The Grand Lore (and Lure) of KBS
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Ever wondered why you had to pay so much for a bottle, or have never even been able to find one? MLive.com (Michigan's statewide news portal) has a great piece on the background of the hypebomb that is Founders Ken...
Stout vs. Porter
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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. That’s the usual explanation of what separates porter...
Stone coming to Alabama
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Pardon the interruption for a little local self-indulgence. Stone is finally coming to Alabama, just 5 short LONG years after the first Free The Hops bill reformed the beer laws in the state. A team of Sto...
Pliny brewer Russian River maxes out production
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In the world's most predictable story, Russian River ran out of beer due to excess demand recently. Workers hustled over to the main brewery off Santa Rosa Avenue and snagged a few cases of the flagship Pliny the Eld...
Hop-motion animation
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and insist that this is THE BEST stop-motion animation short film involving a beer bottle that you'll see ALL WEEK! Seriously--it's a fine project by Matija Juršić that is worthy of your ...
DC Brau Brewing & Meridian Pint Host pre-SAVOR Party
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BeerAdvocate, DC Brau Brewing Co & Meridian Pint will be hosting an epic pre-SAVOR party, featuring local brewers and their beers. Drink Local! Twelve local breweries will have their beers on tap, plus cask offerin...
Surly to hit the skies!
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Surly is going to be offering their beers on some flights out of Minnesota. A million times yes. Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines may have just become America’s most attractive air carrier for beer geeks, as...
Great article on beer aging
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Complete with a review of an 18-year-old (!!) barleywine. There's a ton of great info, getting into the weeds with the specifics: You’ll also notice that ribes, a quality associated with blackcurrant, is on both l...
Beer Reviewing Pros and Cons
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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 nowadays. “The beer websites, in particular the forum community on BeerAdvoca...
Free beer in Beijing! (Yes, there’s a disgusting catch.)
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You can get a free glass of Jing-A's "Airpocalypse" beer, but only if the air quality is really, really crappy. For once, though, he was hoping the index would show heavy pollution, since it meant cheaper beer. One o...