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Green Flash acquires Alpine
Peter Rowe November 2014
Alpine Beer has been acquired by Green Flash, which intends to increase production of the little East County brewery’s popular but hard-to-find ales.
The agreement, signed Monday as the local industry celebrated San Diego Beer Week, means Green Flash will begin bottling Alpine beers in 2015. Each brewery will continue to make its own distinct beers, using different recipes and labels. Green Flash co-founders Mike and Lisa Hinkley will remain in control of Green Flash’s beers; Alpine co-founders Pat and Val McIlhenney retain control of their brews
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Both sides predicted a long and happy marriage. Click Here for Full Article
Texas man will give free beer for life for $2,000
Joshua Fechter November 2014
A Texas man will give free beer for life in exchange for a $2,000 donation to kickstart his beer company, Intrinsic Brewing.
Cary Hodson of Garland aims to raise $30,000 to open a brewhouse, according to the initiative's page on Crowd Brewed, a crowdfunding site focused on craft beer.
"We plan to excite palettes with historical, common, forgotten and new styles," Hodson says in a YouTube video pitching the company.Click Here for Full Article
Surly's Doomtree beer to debut next month
Chris Riemenschneider November 2014
Imagine First Avenue nightclub serving Jucy Lucy’s from Matt’s Bar or “A Prairie Home Companion” being taken over by Har Mar Superstar. That’s the kind of only-in-Minnesota pairing that has been taking place behind-the-scenes with the Surly Brewing Co. and local hip-hop troopDoomtree, who have teamed up to create a new beer in time for the latter’s 10th annual -- and final – Blowout concert marathon.
Surly Doomtree will be available in kegs throughout the Blowout X eight-day run, Dec. 6-14. The flavor of the beer is being kept tightly under wraps until then by Surly brewmaster and metal shredder Todd Haug, but the newly arrived press release for the brew promises “it’s a style that is fitting of both Doomtree and Surly -- non-traditional and hard to classify.” Click Here for Full Article
