Category: News
Like Beer? Try Whiskey!
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SommBeer--a pretty cool blog if you haven't checked it out before--has some advice for the craft beer fan on how to approach whiskey. Whiskey and beer, although they are completely different kinds of alcohol, they ar...
No Bull! Wynkoop Releasing Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout
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Wynkoop Brewing Company just announced their ballsiest beer yet - Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout! This 8 barrel batch is made with 25 pounds of bull testicles that were hand sliced and roasted by Wynkoop's sous chef Andr...
Sam Adams is bringing back one of their discontinued beers
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Full scoop at the full pint. Samuel Adams brewers will pull recipes from their “vault” and ultimately choose two winning brews to be re-released nationally for a limited time. Through online and in-person voting, dri...
Michael Jackson saved Saison
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I missed this a couple of weeks ago but it's worth sharing now. There are just a few "must-read" articles about beer every year and this is one of them. Writer Michael Jackson, who called Saison Dupont “a down-to-ea...
Growler delivery: for the intersection of sloth and gluttony
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If you're in the bay area and you love everything about draught beer except for leaving your couch to obtain it--good news! Hopsy, the recently launched online marketplace for local craft beer, today announced the la...
BeerGraphs creates “Fantasy Beer League”
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This is just about as nerdy as it gets, folks. Pick breweries per tier as instructed below. You get credit for new beers (and only new beers) that your brewery produces between February first and June 31st. The scori...
Colorado is strangely afraid of selling craft beer in supermarkets
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I don't even know where to start with this piece about Colorado's beer regulations. The truth: You don’t want grocery chains jumping into full-strength alcohol sales because we will put an end to craft beer. Well, t...
Sam Adams Nitro
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All About Beer has the first review I've seen of the brand new nitro beers from Sam Adams. Seems like it was a bit of a process coming up with these things. “We put some equipment into the brewery in Boston to do an...
Tallgrass “Tactical” Cans
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The new (awesomely named) "Zombie Monkey: A Post-Apocalyptic Robust Porter" will feature a textured grip on the side of the can. CraftCans.com has the full scoop. "I dreamed this beer into existence," said Tallgrass...
Gluten-free barley variety has been unleashed upon mankind
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Whether you have Celiac and are actually gluten-sensitive or you're just an ill-informed trend-humper avoiding gluten just to be annoying to waiters (I kid), gluten-free barley for brewing could be a Very Big Deal(tm)...