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Sitting on our desk is a labor of love. It’s a 270-page, richly illustrated book called “St. Louis Brews: 200 Years of Brewing in St. Louis.” We are looking forward to reading it. Judging by the…

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The Saint Louis Brewery is introducing new tap handles at about 1,000 retail accounts, a large project designed to give the maker of Schlafly beer a distinctive look at bars.

Schlafly will be replacing all existing tap handles in the…

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Last month, I called Grey Eagle Distributors, the St. Louis County wholesaler for Anheuser-Busch beers, asking about the newest addition to A-B’s roster: Bud Light Golden Wheat. Dave Berkbigler, brand development manager at the big wholesale house, invited…

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St. Louis’ craft brewers are saying they have something more than quirkiness: Staying power.

Craft brewers…

Today, we welcome the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s newest beer columnist, Evan Benn. Evan spent five years as a metro and features reporter at the Miami Herald before joining us earlier this month to fill in as an editor. Evan is the…

It’s a busy time at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. Folks are getting trained in the newly-renovated brewhouse, plans are being laid for new tanks and piping, and designers are brainstorming new tap handles. Most importantly, sales by St. Louis Brewery Inc. (which runs…

St. Louis Brewery Inc., maker of Schlafly beer, made its debut on the Brewers Association’s list of the top 50 American craft brewers. The list (see it here) from the Colorado-based trade group ranks independent breweries by liquid sold. The Schlafly folks…

The time is probably not yet ripe to anoint a winner. But with a couple months of data in the hatch, it’s clear that several local breweries are doing well in Missouri.

Lager Heads again crunched numbers from the Missouri Beer Wholesalers…

Shameless plug alert: Check out Lager Heads‘ latest contribution to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A quick-hit story on the impressive growth of St. Louis Brewery Inc., the maker of Schlafly beer. The company is ratcheting up its beer-making capacity at…

Lager Heads always enjoys swinging by the Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. The folks are nice, there are pool tables, and the staffers give good tours of the little brewery.

We stopped by on Friday to check on all the changes that Bottleworks and…