Craft Beer movement grows out of homebrewing efforts

From the AP today…
“Growing out of homebrewers’ efforts to emulate British and German beers, craft beers started showing up about 30 years ago, and bigger varieties bubbled up in the mid-1990s on both coasts as brewmasters chased their fantasies to the outer limits.”
And the craft beer movement is still growing out of homebrewers’ efforts.

another one bites the dust

The Birmingham Terminal is reporting that New Vulcan Ale House, which would have been a 4th brewpub in Alabama, will not be getting off the ground after all.
I can’t say I’m surprised. The cards are stacked against breweries in Alabama, particularly brewpubs, which have stringent and expensive legal requirements that really ought to be [...]