Lightweight beer “mix” for outdoor excursions
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Anyone that's ever been backpacking or camping knows how important minimizing your carry weight can be, but also probably knows how delicious a cold beer is after a few miles in the backcountry. It's not a new idea...
Like Beer? Try Whiskey!
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SommBeer--a pretty cool blog if you haven't checked it out before--has some advice for the craft beer fan on how to approach whiskey. Whiskey and beer, although they are completely different kinds of alcohol, they ar...
Macau Beer Culture
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Everyone should definitely read the great travel write-up over at Zythophile about finding craft beer in Macau. When you CAN find it, it’s a pleasant enough mid-gold beer at the malty end of the rainbow, refreshing c...
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...
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...
Man charged with boosting $38k worth of Guinness
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I don't even know how you get this dumb, but it may involve consumption of way too much Guinness while hatching a plan to make money. He allegedly admitted to Saddle Brook police that he drove to Pennsylvania, broke ...
Marketing tries to convince you that hard soda isn’t a fad
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But it probably is. I'm sure some brands will stick around longer than others and there will always be some portion of the shelf for flavored malt beverages but I don't really buy what the manufacturers are selling...
Michael Jackson saved Saison
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I missed this a couple of weeks ago but it's worth sharing now. There are just a few "must-read" articles about beer every year and this is one of them. Writer Michael Jackson, who called Saison Dupont “a down-to-ea...
Millennials don’t like beer? Balderdash.
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Beervana has a good blog post response to the recent WaPo piece that made the rounds. We have known for years that the drinks market is getting more crowded as it matures, and that cider, micro-distilled liquors, and...
Mission fires 32oz craft “cannons”
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Every wanted a double IPA as big as your face? Yearn no more, me hearties. The move to quart cans came about earlier this year when Mission founder Dan Selis was in a meeting with his local distributor. “One of thei...