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A beer created to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last year is being re-released after her death, but you’ll have to be in Boston to get one. Proceeds from Samuel Adams’ When There Are Nine beer, a brut-style IPA, will go to advance women in the brewing industry, according to the Boston-based brewery. The beer was created...

[This story originally appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A taproom from one of the biggest breweries in Massachusetts has mostly shut down for the foreseeable future, and it could be a sign of things to come for at least some beer makers in the state. According to a Facebook post, Trillium Fenway next to Time Out Market Boston is “pausing”…

Craft brewers and the state’s beer wholesalers have reached a deal that would resolve a decade-long dispute over distribution rights centered around when a brewer can sever ties with their distributor, paving the way for the state’s smaller beer brands to free themselves from relationships that they feel are inhibiting their growth. The deal, if accepted by legislators on...

Last month it was reported that one of the biggest breweries in the region has canceled its plans to expand to another city, but now we have learned that it will be expanding to the western suburbs of Boston via a collaboration with a gaming company. According to an article from the Natick Report, Night Shift Brewing is teaming up…

One of the oldest breweries in Vermont is leaving the state, and another brewery will be taking over its space. According to an article from VTDigger, Magic Hat is selling its South Burlington brewery to Zero Gravity, with the plan being to shift its production to Rochester, NY, where it already produces some of its beer. A tweet from Magic…

One of the world’s largest brewers says it may have to dump 400 million bottles of beer because of a ban on alcohol sales in South Africa.

Georgia’s Wild Heaven Beer is producing a second, larger batch of Fauci Spring, a popular pale ale named after Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Two friends in London have been quarantined inside the pub in which they work.

The world-famous beer festival in Munich, Germany, was canceled by the Bavarian governor and mayor of Munich citing the risk of the spread of coronavirus.

A Nielsen study showed that alcohol sales were up 55% the week of March 21 as most people were following shelter-in-place orders.

After 38 new brewery locations opened in the state last year, growth continues at an unparalleled pace with an expected 60 breweries and taprooms in planning or slated to open in 2020. The figure includes breweries opening second or third locations, as well as new entrants to the market, all of whom hope to open taprooms, begin selling beer, or…

YouGov, an international polling and market research company, published research Wednesday showing the Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in negative buzz around Corona beer.

Rhode Island is on track to have its fourth consecutive annual decline in beer sales at liquor stores, according to the state’s Division of Taxation. The amount of beer purchased at liquor stores dropped from 18.1 million gallons in the first 10 months of 2018 to 14.8 million gallons during the same period last year, according to data reported by…

So much for the “coming in 2019” sign: The Sam Adams taproom planned for Faneuil Hall is now scheduled to open at the end of January 2020, six months later than the original opening date. The taproom had initially been planned to open this summer past summer, but in May, that was pushed back to Thanksgiving. Jim Koch, founder and board chair of...

To highlight New Hampshire’s tax-free status and to thank out-of-state customers, the state liquor commission is offering them discounts at its liquor and wine outlet stores.

A skunk brewed up some trouble when it got its head stuck in a beer can, according to animal control officers in Billerica, Massachusetts. The skunk was picked up Thursday by animal control officers on Lucille Drive and taken to Tufts Wildlife Center where it had to be sedated in order to have the can removed from its head. A...

Sam Adams is releasing a new brew that honors a Supreme trailblazer. The Ruth Bader Ginsburg-inspired drink will be available in the brewery’s Tap Room on March 29. Named “When There Are Nine,” the Belgian Bruit IPA was brewed on International Women’s Day and was inspired by the Supreme Court Justice’s famous response to being asked when there will be...