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Walking Dead themed beer contains actual brains
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Tonight's the premier of the next-to-last episode this season, so this announcement is pretty well-timed. I suppose with it's enormous cultural impact that it was only a matter of time before someone made a Walking...
Before the glory: Oregon’s humble beer origins
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Tom Acitelli over at All About Beer has a nice, short read about Oregon's beer culture origins. It wasn't always so potent. It was not a hit with consumers, nor were subsequent batches. “The beer wasn’t great and th...
An empty beer festival in Denver? How, even?
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It was a real thing that happened. Sierra Nevada had room for 5,000 people, but ended up admitting only about 1,600. That meant no line at the entrance, no lines for beers -- the longest was about five people at t...
Pabst used to make an IPA, apparently.
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I'm too young to have even heard of this beer, I guess. But yes, at one point Pabst was brewing up one of the boldest beers in the US. But it fell away from the memory of most after it halted production of Ballantin...
Duclaw X-5 Sorachi Ace IPA Back on Tap!
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Duclaw Brewing Company's 5th experiemtn in the eXile series, X-5 Sorachi Ace IPA, is back on tap Thursday, June 14th at 11am. This medium bodied IPA blends the flavor and aromas of Japanese lemon grass with Sorachi Ac...
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...
Super Bowl Beer Commercials (All of ’em!)
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We previously posted about what will likely be one of the most-enjoyed commercials of the year--and you can see the actual commercial above. But if you just can't get enough advertising in your life and you just ca...
Homebrewing Almost Legal Nationwide
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Only 2 states (Mississippi and Alabama) still prohibit home brewing, but both are close to legalizing the practice with recent legislative efforts from grassroots organizers in both states. Last month, Mississippi...
Interactive map of craft beer in America
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The New Yorker has a super-cool interactive map of some craft beer stats across the country. Glad to see my buddy Bo Hick's new joint, Druid City Brewing on the big board.
The Secret Ingredient is Comedy (NSFW)
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Highly amusing (and highly vulgar) blog Don't Drink Beer has a great satirical piece on gimmicky ingredients. “Yeah, I heard about this irrelevant shitwater that I will never try, I even heard about the nonstandard i...