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Freshness: front and center

Vinepair has an excellent article covering all the issues that surround beer freshness–which despite a growth in interest for aged beers, is still a damned…

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Breweries

See ya in hell, 2015.

Just kidding.  I really like session IPA and gose–I hope those trends become permanent, frankly.  But if you’re already looking ahead to the year to…

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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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Breweries

College Beer Playoffs

CraftBeer.com started what I hope will be a grand tradition: a college craft beer playoff. I examined the top ten college football teams according to five…

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Beer Reviews

Cheers, Star Wars fans!

You knew it was coming… The marketing is strong with this one. Wit’s End has already begun their celebration, previewing one of their Star Wars…

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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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Breweries

Think of the children!

I’ve been going through some articles I missed this year and have found some gems.  This one from Porch Drinking is great.  It’s about the…

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