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You can’t call your beer that.
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NPR blog "The Salt" has a great write up about the ever-shrinking naming possibilities for beers and brews. A quick Google search reveals multiple beers named "Hopscotch," and at least three India Pale Ales with the ...
148 Miles For Harpoon?
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Willing to cycle 148 miles for a beer? Then you're in luck! 11 years ago, a small group of cyclists made the ride from Harpoons Boston brewery to their brewery in Windsor, VT. Ever since, Harpoons 'Brewery to Brewery'...
Even Bears Love Beer
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This thing should be flying up the ol' Colbert "Threat Down" any time now. In the summers of 2012 and 2013, we were blessed by the donation of used beer mash by Payette Brewing Company. Now you’re probably wondering,...
Terrapin & Saw Works collaborate on Georgia/Tennesse rivalry beer
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In celebration of this week's classic football match-up between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the University of Tennessee Volunteers, these 2 "rival" brewers have set aside their differences for a collaborati...
Century-old beer for Christmas?
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The often-fascinating Larsblog has a great post on a largely forgotten brewing tradition that resulted in some very old beer. After a few years, half the beer would be drained off and bottled, and a new batch would b...
Dogfish Head founder affirms wisdom of looking to the past
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In a guest piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sam Calagione talks about the inspiration for Dogfish Head's "Ancient" beer lineup and how this logic might apply in other lines of business: As a small company you need ...
The Many Styles of Oktoberfest
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Craftbeer.com has a great write-up explaining the history of Oktoberfest styles and medal-winners in each of the categories. Simply put, American Oktoberfest styles do not really match up with what's going on in Germa...
“Average” Breweries
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Beer vs. Beer has a good blog post about the role of your typical neighborhood non-barrel-aged imperial hype machine type brewery. If a brewery is pumping out just average or slightly below average beer, does it mat...
Britain’s craft scene growing
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There's been a 25% increase in the number of breweries operating across the pond since 2011. And the younger generation seems to be embracing this explosion of craft: While lager may still be the tipple of choice fo...
BrewDog unleashes 35% ABV spirit which will surely kill us all
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Look upon my works, ye mighty and despair: The new spirit was developed in a “radical brewing and ice distillation process”, which currently has a patent pending. The spirit has a 35% abv and is created using an IPA ...