The DuClaw Real Ale Festival just got bitchier.

Over the past few weeks, we asked you to vote on Twitter on the two firkins we’ll feature at the DuClaw Real Ale Festival Saturday, September 11 in Bel Air, MD.
The winners? Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA and Gonzo Imperial Porter. Matt Crow doesn’t like to be told what [...]

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In a given week, we produce about 35,000 gallons of beer. A result of that, aside from the pretty fucking awesome end product, is between 90,000 to 138,000 gallons of wastewater.
Admittedly, there are few of us who kick back with a beer and think about how a brewery our size handles such a large amount [...]

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Matt Crow wants you to tell him what to do. (We bet his wife would love that kind of attitude.)
On Saturday, September 11, we’ll be participating in the DuClaw Real Ale Festival in Bel Air, MD. And Matt, our Capital Division Sales Manager, wants you to tell him what firkins to bring.
Here are your choices; [...]

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How many Flying Dog employees does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One.
How many Flying Dog employees does it take to package a special-edition, 750 ml bottle of whiskey barrel-aged Gonzo Imperial Porter? At least seven.
Every 750 ml bottle of Flying Dog is hand-packaged - a lengthy process that is well worth it for [...]

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Seventy-three years ago today, Hunter Stockton Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
A profound influence on Flying Dog founder George Stranahan’s life, Hunter and George were longtime friends in Woody Creek, Colorado.
In his recent book Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament, George describes a dynamite-and-whiskey-filled afternoon with Hunter:
One of many lady friends left [...]

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The Maryland and Washington, D.C. metro area was struck by a 3.6-magnitude earthquake at around 5 am this morning.
Earthquakes are very rare in this area. So most normal human beings thought they felt rumblings from a low-flying airplane.
Here are snippets from conversations we overheard this morning here at the brewery. Most of us didn’t think [...]

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We’re not very a very patient bunch, especially when we’re hot, bothered, and worn down from the dog days of summer.
So when that first batch of our fall seasonal, Dogtoberfest Märzen, goes into the tank to ferment for 49 days (the longest out of all of our beer), we’re a touch antsy.
But when this sleeping [...]

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After hours of yelling, begging, pleading, name-calling, and bottle-throwing madness, we’ve chosen the winners of our “Why is Raging Bitch the Perfect Beer for Carrie Nation” contest.
Jaye Greene and Travis Skillings will each receive our brand new Raging Bitch t-shirt. Here’s why:
Jaye said: “Raging Bitch is the perfect beer for Carrie Nation [...]

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In Patrick’s Irish Pub, located in downtown Frederick, MD, there’s a little sign on the bar that reads, “All Nations Welcome But Carrie.”
That sign is referring to Carrie Nation, the infamous member of the “temperance movement,” a group that opposed (that’s right, opposed) alcohol in pre-Prohibition America.
Carrie, who was notorious for attacking bars with a [...]

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This week, our Cellar Queen Lisa Adams, CEO Jim Caruso, VP of Brewing Operations Matt Brophy, VP of Marketing Ben Savage, and Head Brewer Bob Malone visited Stillpoint Farm, a sustainable farm that has acres of hop fields in Mt. Airy, Maryland.
Owner Tom Barse showed them around the farm, which grows [...]

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