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Meadan Brewing to continue without Bryan; production moves to Beer Bazaar...
Bryan Meadan, the founder of a gluten-free and kosher-for-Passover brewery in Carmiel, has left the brewing industry. Meadan beers will continue to be made at the Beer Bazaar Brewery in Kiryat Gat,...
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500 Bottles of Israeli Beers on the Wall
A couple of years ago, I wrote about Yitzhak Berman, a collector of beer bottles whose home in Beit Shemesh is lined with shelves upon shelves holding empty beer bottles -- over 1,500 to be more...
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ARTBEERFEST -- Alexander Beer puts Caminha on the map!
Nighttime festivities at theARTBEERFEST in Caminha:Packed like Portuguese sardines.A big beer festival in a tiny town. Over 30,000 visitors came to the ARTBEERFEST in Caminha in northern Portugal,...
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Four beers for the record
I've recently tasted four beers which are not exactly new (anymore), but which have managed to fall under my radar. Here are a few words about each. The Alexander Brewery in Emek Hefer, one of...
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Two nights at the Jerusalem Beer Festival
The 15th annual Jerusalem Beer Festival ("Ir HaBira") went on for two nights at the end of the summer. So did I.Good beer with good friends:(From right) Yishay Maguri of Ifshy Brewery,Ofer Ronen of...
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Mevshalim 2019 home-brew competition winners
Another home-brew contest was held recently in Israel -- the fourth Mevshalim Competition, arranged by the Home-Brewers Guild of Beersheva.The head organizer this year was Ohad Boxerman, who home-brews...
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Beer Market brings "take-home draft beer" to Jerusalem
The new Beer Marketin Machane Yehuda, Jerusalem.(Photo: Mike Horton)The concept is not a new one. It's been in cities around the world for several years, and even in some Israeli cities since 2017....
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The BJCP in Israel: Serious beer judging and what it means
If there is one standard in the world to which all good and true craft beers can repair, it is the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP).Begun in the U.S. in 1985 but now accepted and adhered to...
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Israeli za'atar beer from the Nomads
Jacob Mogerman (right) andYonah Rubin in their formativedays of home-brewing.When Yonah Rubin and Jacob Mogerman, two thirty-somethings, met a few years ago, they were brewing for other people."We were...
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An Israeli in the wonderland of American beer
First of all, I'm very happy with the variety of craft beers we have in Israel: our locally brewed beers, supplemented by some very fine imports. What's available in Jerusalem stores, pubs and...
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Juha Väänänen: Finland, Israel and beer
Juha in Israel for the sixth time:"Brewmaster - Journalist - Ukulele Guru" Like most encounters these days, I first met Juha Väänänen on the internet. He was acquainted with my blog, Israel Brews and...
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Three-beer catch-up: Malka Hoppy Wheat, Alexander Barley Wine 2019, Shevet...
It's always fun to catch up on some new Israeli craft beers. First of all, I enjoy encountering new tastes and giving credit where it's due to the breweries that have invested talent, time and money...
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Hagibor Brewery: A short introduction
Eran Grunwald has been brewing beer since 2012 -- not a very long time in home-brewers' years. Yet he was sure enough of himself and his beers to start brewing commercially about two years ago."We...
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Sales & Mergers: Oak & Ash buys Buster's; Herzl joins Malka
We may not be talking about earth-shaking exits, sales and mergers, but two recent events have tongues wagging in the Israeli craft beer industry.Buster's Beverages sold to Oak & Ash(From left):...
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Beers brewed in ancient Israel to be produced commercially
"If you promise them beer, they will come":The crowd at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem hears about the project to brew beers made withancient yeast and original ingredients.(Photo: Mike...
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New from BeerBazaar: Cannabrew ● Free home deliveries ● OMG (2020)
News is a-poppin' at the BeerBazaar Brewery (Kiryat Gat) and chain of pubs. Two new beers have been released, and a home-delivery project is in the beta stage.Cannabrew -- Israel's first...
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Four 2020 beers
This has been a productive season for new Israeli craft beers. I'm counting something like nine or ten within the space of a few months. Here are my notes on four of them.Sheeta Pumpkin AleAmerican...
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Two new beers → Shevet Small Batch IPA, BeerBazaar Cannabrew
Good people of Israel and around the world: The flood of new Israeli beers has not subsided. Gives me no rest. Here are two more you've been waiting for.Shevet Small Batch IPABottles of Shevet Small...
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Two beers from New Pioneer
Gilad Ne-Eman shows the old bloggeraround at one of the super-enjoyableBeer7 Fests in Beersheva.(Photo: Mike Horton)Gilad Ne-Eman of Beersheva has been brewing commercially since 2009. He not only...
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Beer in the Time of Coronavirus
You probably noticed quite few articles these days with the title, "___ in the Time of ____." Journalists are using this because it refers back to an amazing novel from 1985, "Love in the Time of...
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