Apr. 9—MOREAU, N.Y. — Dancing Grain Farm Brewery and local land trust Saratoga PLAN (Preserving Land and Nature) are joining forces to release a honey IPA, inspired by the surrounding farmland for Earth Day. Each pour of this new draft will raise $1 toward land conservation in Saratoga Count…

One man was killed and another is in jail after a dispute at a Midlands bar turned violent Saturday night, the Sumter County Police Department said. Rayquan Kentrell Dean, a 26-year-old Pinewood resident, was fatally shot outside of Brewer’s Bar and Grill, police said Sunday in a news releas…

There are approximately 12 cases left of the 2017 Chardonnay from Cadenza Vineyards in southern York County. What makes it special isn’t necessarily the vintage albeit it was a good one (”We were blessed in 2017 with a balanced growing season and we closed out harvest with an amazing lack of…

Apr. 9—TROY — The story of Brown's Brewing Co. in Troy has always been about beer, but in many ways, the rise and popularity of Brown's has always been in its spaces, its real estate. It all started in the 1990s when Garry and Kelly Brown, purchased the two buildings on River Street that wou…

Apr. 9—CHICO — The owners of Odyssey Winery and Vineyards want visitors to be completely at peace and unplugged when they come for a visit. The winery, on Cohasset Road by Rock Creek, doesn't offer WiFi and doesn't have a good cell phone connection because of the location. Owners Nickie Peac…

Apr. 9—CHICO — The Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.'s Beer Camp is coming back full force in early May. Visitors can attend Beer Camp and enjoy a full weekend of fun activities with Sierra Nevada beer and local food trucks. The event will feature cold beer and iconic games plus new additions like k…

Apr. 9—Here's a roundup of the latest retail and restaurant activity around Whatcom County: Banter restaurant expanding Banter is planning to add an outdoor patio seating space to its restaurant and has applied for permits through the city of Bellingham. The new addition likely will not be b…

On the wall at Irrigation Ales is a painted map of the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District, a system of canals and pipelines that sends water from Lovewell Lake to local farmers in this stretch of central Kansas, just south of the Nebraska border. Owner Luke Mahin’s father and grandfather wo…

Apr. 9—The Pub on Second customers will soon have new beverages to pick from on the menu. Co-owner Bill Brown and head brewer Matt Watson tested out one of the bar's first in-house brews, a wheat-ale, on Saturday. Brown said he and co-owner John Condray have wanted to brew original beverages…

Apr. 8—Tickets for Montana State University Billings' Wine and Food Festival are now on sale. The event raises much-needed funds for scholarships to help ensure that the cost of attending college is not one of the obstacles MSUB students face. It has also become the signature event in the re…

Apr. 8—Dean Hyder opened his Old Scotland Road Distillery outside Akron during the pandemic, shortly before Jeannine Morlacci moved her Polish-Italian Restaurant, Morluski's, from Attica to Clarence Hollow. Hyder makes spirits under the Handlebar brand name, for reasons obvious from his must…

Looking for something wine-related to do next weekend? Consider the inaugural Maryland Wine Experience as a solid option. On day one of this Maryland Wineries Association (MWA) event, guests will gather at the Graduate Annapolis to partake in educational master classes, sip bubbly at the spa…