CRAFT BEER NEWS FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 10 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. …

This weekend is Prospectors’ Days in the little town of Republic, Washington, close to the Canadian border, and Republic Brewing Company is hosting a beard contest.

The Northwest Beer Night panel blind tastes Hefeweizen and it turns into a sausage fest.

The beer drinker’s guide to summer music festivals.

Fifteen memorable beers from the 2016 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival.

A craft beer revolution brews in Paris.

As the brewmaster at Brouwerij Rodenbach for the last 22 years, Rudi Ghequire has arguably made more sour beer than anyone else in the world. In 2011 he sought input from Michelin-starred chef Viki Geunes of Antwerp’s ‘t Zilte to create a new beer: Caractère Rouge, a Flanders Red aged for an additional six months on cherries, raspberries and cranberries.

Wayne Crichton’s personal pub in his garage features beer on tap, disco lights, a smoke machine and an 8,000-track karaoke system.