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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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Hatin’ on Pumpkin-Hate
Beer blog Joe Sixpack has some contrarian real-talk for all the pumpkin’ haters. C’mon, people eat spicy food all summer, so why not spiced beer?…
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Jim Koch picks a dream 6 pack
Jim Koch (Sam Adams founder) gives an interesting list of beers he’d like to have in a dream six pack and explains his love of…
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Stout vs. Porter
You may have heard some definitive distinction that seperates these two styles but whoever told you that was probably just passing along nonsense. Roasted barley.…
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Fall Seasonals, now in Summer!
The first day of fall is nearly a month away, but… The annual pumpkin spice apocalypse is already upon us. Woe upon your house parties,…
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A hangover by any other name
Brookston has a great piece compiling information on the history of the term “hangover” and other phrases that have been used. Believe it or not,…
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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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Like Beer? Try Whiskey!
SommBeer–a pretty cool blog if you haven’t checked it out before–has some advice for the craft beer fan on how to approach whiskey. Whiskey and…
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NFL punter is apparently also experienced homebrewer
NFL preseason starts up in little more than a week and All About Beer has a nice little piece about NFL punter Brandon Fields and…
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Happy Birthday, America!
Independence Day is a fine reminder of our country’s relationship with and contributions to beer. From a founding father being plastered on a zillion bottles of…