Beer Events

There is a phrase that the Brewer’s Association has popularized among craft breweries—“Support Your Local Craft Brewery”. If you’ve ever had the freshest of craft beers that can only come from a local brewery, you will definitely want to support your local craft brewery.  In today’s marketplace, there is a great push toward shopping at your local mom and pop stores, using locally sourced products and eating locally grown foods.  You might as well have locally brewed beer in your fridge. At Piney River Brewing Company we really appreciate all of the friends old and new that have supported their…

There are times in life when you do crazy things that are definitely not regrettable.  For example, last week we headed to St. Louis in the middle of the work week, five-year old in tow, for a concert by The Decemberists at The Pageant. A lot of beer has been brewed and fermented and kegged  in recent months while The Decemberists sang their stories in the BARn.  When we saw they were going to be in St. Louis for a concert, we knew we wanted to attend.  To add a little icing to the cake Sara Watkins (formerly of Nickel…

For any of you that follow us via blog, we wanted to let you know that we will be closed this weekend, Saturday, April 30th.  We need to restock our supply.  All of the fermentation tanks are currently full, and next weekend we should be fully stocked with everything--Ozark Firefly Wheat, McKinney Eddy Amber Ale, Ozark Bronzeback Pale, Old Tom Porter, and our latest batch of Ozark happiness--Missouri Mule IPA.  So, plan to bring your growlers and your tastebuds to see us next weekend! We may have our new T-shirts available then, too! Cheers!

Wow.  That’s really the only way to describe our first Craft Brewers Conference. Sponsored by the Brewer’s Association, this year’s conference was held in San Francisco.   We had a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our hotel.   We rode the BART.  We ate dinner one night at Zuni.  We also attended a beer and chocolate event at Pier 17 and a concert at the Fillmore.  Other than that, the conference could have really been anywhere in the US. We spent most of our time in classes, in the exhibit hall or at hospitality events hanging out with other people…