Some real talk about Lager
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Hot Rum Cow has a good write-up on why you shouldn't dismiss lagers as pale, flavorless abominations. Simply put, you're probably just not drinking the right ones. The style has been open to abuse by unscrupulous br...
Stone needs your money?
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That's what they're claiming, anyway. Take a peek at the location we've secured in Berlin, complete with Death Star window and accompanied by sufficient space to create a truly magnificent experience worthy of flavor...
An empty beer festival in Denver? How, even?
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It was a real thing that happened. Sierra Nevada had room for 5,000 people, but ended up admitting only about 1,600. That meant no line at the entrance, no lines for beers -- the longest was about five people at t...
Bigfoot is tall (as in vertical)
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Paste has a vertical tasting review that will make all barleywine lovers drool. Not everyone has the patience and discipline to buy and save the same beer for eight consecutive beers, but I can tell you the payoff of...
British excise tax cuts are growing local beer industry
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This just in from the Department of "Duh": Cutting taxes on small businesses grows the market segment. There are now more breweries of all sizes in the United States than at any time since the 1880s. A big reason f...
“Bilbo, have you been at the Gaffer’s home brew?”
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Hobbit-branded beers coming very soon. The Hobbit is getting its own beer series thanks to a new partnership between Fish Brewing, Ocean Brands, LLC and BevLink, LLC. Though the feature film, The Battle of the Five A...
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...
Honey Badger DIPA doesn’t give a…
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Just in time for football season. Marin Brewing Company announced this week the release of their newest beer, Honey Badger Double IPA. The latest hoppy creation is the result of a collaboration with San Francisco-ba...
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...
Hunahpu’s Day rises from the ashes, to return in 2015
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The only real info at this point is a vague announcement from Cigar City's facebook page, but this is reason enough for regional craft lovers to celebrate. For those of you that don't know, this year's event was pr...