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BBQ, sunshine, the lake, lawn mowers – all things I think of when I think of summer. Belgian beers still seem new to me even though I’ve been drinking them quite regularly for several years now. For some reason whenever I see the words “Belgian” and “pale ale” together I take pause as it seems, almost… ...

In which we wrap up our epic trip to Beer City Asheville, NC. Day 7 Waking up late and slowly returning to humanity after eating and drinking wayyyyy too much the previous day, we were ready for one more day of this before moving on to the next leg of our journey.  We started the day with visits to some local galleries, then to get ...

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Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Clown Shoes Beer Luchador En Fuego Mexican-style Chocolate Stout - Stout brewed with spices, vanilla added, and aged in bourbon barrels. Commercial description: “Our third anniversary beer up sizes Chocolate Sombrero, ...

This weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and judging by the traffic I saw yesterday here on the Kenai, I'd say a lot of folks in Anchorage got an early start on it. That's good news for all our local breweries and brewpubs, as more visitors mean more demand for their beers. Of course it also means they have to serve fruit-laced brews lik ...

Beer is one of the oldest beverages known to man. Many believe that beer changed early humans from nomad hunter/gatherers to farmers, thus giving birth to civilization as we know... Why Do We Drink Beer And What Is It Worth? appeared first on Minnesota Beer Activists. Written by Sean Cooke

I've been trying to think of a hook for this story, but I got nothin'. But one [distillery] has found a work-around. It's come up with a chemical process that ages bourbon not in years — but in hours. The innovation is unsettling an industry that is long-soaked in history and tradition.... Terressentia's website says its process uses ...

   Here’s another great addition to the beer scene in Hawaii. Midnight Sun Brewing will begin distributing to Hawaii this summer and the initial shipment is mind blowing. Along with most of the regular releases from the anchorage based brewery, we’re expecting to receive a ton of specialty releases and rare kegs. The ful ...

In which our intrepid explorers experience Art!  Beer!  Ciders!  And The Admiral! Day 6 OK, so Asheville has been good to us so far this trip, with pleasant weather, great food and great beers.  Hm, what should we do on day 6?  How about more of the same?  Sounds like a plan! Sj ready to get messy wit ...

I’d been looking for an excuse to check this place out for some time now. But with there not being any film releases the past few months to get excited about, my first Flix experience was not until earlier this week. The movie that was able to draw me in was Mad Max: Fury Road. A visually stunning and exciting movie that held my attention ...