From Forbes.com Once a magnet for those looking for a free beer, brewery tours have gotten much more sophisticated in recent years. Along with that gratis beer, breweries the world over are offering everything from in-depth tours to lessons in beer-making. Some have even built restaurants or brewpubs where visitors can lunch on a Kobe burger and wash it down with a German-style ale. Add it all up, and you have more than just a free beer; you have a perfect Saturday afternoon.  read more »

48 American Craft Brewers Gather to Harmonize Craft Beer with Food in May  read more »

Six Colorado breweries made it on the Brewers Association's list of top 50 craft brewing companies, based on sales volume in 2007.

New Belgium Brewing Co. of Fort Collins ranked highest on the craft brewing trade group's list, behind only top-ranked Boston Beer Co. of Boston and second-ranked Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. of California. All three had the same rankings last year.  read more »

Frederick, MD (May 06, 2008) - Flying Dog Brewery recently announced the release of a new addition to their "litter of ales" as Kerberos Tripel joins the brewery's highly acclaimed Canis Major Series.Kerberos Tripel is a bottle conditioned, strong Belgian-style ale with a slightly hazy appearance and mousse-like head. It is brewed with Golding and Saaz hops and Pilsner and Aromatic malts to yield a medium body and champagne-like carbonation.  read more »

Brewery
Date and time reviewed: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 1:27:47 EDT

Overall Score: 91.7
Selection: 5 | Service: 4.5 | Atmosphere: 4.25 | Food: N/A

Reviewer: dax1701e

The Flying Dog brewery moved their production facility from Denver to Frederick, and now the Wild Goose Brewery in Frederick actually apparently brews over 70% of the Flying Dog varieties and some of the Wild Goose.
This is definitely one of the best brewery tours I've been on. A very friendly and humorous guide takes groups on a tour through the entire facility and encourages sampling all of the different Flying Dog and Wild Goose varieties at the bar. The bar is one of the most impressive parts of the tour. Tours begin at 1:30 every Saturday at the bar area where almost every single variety of Flying Dog and a few Wild Goose beers are available on tap for your sampling pleasure. They even have a test batch of beer to gauge people's interest. The servers are quite friendly and very knowledgeable about the beer they are dispensing. Its located in a relatively small city too so the atmosphere has a small town feel to it. Outdoor seating is available so you can taste the samples on the patio while waiting for the next tour.  read more »

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Veterans of previous Great American Beer Festivals will tell you that if they were going to skip one of the four sessions it would be the Saturday night finale.  read more »