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Beer Chat: Imperial Stout
Far from humble, the Russian Imperial Stout’s history dates back to the 18th century when it was produced in Britain for export to the Czarist courts. Today it has turned into an American powerhouse stout, and certainly my favorite of
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Local Spotlight: Lucky Bucket Lager
Lucky Bucket Pre-Prohibition Lager Appearance: 3/3 Pours a very attractive golden copper color, and is brilliantly clear. Large creamy white head has a rocky and frothy-like texture. Good dense lacing is left clinging to the glass. Aroma: 10/12 An inviting toasty malt aroma peaks
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Understanding Beer Fests
For many of you, the universe of beer spans about 20 feet and is contained within your local grocery store. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing I guess but given the simple fact that there are nearly 1,500 breweries in
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Beer Chat: Favorites
Belgian Tripel (or Trippel): The Belgian Tripel style was originally brewed by Trappist monks at the Westmalle brewery. Examples of this style are golden in color and pack a high ABV, usually from 7.5 to 9.5 percent. Known for being
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Beers Reviewed
Lucky Bucket Lager ABV: 4.5% Average Rating: B Lucky Bucket is the newest brand taking to the local market, and upon sampling their Lager I have nothing but high hopes for their next batch. The Lager features a copper hue,
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Beer & Food Pairings: Delighting the Senses
For some of you, the perfect food to pair up with a can of your favorite suds would likely be something in the realm of a hotdog at the ballpark. To be honest, I started out thinking that I was
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Beer Review Too
St. Peters India Pale Ale (United Kingdom) ABV 5.5% Rating: C This was served from the standard St. Peters flask/medicine bottle. St. Peters is well known for it’s Cream Stout and English and Golden Ales. All are excellent beers so
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Barrel Aged Beer: Back to the Way It Was
It’s an unfortunate circumstance, but when forced to think of an image related to beer, I’m betting the images that most often come to mind are those from the countless hours of televised media depicting beer in the most basic
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Fall Beers to Consider
Soon we will be in the last gasps of the hot and humid summer, a time I loathe – mainly because I can’t stand very many of the light summer seasonal beers that are released during this time. I like
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Beer Concoctions?
Heretic. I guess to be branded one, depends upon which religion you subscribe to. For the zealots among us, and when it pertains to beer, the word heretic is used to segment the population – those that are purists –
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