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Market St., Akron, will host a five-course beer pairing dinner with Platform Beer Co. The brewery, by the way, will release Cerasus in 375-milliliter bottles in June.įor more details or to see all the winners, go to: Platform dinnerĬrave, 57 E. Thirsty Dog won a gold for its Siberian Night Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels, a silver for Rail Dog and a bronze for Cerasus Dog Flanders Style Red Ale. Less than 50 percent of the entrants won a medal. Nearly 400 beers and ciders were submitted from more than 12 countries in the competition, which was judged by retail store and restaurant owners, beverage directors, distributors and importers. “It’s deja vu,” Thirsty Dog co-owner John Najeway said about the recent honor. Thirsty Dog was named Ohio Brewery of the Year last year and USA Brewery of the Year in 2014. It’s back-to-back-to-back top honors for the Akron brewery at the event held in New York City. Beth being from Ohio) until we bonded over homebrewing in our backyards. was named “Ohio Brewery of the Year” at the fifth annual New York International Beer Competition. The Brew Shop is a local specialty beer and wine store serving the greater DC.

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There will be demonstrations on how to brew 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-gallon batches. May 7 as part of the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrew Day and The Vine n Hop Shop’s first anniversary.īRIM will have 15 brewers there showing different homebrewing techniques and equipment. Speaking of the Vine n Hop Shop, the business and the BRIM (Brewing Ring In Medina) homebrewing club are hosting a Big Brew Event from 10 a.m. She’s quite the brewer as well and designs the recipes, he said. Kristin Girard got her husband into the hobby. Lutheran pastor Tom Schaeffer co-founded Black Cloister Brewing Co. (If you think it’s unusual for a minister to get into brewing, it’s not. Mark Lutheran Church in Brunswick, has been homebrewing for eight years.

Carpenter Road just off the interchange of Interstate 71 and state Route 303, wants to offer six to eight beers on draft. The hope is that the brewery will be up and running in the next couple of months.

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The brewery will allow Girard and his wife, Kristin, who runs the shop full time, to show off the Vine n Hop-designed homebrew recipes sold at the business, which also offers classes.

“The plan at this point is to continue educating and growing the homebrewing and winemaking communities and proving to them that with just a little bit of effort you can make some great commercial quality beers in a five- or 10-gallon batch,” co-owner Steve Girard said. The Brunswick winery and homebrew shop is launching a nanobrewery. The Vine n Hop Shop is expanding into beer-making.