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[ December 29, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Wow! Chalk another brewery in for Minnesota in 2011. Boom Island Brewing Company will be launching their first two beers tonight at Pig & Fiddle from 6pm ’til close! They will have their Silvius Pale Ale and Thoprock IPA available for your drinking pleasure. I’ve yet to try them, though as you’ll read on their [...] [...]
Two Idaho health-insurance companies have asked to raise rates for some customers more than 10 [...]
With 2011 coming to a close, I revisited the goals I set for the year: Brew my APA again and see if I can replicate it. It’s been a while since I brewed it so I may need to brew it twice this year to see if I have consistency. Make a mead and a [...] [...]
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Editor’s Note: It’s that time of year when are locavore eating habits move towards the canned, the stored and the otherwise preserved. We do this, of course, to continue to eat local, but we also do it because we know that high quality, good foods, put-away with care, are just as tasty and delicious as [...] [...]
Victory really knows how to take over the taps at a bar near you. One of my local faves is the Pour House in Haddon Township, NJ. Victory brought a load of cool stuff including Braumeister Pils, and Smokin’ Oats Porter, but I really went fo… [...]
Our pick for most unlikely cocktail ingredient of the year: beets—which turned up in a number of libations, including a pair of recipes at PS7′s. Y&H special boozy correspondent Trixie Tamerlane got to the root of the matter back in June. The purplish veggie also earned a spot in our “Annotated Guide to 2011.” What [...] [...]
Beer and good health. Those two can go hand in hand. Moderation is the key, of course, as it is with darn near everything we consume. Multiple studies come and go, are released with much buzz only to die down, around health and alcohol consumption. WEB isn’t here as an authority on health studies. We [...] [...]
Part Two of the Hoppy Nomad’s last entry for the year… [...]
There may be a better way for me to close my year of beer news, but a little highlight of one of my favorite breweries works for me. Really the announcement of the new pilsner is what I was excited to share. [...]
Last week Upland received label approval for Gilgamesh their Flanders Red. Hopefully that means we should be hearing about a release sometime soon. Upland went all out on this using a labor intensive turbid mash and and long kettle boil, … Continue reading → [...]
With the end… Comes a beginning…… the circle continues …Farewell 2011Avery – New World Porter (Seasonal)12oz Six-Pack 6.70% Black IPA (Super Hopped Porter??) $BeerAdvocate: 88 RateBeer: 98Boulevard – S… [...]
The lucky folks in Elgin, Geneva and La Fox have markets taking place this Saturday. For the rest of us folks, the farmers and vendors are still on a holiday break which means more than ever to support and utilize the stores in Chicago that maintain their pipelines of local produce and products. WHERE TO FIND [...] [...]
New Years Eve 10! 9! 8! As the countdown begins, and you say fair well to the last 3,2, seconds of 2011, there’s only 1 drink you need to be pouring. Traditionally that drink would be a bottle of champagne, … Continue reading → [...]
For research I’m doing on another project I ran across visual.ly where users can upload the best visualizations they find on the web. They have quite a reservoir of excellent infographics, some of which I’d seen before, some of which were new. Here are a couple of favorites founding searching for “beer.” I also like [...] [...]
SHINER – Spoetzl Brewery has received label approval for their next new beer called Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale. The pale ale style marks another rare departure from traditional German styles for Spoetzl. There are indications this beer may se… [...]
I’m not sure why I seem to be numbering all my posts of late, or how many posts this “series” might eventually include, but it’s the time of the year when so many people look back on the year just … Continue reading → [...]
Since I’ve been so busy, I figure I needed a solid way to make sure I post at least once a month for you all.So this new feature I’m calling “Beer Roll” – a roll call for all the beers I’ve tasted during the month. This will include new tastes and the … [...]
This year was a banner year for new restaurants — as we noted in this week’s Year in Review, nearly 300 new places have opened since January 1. Dozens of them included bars, and many more new … [...]
Photo courtesy of Imbibe, credit Brandon Cummins. In the January/February 2012 issue of Imbibe Magazine, a story titled ‘Kansas City Here We Come’ is included, which examines drink culture in the Kansas City area. While the article covers every… [...]
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