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During the Month of February, Night Out With a Socialite, will take you on a world wide tour of the worlds most unique Boutique Breweries.As we love beer, we hope you will discover a love for beer or a love for a new beer.We have spent months sourcing these 29 boutique...

Boutique Beer #1: Napa SmithNapa Smith is the only production brewery located in the Napa Valley, and serves a delightful a hand crafted award-winning beer, Napa Smith is the only production brewery located in the Napa Valley.While they are a relatively young brewery, their story is linked to the very beginning...

Boutique Beer #2: Duckstein BreweryThe Duckstein Brewery @ Saracen Estates is a popular venue that exhibits some of the finest architecture, art work and landscaping in Australia’s south west region.It provides a family friendly atmosphere with a large playground and lawn area for the children.  With a large glass window that...

From humble beginnings in Taylors Arm (population 50) on the north coast around six years ago, Murray's relocated to Port Stephens in 2009 where today they run a microbrewery, Cellar Door and one of the region's best restaurants, The Brewery Restaurant.Murray's has also recently opened its first Sydney venue, Murray's Brewery...

Come enjoy a Belgian Trappist Craft Beer Tasting reviewMore Craft Beer reviews at http://www.facebook.com/RealAleCraftBeer...

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Today we are reviewing the The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery Milk Stout.A Milk Stout is basically a stout that has a larger amount of residual dextrins and unfermented sugars that give the brew more body and a sweetness that counters the roasted character. Milk Stouts are very similar to Sweet Stouts, but...

In America, Mountain towns sprout microbreweries as often as they birth bluegrass bands. Enter Telluride Brewing Company, which now serves some of that San Juan magic on tap — and in a can. Launched by two locals, Tommy Thacher and Chris Fish, in October TBCO will begin cranking out a tasty...

Welcome to Mountain Goat Brewery in Victoria, Australia. Today we are tasting their Hightail Ale Very solid english style ale to be had here. Nice noble classy, elegant, fruity hop presence on the nose. Nice mild malt backbone with solid bitterness. juicy english hop presence on the palate. This is how...

The VI Night Out Team head over to Melbourne to give the new Thunder Road Full Steam Pale Lager a go!Launching a few weeks back, Thunder Road Brewery is Melbourne’s latest brewery, making its signature brew – the Full Steam Pale Lager, the city’s newest beer. Located in Barkly St, Brunswick,...

For Lucky #13, we decided to give you two people's TOP 10 Beers for 2011...

We take on New York based, Brooklyn Brewery's Brooklyn Sorachi Ace beer! This is a saison featuring the rare Japanese-developed hop Sorachi Ace. I had this beer on tap at Buffalo Wild Wings in Kingston NY, poured into a pint glass. Look: Golden Straw Hue, Passes Most Light, White Head that...

Still in America we decide to head down South to sunny California to take on Lagunitas Lagunitas Sucks, California ~ To prove that the time is never too late to gain entry to a year-end top ten list, Lagunitas snuck in with this "replacement" beer for its winter annual release, Brown...

We take on New York based, Brooklyn Brewery's Brooklyn Sorachi Ace beer! This is a saison featuring the rare Japanese-developed hop Sorachi Ace. I had this beer on tap at Buffalo Wild Wings in Kingston NY, poured into a pint glass. Look: Golden Straw Hue, Passes Most Light, White Head that...