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(Boston, MA) – Backlash Beer Company appeared on the Seacoast Beverage Lab podcast on Monday night. A few notes… - Currently contracting but going to start thinking about opening up its own brewery - Planning to make saison year-round - Starting new Double IPA series / Will take grain bill from Salute and apply to new beers using hops like Galaxy and Mosaic / Geared heavily toward draft but bottle as well - Sales are 50/50 split of draft/bottle - QR code on label directs drinker to mobile review site that submits alerts to brewer’s phone (note: similar setup is free using Google forms)

According to New Belgium’s Bryan Simpson, this is the first TV advertising campaign for the brewery in eight years. “We did our first television campaign around 2005, the Tinkerer, directed by Jake Scott,” said Simpson. More >> KUNC.

We had eight 100-barrel fermentors come in over the last six months that brought our capacity to 26,000 barrels of beer. We will add another 15 to 20 100-barrel tanks in that room that will bring our capacity to 55,000 barrels of beer. We just finished raising roof and doing all of the floors. We started building-out our expansion fermenting cellar. More >> Veer Mag.

Chris Ives, managing director and founder of Ilkley Brewery, made the breakthrough with a panel of distributors and beer experts after joining two trade missions to find new markets for his best-selling brands. Almost 15,000 bottles of three leading Ilkley brands should be on sale in bars and restaurants in Alabama and Georgia as well as the states of New York and Washington this week. More >> Telegraph.

The Homebrewers Outpost will close its doors in the coming weeks, forcing local hobbyist beer makers to turn elsewhere for their grains, yeasts, hops and equipment. When the shop opened in 1995, the beer scene in Flagstaff was just getting started. More >> AZ Daily Sun.

Flanked by liquor store and Delaware craft brewery owners at Fordham and Old Dominion Brewing companies in Dover, Gov. Jack Markell Thursday signed into law House Bill 31, which allows Delaware liquor stores to fill and sell growlers of draught beer on site. More >> Delaware Newszap.

Beer Institute Chief Economist Lester Jones explains the tangled web of federal, state, and local taxes that get applied to the beer we drink. Listen >> Tax Foundation.

The company’s Alltech Bourbon Barrel Ale has become the biggest-selling craft beer in Ohio, according to its distributor, Lyons said. His existing brewery can produce as much as 30,000 barrels a year, but with the expansion, capacity could nearly double, Lyons said. He predicted that within five or six years, Alltech could become the fifth-largest craft brewer in the United States. More >> Kentucky.com.

All of our employees and our store are still standing. We really appreciate all of your concern. Looking around us here at the store is extremely devastating. We hope for the best for all of our neighbors. The store will be closed Tuesday so emergency crews can help rescue and clear the area. We will be here cleaning up if you absolutely have to have an item tomorrow. Otherwise please try and stay clear of the area. via Facebook | Learn to Brew.

The Texas House today gave the formal approval to a package of legislation that would change the way beer is bought and sold in the state. The House voted thumbs up on the bills on Friday, but then held a third and final procedural vote today. More >> Houston Chronicle.