the [...]

For some reason our twitter account @hereforthebeer was suspended last Wednesday.  We have been good tweeters and as those of you who were following us know, we are not spammy nor have we ever sent inappropriate links your way.
Unfortunately after following the procedures for finding out why our account was suspended, we were only sent [...]

This is a quick video with Otter Creek brewmaster Mike Gerhart sharing their 2 new brews. First a new “Imperial Series” beer from Otter Creek, the Quercus Vitis Humulus- which literally translates to Oak, Grape and hop. The brew begins as a bold 27 degree plato barley-wine, warm-fermented with Bohemian lager yeast, then blended with [...]

Earlier we shared the story with you about Rock Art brewery and their fight with the Hansen Corporation over the use of the name “Vermonster”.  Here is a video with Matt Nadeau of Rock Art Brewery explaining the situation.

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Vermont Pub and Brewery owner and brewer Greg Noonan died in his sleep at home early Sunday morning.  According to this Beer Advocate forum post visitors to the Vermont Pub and Brewery on Sunday found the pub closed, with a sign posted: “Greg Noonan  March — 1951 – Oct. 11th 2009. ”
We always enjoyed chatting [...]

I received an email last night from Matt Nadeau, the owner of Rock Art Brewery in Vermont.  Rock Art is a small brewery that makes some notable beers.  One of my personal favorites is their “Vermonster“, which is a big delicious 10% ABV 100 IBU barley wine.  Well it seems that Hansen Beverage, the owners [...]

A really interesting press release just came our way from the Brewers Association summarizing the mid-year craft brewing numbers.
Perhaps the most interesting part was the chart (attached) that indicates the growth and decline based upon the number of actual breweries. I was amazed to see that the US has just now, in 2009, surpassed [...]