Colorado Native Lager, which launches this week, comes from the No. 2 U.S. brewer’s A.C. Golden Brewing Co. unit, which brews craft-style beers in small quantities and markets them exclusively through digital and word-of-mouth channels.

With colored-coded maps published online today, Marin Institute illustrates how inflation has decreased the value of low beer taxes, while state budget shortfalls have exploded.

August Schell Brewing Company will release a new year-round flavor of Grain Belt beer that’s named after the hardworking neighborhood where the original Grain Belt Brewery established its roots back in 1893.

Governor Chet Culver of Iowa signed a bill into law that relinquishes state control over high-alcohol-content beer.

Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi (R-Bay Shore) proposed a new law which would ban stores such as Spencer’s Gifts and Gadgets and Gizmos from selling drinking related board games to those under the age of 21.

he Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Hotel is hosting a pre-St. Paddy’s Day event on March 16 and releasing a new hotel-made beer served with traditional Irish fare. Event attendees can sample the new Downstate Maple Stout paired with mini lamb Sheppard’s Pie and the Rooftop Honey Wheat paired with corned beef and cabbage sliders.

Pinnacle Entertainment announced that its newest casino, River City, opened to the public on March 4 in the south St. Louis County community of Lemay. The casino represents an investment of $357 million, excluding operating cash, non-cash rent accruals and capitalized interest, and created approximately 600 construction-phase jobs and 1,200 permanent jobs for the region.

On the outskirts of London, England at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, a nearly 300 year old brew house is getting kicked back into shape as part of the £6 million Discover Greenwich renewal project. The folks over at Meantime Brewing Company, a Greenwich based microbrewery run by master brewer Alistair Hook, have renovated the historically rich compound, installing eight giant copper brewing vessels, converting the space into The Old Brewery, an active brewpub and restaurant.