365 Days of Craft Beer
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Can you imagine going to 365 breweries in 365 days? Could you handle the travel, and beer every single day for a year? These guys think they can. My friend, Brandon Wurtz (Haggis), and myself, Michael Roberts (Ca...
How to host a beer dinner
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CraftBeer has a great article full of tips on hosting a beer dinner. Everything from how to pair to how to serve is represented, including this that I find crucial: 6. There’s not one right way to pair. There are no...
Alchemist is shutting down access to its cannery
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Sad news for many up north. In an effort to stay ahead of the curve we have made the difficult decision to close our retail shop and self-guided tour area. Effective November 15 the cannery will no longer be open to ...
Beer raffle for a good cause
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In the creative problem solving department--this is tops. For a $10 donation you can enter a raffle to win all sorts of awesome/rare beers or a sweet standalone beer cellar. The cause? Getting someone a much-needed...
Stalk the Whales – A Strategy Guide
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Beergraphs has a good primer on how to think about grabbing the stuff that goes quick. If they’ve got a great selection, there’s a chance that the really great selection is chilling in the cooler out of sight. This ...
Sweetwater Expands Southeast Regional Distribution
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SweetWater has been a well-celebrated regional brewery for years but its footprint has been a bit smaller than its reputation. With completion of a recent large expansion, they're branching out into some fairly sig...
Left Hand’s Tripel returns!
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It's back! It's not the best tripel in the world, but as it's an intersection of a much-loved brewery and one of my favorite styles, I was surely sad to see it disappear. I suppose a renewed vigor for Belgian appr...
Magic Hat, West Sixth kiss and make up
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Or something like that. To the extent West Sixth in any way represented that Magic Hat filed a frivolous lawsuit, that Magic Hat initiated litigation improperly, that Magic Hat was unresponsive in negotiating a resol...
Squirt some chemicals in your beer!
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OnTap "Liquid Enhancement" (pronounced Gar-bage) is some junk you can squirt into your awful beer to (supposedly) make it less awful. YMMV. Personally, I just try not drink crappy beer to begin with.
No, YOU Cease & Desist!
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Exit 6 (a small brewery in Missouri) got a cease & desist letter from Starbucks. Blah blah blah, you used our trademark "Frappuccino" to sell a couple of beers and we'll sue your underoos straight off if you don'...