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“Free” beer for life (after you pay $1000)
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The Atlantic's CityLab blog has a great write-up on this creative fundraising method. People who invested $1,000 receive free in-house beer for the rest of their lives, or as long as the place stays open. People cou...
Straight Outta Braavos
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The Game of Thrones beers from Brewery Ommegang keep rolling out. Up next is possibly the best. Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York has had major success with its series of Game of Thrones-inspired beer, and i...
A hoppingly pointless poll
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The Full Pint has a poll for "The Best" imperial IPA. All of the usual suspects are represented. My opinion? The best imperial IPA is the freshest one you can get. I had my first Pliny the Elder recently at a ...
Fear not your beer contents
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If you missed the social media hype storm a couple of weeks ago about Very Bad Things(tm) showing up in beer then consider yourself lucky. It set off my balderdash alarm bells immediately, but thousands retweeted and...
Walking Dead themed beer contains actual brains
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Tonight's the premier of the next-to-last episode this season, so this announcement is pretty well-timed. I suppose with it's enormous cultural impact that it was only a matter of time before someone made a Walking...
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...
BeerGraphs creates “Fantasy Beer League”
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This is just about as nerdy as it gets, folks. Pick breweries per tier as instructed below. You get credit for new beers (and only new beers) that your brewery produces between February first and June 31st. The scori...
The Economic Impact of Craft
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The brewers association has compiled some interesting stats for 2012. Top Five States in Age 21+ Output per Capita (2012) Rank State 2012 Output/Capita 1. Oregon $448.56 2. Colorado $436.50 3. Vermont $41...
Styles Matter Until They Don’t
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Kellan Bartosch over at CraftBeer.com has a great article for the novice beer drinker on why styles are important and how to start thinking about them to extract Maximum Liquid Pleasuretimes(tm) from your bubbly libat...
No bubble after all?
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Brewers Association has a great quantified, objective argument for why craft beer is not in or approaching bubble conditions. The article addresses growth rate, average capacity of new breweries, and all sorts of ot...