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Fear not your beer contents
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If you missed the social media hype storm a couple of weeks ago about Very Bad Things(tm) showing up in beer then consider yourself lucky. It set off my balderdash alarm bells immediately, but thousands retweeted and...
New documentary series on San Diego beer from PBS
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It's called "Kings of the Craft". Check out the trailer above. Debuts this Thursday, May 21st at 9pm on PBS stations and will be streaming online the following day.
Oldest use of “IPA” dated 1829 in Sydney
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New documents find the use of the phrase almost six years prior to the previous oldest-known primary source. That advertisement for East India pale ale comes from the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser of ...
Forget the Black Friday deals and get drunk
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Lakefront is once again making a special one-off batch to be released on Black Friday. Even if you hit them up to avoid the horrorscape of holiday-crazed shoppers, you may still have to get up early and get in line. ...
Beer on a Budget
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Serious Eats has yet another great "Ask a Cicerone" feature, this time on how to find the best brew for your buck. There's some fairly obvious familiar brands that keep coming up like Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada, b...
Germany beer market is down in the dumps
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When you think of the German beer market, words like "decline" , "slump", or "collapse" would probably seem bizarre. But Reuters published an interesting piece about this ongoing long-term phenomenon and it's a much ...
Postmaster General wants to lift ban on alcohol delivery
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Since FedEx and UPS have been doing it forever, this kind of seems like a no-brainer. Donahoe said delivering alcohol has the potential to raise as much as $50 million a year. He mentioned how customers might want to...
Triumph at the Great American Beer Festival (NSFW)
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Not triumph as in victory. And not Triumph Brewing Company...or...Victory Brewing Company, either. Wait what? Err... ...You know, the dog with the cigar that makes fun of everyone on Conan! This is 7 minutes of ...
Dogfish Head Tips for Aging Beer
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When it comes to drink, and making beer, most people prefer to enjoy their beer sooner rather than later. Most forget about the delicious qualities and flavors that come when you age a good beer. Whether you like fres...
Top 50 Craft Breweries of 2013 (By Sales Volume)
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The whole list is over at Brewers Association. The only big surprise is Ballast Point, whose expansion from 2012 to 2013 seems almost impossible. Very impressive gains from Sweetwater, Left Hand, and Southern Tier...