Category: News
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...
Breaking Brew: ABQ-based Marble Brewery makes a Walter White tribute
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According to this photo on instagram (which has some credible imagery for confirmation to say the least), it's going to be an India Black Ale called Heisenberg's Dark. Albuquerque based @marblebrewery will be brewing...
Sam Adams Nitro
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All About Beer has the first review I've seen of the brand new nitro beers from Sam Adams. Seems like it was a bit of a process coming up with these things. “We put some equipment into the brewery in Boston to do an...
Making Great Beer – The Secret is in the Water
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One of the most important ingredients in a well crafted beer, one that beer drinkers often forget about, is the water. Most people think that 'water is water', but they couldn't be more wrong. Good quality water is an...
What beer goes with Girl Scout Cookies?
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Here's several suggestions to get you started. I'm not entirely sure how helpful this information will be to a non-enthusiast, though. For Samoas alone the suggestions range from porter to scotch ale to Belgian-st...
Greg Koch going off the grid
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I don't mean green energy for the brewery--I mean the Stone co-founder is going on an extended hiatus from human civilization. But he's not just leaving Stone high and dry. Before he leaves on a six-month, off-the-g...
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...
Cigar City to make “Impaled Ale” for GWAR B-Q
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Look, this is exactly what it sounds like: “Once again, we blow the horn of war and set into motion the gears that grind us towards the greatest GWAR B-Q yet,” said Brokie (AKA Oderus Urungus). “We will be shoving a ...
Benson Brewery using clay pots for brewing
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Benson Brewery out of Ohama Nebraska is engaging in a very interesting experiment involving clay vessels called Amphora. An amphora is a type of clay pot used in early human societies for storing a myriad of liquids,...
“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...