Beer Paws News and Posts — Nebraska beer

Known for their delicious IPAs and Ales, Kros Strain Brewing located in La Vista, Nebraska is this week's partner spotlight.

When you love beer, it shows. Here at Beer Paws, we work with a lot of breweries, small ones, bigger ones, some you’ve heard of, others you may not have. But one thing they all have in common - a passion for beer and the desire to make the most amazing brews possible. And when someone really, really loves what they do, it shows. This is exactly the case with White Elm Brewing Company in Lincoln.   White Elm Brewing is one of those places where the passion is evident from the first time you walk in the door. Modern...

Help kill anti-craft beer legislation. These are trying times. Protests, demonstrations, heated political arguments. But even in this age of division, there’s one thing everyone, regardless of political affiliation can agree on - craft beer is awesome. But for Nebraskans, the right to fantastic microbrews is under attack in the form of Legislative Bill 632. Introduced by Senator Tyson Larson, this bill would prevent craft brewers, including many close friends and partners of Beer Paws, from opening retail or taprooms offsite from where they brew. This is bad for lots of reasons: First, it means eliminating or severely restricting Nebraskans’...

Great beer doesn’t happen by accident. Or does it? Most of the brewery partners Beer Paws works with pride themselves on their recipes, usually taking years of tweaking, adjusting and experimentation to find just the right mix. But sometimes, greatness happens by chance. That’s what happened with Nebraska Brewing Company’s flagship brew Cardinal Pale Ale. Way back in 2005, then homebrewer Paul Kavulak was trying to brew a pale ale with a nose of bright Cascade Hops. Repeated experiments weren’t yielding the results he wanted, and after a particularly stressful day, he dumped an entire bag of Cascade leaf hops...

  Cop-brewed beer in a robber’s hideout. A century and a half ago, Jesse James used a cave in Eastern Nebraska as one of his hideouts. Fast forward to the present. The cave, called appropriately enough as Robber’s Cave, is now the home of a brewing company with roots in law enforcement. Old Jesse must be rolling in his grave. If he wasn’t, he’d pop right on up and head over to Blue Blood Brewing Company for a pint of their fantastic beer. Founded in December 2011 by a couple of guys with a love for craft beer, including former...