KotMF.com is the online home of the Knights of the Mashing Fork, a Hartford-area homebrewing club whose members are passionate about making and drinking great beer, cider, and mead!

The first guild for brewers, the Knights of the Mashing Fork was formed in Brabant, Belgium during reign of Duke Jean I (“Jan Primus”) corrupted today as “Gambrinus”. He is honored throughout the world as the so-called King of Beer. Legend portrays him as the inventor of the "toast" as a social custom.

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• Heads Up - Tax Man is Looking
  December 19, 2008 - California became the 27th state this year to consider raising taxes on beer, wine, and liquor
  
• Craft in China
  December 19, 2008 - The Brewers Association Export Development Program (EDP) is looking at the burgeoning Chinese market
  
• Hog House Fire
  December 18, 2008 - Hog Haus Brewing Company Restaurant and Bar in Fayetteville, AR sustained damage to its roof after a Tuesday afternoon fire.
  
• Milwaukee Public Radio and WUWM.com website to feature holiday ales
  December 17, 2008 - The Best of American Beer and Food author, Lucy Saunders
  
• Budvar Wins Another
  December 17, 2008 - Czech brewery Budjovich Budvar gained yet another significant victory in its worldwide branding dispute with Anheuser-Busch.
  
• Ireland Brewery to Close
  December 16, 2008 - Heineken has announced that it will close its Beamish & Crawford brewery
  
• Harpoon to Expand
  December 11, 2008 - The Harpoon Brewery plans to install two new 500-barrel unitank fermenters at its South Boston facility.
  
• Penn to Close
  December 11, 2008 - The fate of the historic home of the Penn Brewery appears sealed this week
  
• Strongest Beer?
  December 11, 2008 - Two Madison brewers are teaming up to create the biggest all-malt beer ever brewed
  
• No-Carb Beer
  December 10, 2008 - A Queensland boutique brewer has today made brewing history with the launch of BIGHEAD - Australia's first no-carb beer.
  

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