Wil Wheaton has a beer and it sounds amazing
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In the incoming horde of celebrity collaborations/endorsements of beer brands, comes this offering that may actually be as delicious as it is bizarre. Apparently it's as easy as being a famous geek and telling a br...
What is the real value of a beer award?
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Beer Graphs makes a comparison to the Oscars to put a finer point on it. American-Style India Pale Ale is without a doubt one of the most popular categories both for fans and brewers. In fact it’s the most represente...
Monacacy Brewing Company Opening in Frederick, MD
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Opening in the coming months, another craft brewery is coming to the already infamous beer town of Frederick, MD. Monacacy Brewing Company, owned by Phil Bowers, will be opening their 15,000 square foot brewery at 178...
New Cans For Summer
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Sierra Nevada and Shipyard both have new (and unfortunately limited, for now) cans for their summer seasonals Summerfest and Summer Ale respectively. Keep an eye out for these for all your no-glass-allowed needs.
Jim Koch picks a dream 6 pack
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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 each. He mostly keeps it simple. In the 1990s, Rob Tod was learning to use a jackhamme...
Budweiser’s incoherent and stupid super bowl ad
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You probably saw it and choked on your robust barrel-aged imperial stout or your delicate, finely crafted Schwartzbier. Paste has the best response I've seen. “This is the only beer Beechwood Aged” “Alright guy...
The history of beer prohibition in Iceland
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BBC has a good historical write-up on a uniquely Icelandic phenomenon. Real beer was largely off-limits until March 1st 1989. A century ago, Iceland banned all alcoholic drinks. Within a decade, red wine had been l...
NFL punter is apparently also experienced homebrewer
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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 how he gets his jollies during the offseason. Fields scored big, though, with a pumpki...
Founders Brewing’s Dave Engbers talks swinging for the fences
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Paste has a short interview with Dave about how they really turned it around with Dirty Bastard. Dirty Bastard was really the beer that got us on the right path where we broke out of our shell. It gave us the confide...
College Beer Playoffs
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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 beer-related areas: Number of craft breweries 2015 Grea...