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CBN's 24th Anniversary Bash   CBN's 24TH ANNIVERSARY BASH


The Celebrator Beer News celebrated its 24th anniversary on February 19, 2012, with a Brewer’s party at the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley, California. This was SF Beer Week 2012's Closing Event, where over 35 other breweries poured favorite brews as well. Guests met up with CBN writers and beer industry luminaries, including pioneering figures in the craft beer movement. In case you missed it, we put together a nifty video for you to enjoy. View it by clicking below!

» CHECK OUT OUR ANNIVERSARY BASH VIDEO HERE
» CHECK OUR SF BEER WEEK STORY + PHOTOS HERE
April / May 2012
 
UPCOMING BEER EVENTS

» VIEW ALL UPCOMING EVENTS HERE

April 14

Breckenridge Spring Beer Festival
More info:
breckbrew.com/events

April 14

4th Annual Saison & Farmhouse Ale Festival at Trinity Brewing
More info:
trinitybrew.com

April 21

Bay Area Craft Beer Festival in the Historic Cannery District
Info:
bayareacraftbeerfestival.com

April 21

Southwest Arbor Fest
More info:
gjcity.org

April 21

2nd Annual Great Vegas Festival of Beer
More info:
greatvegasbeer.com

April 27–28

Oregon Garden Brewfest
More info:
View website here

May 5

6th Annual Lee’s Beer Experience at the LVH (formerly Las Vegas Hilton) with well over 300 beers and 70 tequilas to sample
More info:
plancast.com

May 14–20

American Craft Beer Week
More info:
craftbeer.com

May 18–20

3rd Annual Stone Domination event at Aces & Ales
More info:
acesandales.com

May 18–20

6th Annual Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest (BMAF) at Rogue Ales. Bring your dog!
More info:
brewersalefest.com

May 19

Maui Brewers Festival at the Yokouchi Pavilion and A&B Amphitheater at the MACC
More info:
mauiarts.org

May 19

2nd Annual Ameri-CAN Canned Craft Beer Festival at the Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater
More info:
cannedcraftbeerfest.com

May 25–27

California Festival of Beers
More info:
californiafestivalofbeers.com

May 26

9th Annual Barley’s Brewfest
More info:
wildfiregaming.com/barleys

June 1–2

American Craft Beer Fest at the Seaport World Trade Center
More info:
beeradvocate.com

June 1–10

Philly Beer Week 2012, a 10-day celebration of “America’s Best Beer-Drinking City”
More info:
phillybeerweek.org

June 2

8th Annual Davis BeerFest
More info:
davisbeerfest.org

June 2

Taste of Brews at White Park
More info:
tasteofbrews.com

June 2

Beer Barons of Milwaukee's 9th Annual World of Beer Festival
More info:
wobfest.com

June 6–10

19th Edition of Mondial de la Bière at Place Bonaventure
More info: festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca

June 8–9

SAVOR — An American Craft Beer and Food Experience
More info:
savorcraftbeer.com

June 9

11th Annual Monterey Beer Festival at the Monterey Fairgrounds
More info:
nightthatneverends.com

June 9

Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest
More info:
firestonebeerfest.com

June 29–July 1

8th Annual North American Organic Brewers Festival in Overlook Park
More info:
naobf.org

October 11–13

Great American Beer Festival
Info:
greatamericanbeerfestival.com
CELEBRATOR SPECIALS
 
Michael Remembered MICHAEL REMEMBERED

Remember with us a great beer authority, and friend, as we explore some of our archived images, video and insight into the life of Michael Jackson.

» VIEW SPECIAL HERE
Rolling Boil Blues Band   ROLLING BOIL BLUES BAND

Check out the latest on the beer-fueled tunemakers known as RB3. View past and future gig info, get merch and steal some songs and video.

» VIEW SPECIAL HERE
 
 
CURRENT CBN FEATURES

DANNY WILLIAMS


Sadness permeated the country’s beer community and beyond with the news that Danny Williams had passed away on the evening of January 23, 2012. Williams succumbed to cancer in his mountain home in Sunshine Canyon, near Boulder, Colorado. He was 52.

In his decade of work for the Brewers Association, Williams had the Herculean task of receiving and sorting the thousands of beer entries for the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup competitions.

In that role, Williams amassed a huge circle of friends. They included industry professionals from coast to coast and a loyal team of local beer enthusiasts who volunteered year after year to help sort beers for the competitions.

With his outgoing and upbeat demeanor, Williams defined the term likeable. A visit to his home was an unforgettable experience. His property includes a cavernous former gold mine that he retrofitted into a beer cellar as well as a former mill building that he converted into...

» VIEW DAN RABIN'S REMEMBRANCE OF DANNY HERE
GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL 2011


Great American Beer Festival 2011

There were 248 medals awarded this year to some of the 526 breweries that submitted entries to this year's GABF. That is a phenomenal variety of beers to experience by any one-person's standards, so for this year's festival held in Denver, Colorado from September 29–October 1, 2011, we got CBN Associate Editor Mike Pitsker to give us the beer-to-beer insight from his experience at the festival. So, if you weren't able to attend this year's festivities, you're welcome to check it out here!

» VIEW ARTICLE & PHOTOS FROM THE FESTIVAL HERE
DAVID FARNWORTH


The craft beer culture — not only in Los Angeles but in the whole nation — lost an icon on October 28th when David Farnworth, pioneering co-owner and founder of the Lucky Baldwins pubs, passed away. He did so peacefully at home in Pasadena, surrounded by family and friends, after a lengthy and courageous battle with ALS disease. He was only 59 and is survived by his wife, Anne, beloved children John and Kate, and business partner Peggy Simonian.

Born September 27, 1952, in Carlisle, England, David played football (soccer, to you Yanks) in school. He later moved to South Africa, where he worked in engineering. He immigrated to the United States, chiefly the Southern California area, in 1980. While working at the British Tourist Board in Los Angeles years later, he met his future business partner, a fellow Brit named Peggy Simonian. Together they launched the idea of opening an authentic British pub, with real British ales on tap and cask, and with European football on the...

» VIEW TOMM CARROLL'S REMEMBRANCE OF DAVID HERE
BREWS CRUISE TO ALASKA 2011



More than 80 beer enthusiasts answered the ads run in the Celebrator Beer News for this year’s Brews Cruise to Alaska, one of the largest turnouts since the inception of the cruise almost 10 years ago.

Events during the cruise included a mini-festival with pourings from local breweries which celebrated local Seattle breweries, trips to numerous villages and breweries located throughout Alaska and much more!

» VIEW ARTICLE & PHOTOS HERE
THE LAGUNITAS BEER CIRCUS



The now-annual Lagunitas Beer Circus took place Sunday, May 22, 2011, at the Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, CA. Hundreds turned out for this, um, unusual beer happening. Billed as fun “Under the Big Top,” the event included several burlesque acts, circus wonderments and much more!

» VIEW PHOTOS HERE
» VIEW NAUGHTY BITS HERE *

RAY DETER


He was a bar guy. Unpretentious, smart, opinionated, obsessed with good beer.He loved single malts too, and good tequila. But above all, Ray Deter was warm, like the cypress wood music room that made d.b.a. New Orleans so “hot.”

Ray’s passion for beer was personal, discovered in an epiphany moment during his honeymoon many years ago. He had married an English woman from Yorkshire, the same region that sired British Beer Hunter Michael Jackson.

All it took was “a picturesque canal, a bicycle and a stop in an English pub” for romance to begin — romance with cask-conditioned ales like none he had ever had.

But Ray’s journey ended in Lower Manhattan when a silver Jaguar collided with his bicycle on Monday afternoon, June 27. By Sunday, July 3, Ray met the Maker’s Mark.

Ray and Dennis Zentek opened d.b.a. in New York’s East Village in 1994. Think The Ginger Man on East 36th, Brouwer’s Café in Seattle or the Falling Rock in Denver. In 2000, the two men launched...

» VIEW CAROLYN SMAGALSKI'S REMEMBRANCE OF RAY DETER HERE
CELEBRATOR'S 23RD ANNIVERSARY BASH

The Celebrator Beer News celebrated its 23rd anniversary on February 20, 2011, with a Brewer’s party held at the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley, California. Over 30 breweries poured favorite brews as CBN writers and beer industry luminaries, including pioneering figures in the craft beer movement, mingled with the public as they enjoyed the delicious...

» VIEW OUR 23RD ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE + PIX
CBN'S ANNUAL BREWERS SWIMSUIT ISSUE 2011

When we first had the brilliant idea of doing a spoof on the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue many years ago, we thought it might run for one or two years. The idea was to get pictures of brewers in swimsuits and brew boots in the brewhouse. Brewers, being a creative lot, went off in a lot of different directions, giving us a delightful portfolio of swimsuit-centric...

» VIEW THE 2011 SWIMSUIT ISSUE PIX HERE
CRAFT BREWERS CONFERENCE 2011

Over 4,000 craft beer industry professionals attended this year’s Craft Brewers Conference. The CBC is held each year at a notable beer city around the country. This was the second time the gathering visited San Francisco. The Brewers Association in Boulder, Colo., responsible for organizing the event, had just released preliminary statistics on the health of the...

» VIEW THE ENTIRE ARTICLE + PIX HERE
PIERRE CELIS


We, in the beer business in the U.S., know Pierre Celis as the founder of Celis Brewing in Austin, Texas and creator of Celis White. His impact on me was major as I learned about Belgian beer from him as a mentor. I'm sure many will write about Pierre and the history of Wit/White beer. I want to write about Pierre as a man and a friend.

We met many times in Austin, San Francisco, and on the road during the 1990's and he even stayed with my wife and I at our home. A generally quiet man with a good sense of humor, he encouraged me to visit him in Belgium, but I had no time until 2000, when I finally got to go to Belgium and he offered to be my guide. Everywhere we went, people knew Pierre. Since we mostly stopped at beer oriented places, I was kind of expecting that he would be...

» VIEW PETE SLOSBERG'S FULL REMEMBRANCE OF PIERRE CELIS HERE
DON YOUNGER


Don Younger, famed publican extraordinaire and legendary beer evangelist, died early Monday morning, January 31, 2011 of complications from a fall a few days earlier. He was 69 years old.

Don was a “larger than life” character with an enormous passion for beer, brewing and beer culture. He loved meeting new people and spreading the word of good beer but eschewed “phonies” and poseurs. He also eschewed people who would say “eschewed.”

He was not a model for the healthy lifestyle preferring beer, whisky (make it MCCALLAN 12 please, 18 if ya got it) and cigarettes (Sprits will do) to more conventional comestibles. It is suggested that both he and Patsy from the BBC's Absolutely Fabulous had not had solid food since 1977. That is not true, of course, but close...

» VIEW OUR REMEMBRANCE + PHOTOS OF DON YOUNGER HERE
ALASKA BEER WEEK 2011

The 15th edition of the Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival was actually the grand finale for what is now Alaska Beer Week in Anchorage. This year, dozens of events tantalized the thirsty palates of local beer enthusiasts and taxed the capacities of those wanting to attend more than a few events a day. The series of beer-themed events incorporated existing...

» VIEW THE ENTIRE ARTICLE + PIX HERE
BEER CAMP LAS VEGAS 2010

It all sounded so innocent. Well, as innocent as a trip to Las Vegas can be. Put together a trip to Sin City with beer as the agenda and hang it on a major beer festival. Sound good so far? Thought so. Then the beer festival got canceled, and we had to change the date. Tours and tastings at a few of the best local breweries; lunch at the famous Hofbräuhaus; a tasting talk...

» VIEW THE ENTIRE ARTICLE + PIX HERE
SANITY/FEAR : A RALLY FOR BEER 2010

Was it a beer tasting? A political protest? A poetry reading? A dinosaurs of rock concert? The October 29, 2010, tasting at the Brickskeller in Washington, D.C., dubbed “Sanity/Fear: A Rally for Beer,” was a little bit of each. Special guest Tom Dalldorf (editor and publisher of the Celebrator Beer News), visiting D.C. to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the...

» VIEW THE ENTIRE ARTICLE + PIX HERE
EXCLUSIVE CBN BREW INTERVIEW : KEN GROSSMAN

On September 3, 2010, CBN Publisher Tom Dalldorf interviewed Ken Grossman, founder of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company at the brewery in Chico, California. Check out our in-depth interview with Ken, which includes audio and video, by clicking the link below. There's also a little extra video included you might enjoy as well!

» VIEW THE ENTIRE BREW INTERVIEW HERE
CURRENT ONLINE ISSUE » EDITORIAL

THAT WAS THE BEER YEAR THAT WAS


Several years ago at the Craft Brewers Conference, Kim Jordan, cofounder and president of New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colo., suggested that craft beer might grow to be 10 percent of American beer production in the next 10 years. There were a few snickers of incredulity at the time. Today, it looks like Ms. Jordan might have even underestimated craft beer’s growth in the American beer market.

The Brewers Association and Symphony IRI Group, both of which track brewing industry statistics, reported dollar sales for craft beer being up 15 percent for the first half of 2011, meaning that craft beers are on pace to achieve their sixth consecutive year of double-digit dollar sales growth in supermarkets. The two organizations also announced that craft beer has, for the first time, reached a 10 percent dollar share of the overall beer category in supermarkets — nearly double what it was in 2005. The craft segment seems destined to reach 10% overall market share sooner rather than...

» READ ENTIRE EDITORIAL HERE

 

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