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Beer Reviewing Pros and Cons

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…

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Beer raffle for a good cause

In the creative problem solving department–this is tops.   For a $10 donation you can enter a raffle to win all sorts of awesome/rare beers…

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Breweries

Beer on a Budget

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…

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Beer Hunter: The Movie now available

It’s been a long time coming, but the documentary about Michael Jackson is finally out! If you don’t know much about the man or his…

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Breweries

Beer Hates Astronauts

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…

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Breweries

Beer Cocktails – Yay or Nay?

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…

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BEER Act vs. Small BREW Act

If you’re confused about the recent federal bills on brewing tax rates, here’s a good video from Bob Pease of the Brewers Association explaining the…

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Breweries

Are beers getting generally crappier?

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.…

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