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A bottle that plays music?

Check out this mind-blowing video of a beer bottle etched with playable music, just like a vinyl record (or more precisely, an Edison cylinder).

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Breweries

50 states/50 beers

Serious Eats brings us an interactive map with a beer they love for every state.  While some are totally predictable (Heady Topper for VT, Piny for CA,…

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Breweries

365 Days of Craft Beer

Can you imagine going to 365 breweries in 365 days?  Could you handle the travel, and beer every single day for a year? These guys…

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Breweries

2015’s best new IPAs

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…

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Events

148 Miles For Harpoon?

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…

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News

(NSFW) Hipsters Love Beer

I’m guilty of looking like these jackwagons on occasion–just with less-ironic attire.  Get as pretentious as you want with your beer–just please do it with…

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News

“Average” Breweries

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…

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News

‘Tis The Season (for stouts & porters)

Brewbound has a great write-up on the underappreciated dark beer styles, just in time for your a contrasted white Christmas.  The rub is pretty obvious…

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