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Brewpocalypse Now: Unraveling the Magic Hat/West Sixth scandal
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If you follow anything related to beer (or just have facebook friends that drink) you've probably heard about this mess in the last 24 hours. It all started yesterday when West Sixth Brewing Company (a small brewer...
And of course, Donald Trump themed beers hit the market
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As far as I can tell, Griffin Claw out of Detroit was first to the trend. According to the label, the stout has "Huuuuge flavor." Ugh. Kill me. 5 Rabbit out of Chicago is cashing in on the anti-trump crowd. Now,...
Styles Matter Until They Don’t
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Kellan Bartosch over at CraftBeer.com has a great article for the novice beer drinker on why styles are important and how to start thinking about them to extract Maximum Liquid Pleasuretimes(tm) from your bubbly libat...
Budweiser becomes “America”, is not even American.
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You've probably seen this stroke of marketing genius flying around social media. American currency has long held claim to being the only thing found in bars that boasts the phrase “E Pluribus Unum.” This summer, Bud...
BrewDog Brews Up TV Pilot ‘Brew Dogs’
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The owners of Scottish brewery, BrewDog, James Watt and Martin Dickie, created a TV pilot for a new show called Brew Dogs. If you've never heard of BrewDog, you need to get out from under your rock and get to your loc...
Ranking the states by their beer
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[map via Aleheads.com] Thrillist has a piece over at Yahoo news ranking all 50 states by the quality and variety of beer they produce. Rankings are as fun as they are controversial. This list comes just in time...
Drink well on Cinco de Mayo
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Don't be that guy shrugging and walking out with a 12-pack of Corona (unless you really dig that stuff...for reasons?) There's plenty of interesting beer to be had. Los Angeles media outlets have two short lists o...
Three Floyds Limits Case Sales :(
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:insert sad face here: It's a sad day for mid westerners who are lucky enough to live in the small distribution area of Three Floyds. Today Three Floyds announced that they'd now be limited case sales at their brew...
Goose Island Releases Madame Rose
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Next time you're at your favorite liquor store, keep a sharp eye out for Goose Island limited release of Madame Rose. The Madame is a crimon colored Blgian style brown ale that's fermented with wild strains of yeast a...
Don’t feel bad if you don’t homebrew
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I'm somebody that has always felt a bit overwhelmed by the prospect of homebrewing. I've never taken the plunge, but it always seemed like an expensive and impractical hobby. From a distance, it also always seemed t...