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First Beer of the Weekend – 4/24/2015
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Another southern California nectar this week. Stone Cali-Belgique Belgian IPA. Pours a bronzy-orange with little to no head like a proper IPA. Good IPA pour. You get a treat. The lacing is razor thin and almost per...
Increasing the case for cans
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The publication Advertising Age has a good write-up on the reasons why cans are a good idea for business as well as for beer in general. The most obvious reason to anyone that's ever been outside is that they're no...
Interview with Wayne Wambles of Cigar City
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Food GPS has a great interview with one of the folks behind one of my favorite southern breweries, Cigar City. Of particular interest is his viewpoint on canning: There was quite a bit of contention from our consumer...
Devil’s advocate for the three-tier system
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Mike Mazzoni (a weighty veteran of the beer industry, especially big beer companies) made some comments recently somewhat in defense of the three-tier system. His underlying point: the three-tier system has benefit...
Tallgrass Ethos IPA – Beer of legend
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I'm a big fan of their Buffalo Sweat stout--just about the creamiest stout you'll ever have in a can, as well as their 8-bit Pale Ale which is fantastic for its packaging alone. I'm naturally excited about this new o...
Dogfish Head Adding 10 600bbl Fermenters
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Dogfish Head is rolling in 10 more 600bbl fermenters into their Milton, DE brewery this week. The tanks are currently being unloaded in Baltimore, MD and they'll be making their way to the brewery this week! If you se...
Lagunitas alleges 420-related demands from SweetWater
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In a series of fairly weird tweets, Tony Magee of Lagunitas fame has accused SweetWater(though not by name) of sending him a cease and desist letter about the use of 420 on some Langunitas brews. https://twitter.co...
Sweetwater hashing it up with concentrated lupulin
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The new brew is called Hop Hash. Brewers decided to throw a sticky SweetWater signature on this hopped up concoction, promising to deliver the dankest double IPA around. After scraping the hop pelletizers clean in Ya...
Learning about Sours
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I enjoy a lot of the sours I've had--one of my go-to hot weather beers is Westbrook Gose, even. But I still don't know terribly much about how they're made. I came across an interesting article with some good info. ...
Dogfish Head Tips for Aging Beer
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When it comes to drink, and making beer, most people prefer to enjoy their beer sooner rather than later. Most forget about the delicious qualities and flavors that come when you age a good beer. Whether you like fres...