Exactly one decade ago I went into writing full-time. It’s funny, but looking back, I see I had no idea what that entailed.
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“Pig is ragged, like a two-a.m. buzz. Pig is dangerous. But most of all, Pig is a whiff of nostalgia, the yearning for our more badass years. That younger me drank them in fours and fives, loving the thrill.”
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A very sad announcement today that Czechia’s Pivovar Kout na Šumavě has closed. It was one of the most interesting breweries in the world.
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Great Notion is a polarizing brewery, but for an unusual and—for some—unsettling reason. Both fans and critics of the brewery agree they make beers that taste uncannily like a blueberry muffin, stack of pancakes, or scoop of sherbet. Where they disagree: whether the beer should taste like those things.
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Craft beer has sparked an amazing wave of hop breeding, both among private companies and government-supported agencies. It started in the US but has now spread around the world. Here is a list of all the new hops you might encounter, from home and abroad.
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As beer fans, we’re constantly trying to assess the relative quality of beer. I wondered what statistics and “population distribution” might lend to the discussion.
Read MoreJust a year old, Beachcrest Brewing has become a must-visit on Oregon’s central coast.
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With much fanfare, including a Super Bowl ad, AB InBev is releasing the 3,943rd hard seltzer into the market. But Bud Light Seltzer? It makes no sense!
Read MoreHops have become a more central focus of modern beer, and hops themselves have been bred to express more intense flavors and aromas. That creates a new problem: how do we talk about them?
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I endorse anyone making the commitment to a dry January this year, yet I wonder if it’s not actually a shadow of the unhealthy relationship Americans have with booze to begin with. As a stopgap it’s fine, but is there a better way?
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Despite the tumult afflicting our politics, I had quite a nice year. Here are may favorite photos and moments along the way.
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