Archive for Widmer
Celebrate Brother’s Day - August 11th
From Widmer…
There’s a day to celebrate moms, dads, grandparents, and even Irishness, but what about brothers?
Brothers are a proud clan. They flush each others’ G.I. Joe’s down the toilet, they sucker punch each other and run away claiming self defense, and when they “grow up” they drink lots of great craft beer. Kurt and Rob [...]
National News from the Brewers Association
Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List
Boulder, Colo. • April 7, 2008 – The Brewers Association, which tabulates industry growth data, announced its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies. Released are both a Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies¹ list and a list of the Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies. Statistics are based on [...]
Redhook, Widmer merge, brew new business
Redhook, Widmer merge, brew new business
By Melissa Allison
Seattle Times business reporter
Redhook Ale Brewery of Woodinville plans to merge with Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland to form a new company called Craft Brewers Alliance. It will be headquartered in Portland with management offices in both cities, officials said.
Existing breweries will remain, including Widmer’s breweries in Portland [...]
On the alert for Craft Beer imposters!!
This article reminds me why the 2Beerguys and Family is a very important asset to our beer drinking friends. Selecting a beer can be really confusing and over whelming when going to a sports event, concert, or a local store. So many choices and different beers to purchase, the tension can lead to a bad [...]
Lowell Ribs and Brew Festival
The City of Lowell along with the New England Barbecue Society is gearing up for 2007 Rib’n Brews Festival - are YOU ready?!? The City kicks off this two day Kansas City-style barbecue competition on Friday, September 7th at 6:00pm on the Tsongas Arena grounds.
This event also includes a microbrew challenge, food sampling and sale, [...]
