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Skagit River Shorty’s Premium Lager
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27 Oct 2011Microbrewers struggle to get ahead in Mexico
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18 Apr 2011Craft beer makers are up against two giant firms that dominate the market. But they persevere, even if bars and restaurants are unwilling to stock their brews. It sounds like a movie where high jinks ensue: A teetotaling Mexican hotel worker travels to England, befriends a whisky-drinking Irishman and scrubs toilets in a pub while […]
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- Tags: craft beer, Mexico, Microbrewers
New Belgium Brewing Co. is 3rd-largest craft brewer in nation
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15 Apr 2011New Belgium Brewing Co. of Fort Collins, most famous for its Fat Tire beer, is the third-largest craft brewer in the country and the seventh-largest brewer overall, according to a report released by The Brewers Association. Anheuser-Busch Inc., which also has a plant in Fort Collins but is based in St. Louis, is the No. […]
Erie Brewing Co. Fallenbock
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22 Oct 2010There’s a little town in Germany named Einbeck where, it’s generally believed, the bock style of beer originated. Much like British IPA, Einbeck beers were being brewed to higher alcohol strengths to survive longer shipping. When the beer reached Bavaria in southern Germany, the north-central “beck” became “bock” under the regional accent. In Bavarian, “bock” […]
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- Tags: Beer, bock, Brewing, dopplebock, Erie, Erie Brewing Co, Fallenbock
Oktoberfest – 200 years old and still going strong
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22 Sep 2010Under the typical white and blue Bavarian sky on Monday morning, the authorities launched the 200-year-old Oktoberfest, one of the most popular beer festivals in the world, immersing the city in an atmosphere of excitement. On Sonnenstrasse, one of the main streets in Munich close to the entrance of the Oktoberfest, “the Muenchner Kindl”, symbol […]
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- Tags: Bavaria, Germany, Munich, Oktoberfest, sonnenstrasse
Worlds Top 100 Beers
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10 Aug 20101 Trappist Westvleteren 12 Quadrupel (Quad) / 10.20% ABV Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren) 2 Pliny The Elder American Double / Imperial IPA / 8.00% ABV Russian River Brewing Company 3 Pliny The Younger American Double / Imperial IPA / 11.00% ABV Russian River Brewing Company 4 The Abyss American Double / Imperial Stout / […]
Weekend: Time to Crack a Cold One
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7 Aug 2010Cold and delicious, beer is one of my favorite ways to end the work week. And with the markets as tricky as ever, I’m sure I’m not the only investor who stocks up the fridge the Thursday, so it will be extra cold by late Friday afternoon. In fact a cold beer is so good […]
Who’s drinking what today?
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9 Jul 2010What are you drinking today & is it good or not?
An Overview Of Beer Ingredients
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1 Jul 2010It is said that beer has been around as long as man has been around. Some of humanity’s earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of beer: the “Code of Hammurabi” included laws regulating beer and beer parlours and “The Hymn to Ninkasi,” a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, served as […]
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