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First Beer of the Weekend – 4/17/2015
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Shutting down the work week with this glorious nectar. The deep orange pour immediately tells you that this ain't your grandpa's IPA. This is fresh and interesting. There is an amazing note of sweet grapefruit and ...
RIP Stone Ruination
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If you haven't heard yet--it's going away...sort of. There’s still one more beer that will be exiting production for eternity and, as hard as it is to say good-bye, the time has come. Spring 2015 will see the last-ev...
Craft beer hit double digit share in 2014
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To put it simply: 2014 was an absolute monster year for craft brew. With the total beer market up only 0.5 percent in 2014, craft brewers are key in keeping the overall industry innovative and growing. This steady gr...
Amber is the color of your energy (and beer)
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If Iron Maiden and Hanson can have their own beers, why not Omaha rockers 311? The Omaha band has teamed up Rock Brothers in Tampa, Fla., and Nebraska Brewing in Papillion, Neb., bassist Aaron “P Nut” Wills confirmed...
The Once and Future Grain
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All About Beer has a short piece about the history (and outlook) of a quintessential British barley malt: Marris Otter. “It seems to have more biscuity, creamy flavors than other varieties, and it doesn’t seem to be...
Colorado is strangely afraid of selling craft beer in supermarkets
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I don't even know where to start with this piece about Colorado's beer regulations. The truth: You don’t want grocery chains jumping into full-strength alcohol sales because we will put an end to craft beer. Well, t...
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...
Don’t feel bad if you don’t homebrew
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I'm somebody that has always felt a bit overwhelmed by the prospect of homebrewing. I've never taken the plunge, but it always seemed like an expensive and impractical hobby. From a distance, it also always seemed t...
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...