Category: Beers
Benson Brewery using clay pots for brewing
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Benson Brewery out of Ohama Nebraska is engaging in a very interesting experiment involving clay vessels called Amphora. An amphora is a type of clay pot used in early human societies for storing a myriad of liquids,...
Ben & Jerry are making a beer? What?!
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No I'm not kidding. Yes, that Ben & Jerry. The ice cream and beer giants continue to finalize plans for the beer, but we know it will be a sweet, cocoa-laced brew available this fall. And according to a relea...
Bells expanding their footprint
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I've always felt blessed that Bell's decided to come to Alabama when they did. They were among the first in line to distribute here when the state reformed its beer laws in 2008. Now a few more spots in the US are...
Bells announces participants for 30th anniversary fest
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Bells is inviting breweries from all of the country to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Full list is here. Most of the usual suspects are here but there's some very distant and relatively small breweries on the l...
Beers, Bikes, and Burritos – Oscar Blues launches CyclHOPS
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This is a wonderful and inspiring idea. I'm not sure if they're the first to do this, but it's the first I've ever heard of it: The craft brewer's newest venture is described in the announcement as a "quick full-serv...
Beer Reviewing Pros and Cons
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All About Beer has a very thoughtful (and thorough) piece on the ups and downs that go along with the avalanche of beer feedback available nowadays. “The beer websites, in particular the forum community on BeerAdvoca...
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...
Beer Hates Astronauts
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What the. I don't even. This is just the latest step in creator Ryan Browne's attempt to dominate the world by means of one of the most unsummarizable comics in existence. Having recently Kickstarted the deluxe hardc...
Beer Cocktails – Yay or Nay?
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For better or worse, I've started seeing a lot more beer cocktails showing up on menus. These range from your garden variety Shandies and Radlers (which are also increasingly common packaged straight from the brewerie...
Are beers getting generally crappier?
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Michael Agnew at GrowlerMag seems to think so. I’m talking about beer with real, quantifiable flaws. I mean seriously under-attenuated beers that taste like wort. Diacetyl-laden butter bombs. Flat-tasting beers with ...