Category: Breweries
2015’s best new IPAs
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Mostly-wine-sometimes-beer site Vinepair has an interesting list. I do like the humility in this disclaimer: Here are eight of the best and most interesting new IPAs I was lucky enough to stumble across this year. (...
Small breweries standing strong against buyout offers
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As the big boys are struggling to grow, craft breweries continue to surge. The regional and national operations are drawing a lot of interested would-be buyers: Craft’s growth is driving the interest. The segment’s ...
Drinking in a treehouse
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It's equal parts adult fun and pure nostalgia: drinking in a tree house! The tasting room is a grown-up’s version of a treehouse, complete with a deck, a restroom and a swinging bridge for access. It’s part of a wood...
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...
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout returns November 2016
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Not much else to say about this other than man your harpoons, whale-hunters. In case you're unfamiliar, this is a truly gigantic stout that is among the best beers for aging ever created. Brewed with a ridiculous ...
Honey Badger DIPA doesn’t give a…
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Just in time for football season. Marin Brewing Company announced this week the release of their newest beer, Honey Badger Double IPA. The latest hoppy creation is the result of a collaboration with San Francisco-ba...
First Beer of the Weekend – 4/17/2015
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Shutting down the work week with this glorious nectar. The deep orange pour immediately tells you that this ain't your grandpa's IPA. This is fresh and interesting. There is an amazing note of sweet grapefruit and ...
India Session Ales: Hot New Trend or Big Fat Meh?
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These things have many names as an "emerging" style trend, but the basic format is the same: (relatively) heavy on hops, low on alcohol. To those of us in oppressive summer clients, the arrival of beers like Founde...
Straight Outta Braavos
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The Game of Thrones beers from Brewery Ommegang keep rolling out. Up next is possibly the best. Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York has had major success with its series of Game of Thrones-inspired beer, and i...
Heavy Seas calls Natty Boh a bunch of posers
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National Bohemian is a cheap macro beer and it ain't from around here. That's the not-so-subtle reminder implied in the new Heavy Seas t-shirt: [caption id="attachment_1431" align="alignnone" width="300"] Heavy Se...