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I’m a wee bit late in posting this, but the Thirsty Monk is hosting a Dogfish Head Ancient Ales Week that started tonight. This week will feature four of Dogfish Head’s historical ales, three of which have never been on tap in Asheville before. The f… [...]
This is the first of (hopefully) several blog posts covering my time in Wellington over the last week at BrewNZ and Beervana.I volunteered to assist with the stewarding at the BrewNZ beer awards. These are the main annual beer awards in New Zealand and… [...]
Business has been busy so beer blog updates have been slow in recent months but thanks to my travels I managed to sample some new Asian brews.Flying God awful economy somewhere over southern China the air stewardess asked the usual question (what would… [...]
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Beer Birthday: Anat Baron
Today is the birthday of filmmaker Anat Baron, whose Beer Wars movie started people writing and talking about the beer business, from all sorts of angles, two years ago, and while it’s slowed down somewhat, the discussion has yet to have complete... [...] Read more →
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Blue & Gray Does Green
Saint Patrick's Day is this coming Saturday, March 17. That means it's time for the 10th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival at Blue & Gray Brewery. The parade starts at noon, followed by an afternoon of Irish song and dance. The antiqu... [...] Read more →
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Day 74 ( 10/6/2011): White Rajah by The Brew Kettle
I'm going to preface this review by going big: in my opinion, this is possibly the best Ohio-brewed beer that is widely distributed. If not the best beer in general, it is certainly the best Ohio-brewed IPA and it's not even a close competition. On... [...] Read more →
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Weyerbacher Tango Tasting at 90 Acres
Thursday, February 23 at 90 Acres, Weyerbacher Tango paired with a special menu. Check it out if you’re around, 2 Main Street, Peapack. [...] Read more →
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Beau’s Brewery Takes Over Toronto’s BarVolo March 29
Ottawa, ON27 different Beau’s beers available; BarVolo to be totally transformed into “Beaulo” for one night only BarVolo, the well-known beer bar on Yonge St. in Toronto, will be surrendering to a total takeover by Beau’s All Natural Brewing o... [...] Read more →
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Annette & Nicole from Throwback Brewery…
Annette & Nicole from Throwback Brewery (@thrwbck) http://throwbackbrewery.com/ ☮, ♥, craftbeer! -d [...] Read more →
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Public schools to receive voucher payment from state
The state is distributing $4.18 million to school districts and charter schools from Indiana’s Choice School Scholarship voucher program... [...] Read more →
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Cantillon förlorad ur sortimentet
Idag måste jag tyvärr släppa en mycket tråkig nyhet. Cantillon Kriek Lambic Bio som har funnits i Systembolagets ordinarie sortiment sen i höstas och enligt planen skulle funnits tillgänglig på många butiker i minst ett år har dessvärre försvunnit från sortimentet. De flaskor som finns ute på butik nu (runt 300 totalt i landet) är [...] [...] Read more →
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Beer…By the Numbers
World-wide beer consumption in 2010: 189.7 billion liters. Change from 2009: up 2.4 percent. Years since consumption showed a decline: 25. Number of breweries in Colorado: 120. Colorado’s rank in number of breweries: 4th. Colorado’s rank in beer production: 1st in the nation. Coors Light’s ranking in U.S. market share: 2nd. Years since a non-Anheuser-Busch beer was ranked 1st or 2nd: 19. Number [...] [...] Read more →
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The end may be nigh-er than you can imagine.
All of you sweet and (relatively) innocent beer-loving sorts, secure in the blanket of “we can make it after all” fantasies that your parents taught you, likely cannot begin to comprehend that our world is built on shifting sands which … Continue reading → [...] Read more →
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Guest Blogger: Help me name my beer
I’m bottling the Coconut Dark Ale this weekend and I need a name for it. Every beer needs a name, and right now the lines are open for any, and all, suggestions. (Beer Nut note: Going Coconutty is my suggestion.)… [...] Read more →
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Actividades de la semana
Taller–cata de cerveza. Cervezas de Navidad. Sábado, 07 de Enero de 2012 Una aproximación didáctica y práctica al mundo de la cerveza, una de las bebidas más antiguas y populares de nuestra civilización. Lager, pilsen, ales, lámbic, porter, a... [...] Read more →
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Beer Review 112: River Horse Hop-A-Lot-Amus 2xIPA
Hello Beer Friends Nation! Today we visit the garden (state that is) for River Horse Brewing Company from Lambertville, New Jersey. River Horse produces great beer and most Beer Friends favorite episode to date. We also visited River Horse during the spring and fall seasons, so now it’s their Double IPA to satisfy the resident [...] [...] Read more →
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Return of the Month of Claire!
People really shit on February. "Wahhh, it's cold in February!"It was 61 degrees in New York today and I ran in shorts."But I hate Valentine's Day! It's such a consumer-driven, fake holiday!"What are you, a Communist? Who hates snacks... [...] Read more →
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Triple Digit Brewing Launching March, 2012
We received this press release late last night announcing a new brewery here in Cincinnati. It’s a great time to be a better beer lover in Cincinnati with all of these new breweries opening and the existing ones getting better. CINCINNATI HAS A NEW BEER BRAND Triple Digit Brewing Company will be launching their line [...] [...] Read more →
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Burrito Justice Maps Out the Scary Effects of Proposed Food-Truck Exclusion Zones
Yesterday, SFoodie wrote about AB 1678, a bill introduced in the California legislature last week that might kill San Francisco's street-food scene. The bill seeks to forbid food trucks from p... [...] Read more →
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“Wheat Beers”
The Session is a monthly blog happening that was started by Stan Heironymous. This month’s topic is, vaguely, “Wheat Beers”. To see what others have to say about wheat beers, including Stan (hell, he wrote the book on wheat beers), check out BeerTaster.ca, who plays host to this month’s Session and should post a roundup within [...] [...] Read more →
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Is the Weak Dollar Helping US Craft Beer Exports?
Here is an interesting story from the Sydney Morning Herald about US craft beer sales in Australia (yes, I consider Boston Beer to be craft beer) being helped by the strong Aussie Dollar. But the strong Aussie Dollar is due in large part to the v... [...] Read more →
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Time for a new hop – or two !
As readers of 'A Swift One' will know we love hops.This weekend I have been fortunate to find a couple of new varieties to try out, unfortunately for me, not side by side but within a short time of each other. One came as single hopped beer, the other ... [...] Read more →
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What’s In a Name?
After some hospital visiting yesterday, a restorative beer was in order. We nipped into the Baum and settled without much hesitation for Windermere Pale from Hawkshead, one of my favourite beers. At the bar, also drinking the Pale were a couple of my C... [...] Read more →
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