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From Stroh's to Shiner Bock, from Hamm's to Hudepohl, Salon brings you an incomplete, biased guide to this great piss-beer nation. By Salon staff Aug. 11, 2008 First they came for Olympia, and I said nothing. Then they came for Old Style, and still I said nothing, because I live 1,000 miles away and Old Style sucks anyway. Then they came for Ballantine, and -- ooh, is that a micro-brewed hefeweizen? read more »
Huntsville, Ala., has gone a year without its own beer after a fire destroyed Olde Towne Brewing. That's all about to change.
Owner Dr. Howard Miller and business partner and brewer Don Alan Hankins are about to start brewing again in a new facility. The initial production will be draught only, but Olde Towne expects to start bottling in August.
The microbrewery was the first in Alabama. The fire hit just as Olde Towne was about to sign distribution deals that would have seen its brands sold in Tennessee and Georgia.

One of the best small breweries in America, Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem, N.C., plans to double its production.
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, Foothills will spend $250,000 to increase production to 6,000 barrels later this year.
The company makes a number of great brews, including Seeing Double IPA and Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout. read more »