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And now you have that annoying tune in your head too. But for a good reason: craft beer continues to kick ass and take names. I know this because the Brewers Association has released their 2007 Craft Beer Industry Statistics.

Some highlights:

• Growth of the craft beer industry was 12% by volume for the first half of 2007.
• The craft beer industry eclipsed 8 million barrels of craft beer produced
  in the U.S. in 2007.
• The microbrewery segment grew 21% in 2007, showing great interest in local brewers.
• Craft beer sales share is 3.8% by volume and 5.9% by dollars.
• Total U.S. Craft Beer Industry Annual Dollar Volume: $5.7 billion.

Clicky the linky for more details and some hot 3D exploding pie chart action.

Also, if it takes on average ten seconds to “take one down” signing the song, you’d need about 67 years to get to zero. And that’s for barrels…

While I was in Park City last week I was happy to have a few Wasatch beers I had before, a few I hadn’t, and some other good local brews. I’d recommend all of these and the food at both Red Rock and Wasatch was as good as the beer.

Squatters Full Suspension at Deer Valley

Red Rock Black Bier at Red Rock Brewing

Wasatch Evolution Amber at Wasatch Brew Pub

Wasatch Hopalicious (cask) and Squatters Full Suspension at Wasatch Brew Pub

Since my lazyweb request worked so well for KC, I figured I’d give it a shot for my trip to Park City tomorrow. So, where should I go for a good beer or five? I’ll be staying in Park City and will definitely hit Wasatch and I’ll be in SLC for a bit tomorrow with a rental car and possibly some free time on Sunday, so where should I go? 

Hail the Ale! beer links for February 19th:

• [Confessions of a Beer Geek - Time to pay the Piper] Yet more hops news
• [Appellation Beer- Sam Adams sharing hops with smaller brewers] More hops news
• [Appellation Beer - Hops: Ugh, the saga continues] Are we going to have a Hops Supply Alert system?

So, you find yourself sitting at your computer asking yourself if there are any homebrew sites you should check out. Unless your computer can read your mind it probably just sits there sending penis spam but not really doing anything to answer your question. So…I’ll help you out. Check out HopHead Homebrewing Fanatics.