I’m the proud new owner of six Bells “The Oracle” Double IPA.  If everyone hadn’t heard, Bells brewed a small batch of this Double IPA.  It came out a couple weeks ago, and they finally reached my beer store, where a six pack was safely stuck aside for me.   The beer differs in malt/hop profile [...]

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The next beer I plan on brewing is a Saison. For my birthday, my wife picked up some homework for me to sample. Of course, I won’t drink them all at once, but I’m sure I will enjoy them!
From left to right – Ommegang Hennepin, North Cost Brewing “La Merle”, Fantome Saison, Saison [...]

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Join us in celebrating March Madness with a hops – not hoops – competition. A single elimination bracket of 32 IPAs from across the nation are going head to head in a battle to see who has biggest cone-jones! The National IPA Championship (NIPAC) starts with the preliminary round on February 23rd in Grand Rapids, [...]

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By: Eric Asimov
AS a life philosophy, it may not lead to wealth, happiness or old age, but for many American brewers today the motto printed on the bottle of Moylander Double I.P.A., from Moylan’s, a West Coast brewer, is a guiding principle:
“If one is good, then two is better!”
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One of the biggest selling and most controversial newer beers is Blue Moon.  Is Blue Moon (produced by Coors) a good beer to introduce drinkers to the world of craft beer or is it a way for macro-breweries like Coors to capture their share of the craft beer market? I won’t attempt to answer this question because the truth is both sides of [...]

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If I were to send Santa a beer list this year, I’d put the following:
Sam Adams Utopia: Even Santa would scoff at the price of this beer ($120 24 oz bottle), but boy it sure would be interesting to try – article here.
Samichlaus Bier: A Swiss Lager brewed once a year, aged for [...]

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Great article on Christmas Ales
Holiday spirits: Christmas ales are hot
- Jennifer Day Toledo Blade 

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“Oh Beer! Oh Hodgson, Guinness, Allsop, Bass. Names that should be on every infants tongue.”
- A verse from 18th century poets honoring beer around the time when Pale Ales came about.
Pale Ales and India Pale Ales date back to the late 1700’s. Refined brewing processes brought about a deep copper (pale) [...]

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