Category: News
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...
Bottle vs. Can vs. Draft
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I'm always a fan of the "Ask a Cicerone" segments at SeriousEats, but this one is especially great. It simplifies a topic that is often confusing to consumers and breaks it down with examples. In most cases, so long...
Japan’s craft beer scene–whodathunkit?
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Found via reddit, this Danish traveler's accounting of his tour of Japan is fascinating on many levels. I decided to get as much liquid culture as possible, so first came the research, can you actually get good beer ...
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...
Ranking the states by their beer
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[map via Aleheads.com] Thrillist has a piece over at Yahoo news ranking all 50 states by the quality and variety of beer they produce. Rankings are as fun as they are controversial. This list comes just in time...
(NSFW) Hipsters Love Beer
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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 a smile instead of a hipster sneer.
All glory to the Hopnotoad: Hopville merges with Brewtoad
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You can read all about the merger here. The bottom line is that 2 of the best homebrew resources on the web are joining forces. If you've never used Brewtoad before, you should give it a try.
Snake Bite ad fills your funny bone with its deadly venom
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Taking their cue from the absurd comedy of the popular Old Spice commercials, the brand-spankin'-new brewery from the bay area has a video almost guaranteed to go viral. It certainly appeals to the target demographic...
Making Great Beer – The Secret is in the Water
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One of the most important ingredients in a well crafted beer, one that beer drinkers often forget about, is the water. Most people think that 'water is water', but they couldn't be more wrong. Good quality water is an...