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by Abby Quillen Beer suffers from a bad rap. Red wine is often celebrated as a healthy beverage in moderation, but beer is put down as a fattening party drink. Despite this stigma, beer drinkers may want to raise a pint to their health. A growing body of research …
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By Mike Billy – Mid West Beer Blog Founders Brewing Company is building a second brewery for barrel-aged, high gravity, and experimental beers. From the company’s blog: “We’re excited to announce that we’re expanding…again! We’ve been expanding our current 235 Grandville location for years, but we’ve grown to fill …
In episode 5 of “That’s Odd, Let’s Drink It,” mad brewer Sam Calagione meets up with his old college buddies—who now happen to be famous Hollywood actors starring in shows like Brooklyn Nine Nine and Wet Hot American Summer —for a palate-crushing IPA tasting featuring Hoo Lawd, the hoppiest IPA ever documented. In response to the onslaught of bitterness, the actors put their skills to the test by filming a mock commercial for the punishing brew. Continue reading
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By Fontina Turner – Bacon & Legs We all change. Our palettes develop. We become more refined. But I had this hunch that my palette does not think it’s too good for Spam. I think it’s one of those things where it gets a bad rep because it’s processed, packaged …
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By Mike Billy – Mid West Beer Blog For the first time since the brewery started making bourbon barrel aged beers in 1992, Goose Island is offering refunds for the two variants that have developed “off” flavors since bottling. Granted, the company is handling the issue exceedingly well. The …
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By Briggsy – Real Ale Up North What’s the first visionary thought that comes to mind, when you see someone drinking beer out of a can? For many it will conjure up a vision of a person who is content to be quaffing a mass produced, bland tasting lager, from …
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By Herr Mike I have been drinking beer for more than half my adult life now and it got me thinking, “Why do I drink beer?”
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You’re at a party and everyone is drinking beer straight from the bottle. You ask for a glass for your beer and you start to get looks from the other guests that make you feel like you’re an oddball for drinking beer from a glass. Whenever someone ask me why …
It’s craft beer, remixed, when world-class DJ and producer ZTrip heads to Dogfish Head headquarters in Milton, Delaware to make a crazy wheat beer cranked to 11 with some of his favorite culinary ingredients. After brewing mastermind Sam Calagione shows off his freestyle beer-making skills, Z returns the favor by debuting a brand-new track for a very special—and very odd—audience at the brewery. Continue reading
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By Craft Brew Gal Using IPAs in dough is tricky. Depending on the type of hop and how much you add you will have a very bitter dough. I will tell you from experience… Bitter dough, specifically pizza dough, is not good. At all. So why even use an IPA? …
