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ginned up flavor
old tom inspires a new generation of brewers.
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#121 (february 2017)
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a hazy shade of winter
it’s true—love is in the air, spring is springing, and flowers are (almost) ready to bloom.
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#121 (february 2017)
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the eagle flies again
like many innovations in this column, this month’s feature started with an email. but unlike any other, what followed was a yearlong correspondence providing insight into the exciting yet frustrating process of bringing a product from concept to reality.
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#121 (february 2017)
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nowhere to go but up
the dreaded craft beer bubble. there is perhaps no greater bogeyman in the world of craft brewing, and no greater straw man in debates over its future. derided early on as a fluke, a blip, a passing trend, craft brewers slowly, purposefully propelled themselves forward, even if they didn’t always know where they were going.
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#117 (october 2016)
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Brewing For Beasts
Beer Companies Raise Money for Conservation Organizations.
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#123 (April 2017)
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Pat Fahey
The Personal Trainer.
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#123 (April 2017)
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Birreria Volo
When your father is one of Canada’s most renowned craft beer publicans, opening your own beer bar is a high-pressure situation.
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#119 (December 2016)
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A Flavorful History, Served By The Glass
The Enduring Appeal Of Mole Beer.
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#119 (December 2016)
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Beer Culture
Shandies Inspire Summer Seasonal Releases.
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#125 (June 2017)
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8-Bit Pale Ale Tallgrass Brewing Co.
The nostalgia of colorful video game sprites and pixels takes JeffGill back to the Nintendo console games he played with college buddies in the mid-90s.
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#125 (June 2017)
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Wholesale Change
Breweries and Upstart Distributors Are Writing New Rules for Selling Beer.
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#125 (June 2017)
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Pilsner for the People
Two years ago in this magazine I called for the resurrection of lager beer.
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#125 (June 2017)
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D.L. Geary Brewing Company
“We didn’t enter the market,” recalls David Geary of the day when he and his wife, Karen, opened their brewery in Portland, Maine. “We had to make a market.”
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#125 (June 2017)
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Recipe Revival
Early American Brewing Survives at Museums.
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#130 (November 2017)
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Fall-Inspired Marshmallows
As the seasons change, new beers begin to fill the shelves. Just as fresh produce infuses the flavors of fall into our meals and celebrations, so can seasonal beers.
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#130 (November 2017)
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The Jailhouse
Doing a stint behind bars in Buena Vista, Colo., probably wasn’t much fun in 1880 when the tiny town was just forming as a stopover for miners bound for the hills. Serving time in that same building today, however, means something totally different. In July 2016, Colorado beer-industry pro-Sarah Haughey opened The Jailhouse Craft Beer Bar in the squat, 850-square-foot building that briefly served as the town jail 137 years ago.
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#130 (November 2017)
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9 Steps To Beerdom
Christophe Gagne Co-founder and brewmaster, Hermit Thrush Brewery.
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#130 (November 2017)
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Brew LAB
For just the second time in its three years of operation, BrewLAB was releasing a beer in bottles, and the anticipation was palpable—for about five people. At least, that’s how many folks made it to the Carpinteria, Calif., brewery as it opened one Saturday afternoon in July.
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#130 (November 2017)
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Sensing Opportunity, Vietnam's Pasteur Street Brewing Expands
There’s a street for selling just about every kind of product or service in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. On Hang Bac, you’ll find silver jewelry, while Hang Duong is for desserts. There’s also coffin street, noodle street, and beer street. That last one isn’t surprising: Vietnam’s largest brewery, Sabeco, estimates that the country’s 90 million citizens will drink more than 4 billion liters (about 34.2 million barrels) of beer in 2017.
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#127 (August 2017)
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Draught Bass A Neglected Icon
Here’s another sad tale of an iconic British beer that’s at best idling, more likely lingering, before death.
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#127 (August 2017)
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An Uncanny Invention for Home Canning
What a difference a year makes. Last May, I wrote about getting a chance to can a beautiful home brew via a mobile canner operating in LA (issue #112). There’s something supremely satisfying about cracking open a can of your own. But let’s face it, there’s no way you or I could do this at home—or can we?
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#127 (August 2017)
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Chop and Wok
Those with an appetite for Chinese cuisine in Scottsdale, Ariz., are in for a surprise when they happen upon local institution Chop and Wok.
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#127 (August 2017)
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The Tank Brewing Company
In Miami, where local beer is now as ubiquitous as cigars, The Tank Brewing Company celebrates both. In its intimate cigar lounge, patrons can be found puffing a hand-rolled stogie while savoring Frank the Tank, a 10 percent Imperial Stout served in a tulip glass sporting the brewery’s catchphrase, “Sip & Discuss.”
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#127 (August 2017)
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Greenwarden Banded Horn Brewing Company
Spruce tips are certainly not the first ingredient that comes to mind when thinking about brewing. Although with the growth of extreme brewing, I’ve heard of and tried more beers that use this subtle flavoring. The latest example I was lucky enough to stumble upon at my local packie is Green warden from Bidder ford, Maine’s Banded Horn Brewing Company.
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#127 (August 2017)
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Savoring Acidity
The Quest to Explain Sourness in Beer.
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#118 (November 2016)
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9 Steps To Beerdom
Ben Green Brewmaster, Southern Prohibition Brewing
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#118 (November 2016)
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Scientists Sequence Complete Barley Genome
After more than 10 years of research, the complete barley genome has been sequenced by a consortium of researchers from 11 countries.
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#126 (July 2017)
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Beer On Wheels
What arrives on three wheels, keeps your kegs cold, and pours fresh beer out of two taps on its side? The Coaster Beer Trike.
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#126 (July 2017)
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Aftermath Pale - Ale Black Market Brewing
The zombie apocalypse might be a product of contemporary culture, but for Randy Mosher, “red-sky dreams of The End at night” lingered for many years.
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#126 (July 2017)
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Strength in Numbers
Will Mergers Help Small Breweries Compete with Big Beer.
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