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The Beermuda Triangle

As a collector of beer memorabilia, I’ve many times had novices ask me, “What’s the oldest piece in your collection?”

Upsetting the Apple Cart

With regard to hard cider, America has played the role of a fickle lover. There have been times when we

We Want Beer!

Nobody could hazard a guess at how many thousands of mugs of beer had been served over the old mahogany

A Cider Timeline

1840–Rapidly losing ground to cheap whiskey, cider stages a comeback during the presidential election. The Whigs tout their candidate, General

Tasting the New Ciders

BLACK RAT CIDERS This Australian import, fermented from fruit grown outside of Adelaide, comes in three flavors. The Black Rat

Strong Beers

Biggest. Brightest. Loudest. Strongest. In nature and in life, flamboyance commands attention. Any animal species with the power to discriminate

Chocolate and Beer Revisited

Jack Joyce, CEO of Rogue Brewing down in Newport, OR, called me a while back to do a chocolate and

The Amber Family Portrait

The lexicon of beerspeak is rich with descriptive names. Stylistic terms can denote any number of beer characteristics, including origin

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