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Collectibles

  • Best Beers for Collecting
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    Best Beers for Collecting

    January 1, 2015 - Patrick Dawson

    Thinking about hosting your own vertical tasting?  Here are 25 beers to consider collecting. Readily Available Rodenbach’s Grand Cru: Sweet and fruity initially, but dries out and becomes winelike with time. Stone Brewing Co.’s Double Bastard Ale: The annual malt-bomb offering is a steal at $8/bomber. While it may not get super complex, it transforms... View Article

  • The Breweriana Road Show
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    The Breweriana Road Show

    May 1, 2008 - Dave Gausepohl with Julie Johnson

    Charlie Staats from Texas stands in his hotel room at the Adam’s Mark in Denver, with the door propped open. He’s stashed the hotel trinkets in drawers, and every horizontal surface—the coffee table, the bed, the chairs, even the ironing board—has become display space for his collection of Texas brewery memorabilia. Staats specializes in anything... View Article

  • The Collectors’ Collectors
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    The Collectors’ Collectors

    May 1, 2008 - Dave Gausepohl with Julie Johnson

    In 1951, when Herb Haydock returned to Wisconsin from his tour of duty in Germany, he brought back nine beer glasses that intrigued him. Over the next 35 years, he and his wife Helen built their breweriana collection into arguably the world’s finest and largest, with over one million items covering all areas of breweriana.... View Article

  • The Collector’s Calendar
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    The Collector’s Calendar

    May 1, 2008 - Dave Gausepohl with Julie Johnson

    A list of the major collecting organizations, and their annual events. June 17-22, Dubuque, IA. The American Breweriana Association (ABA) Annual Meeting, www.americanbreweriana.org July 16-19, Sunday River, Bethel, ME. Eastern Coast Brewerania Association (ECBA) Convention, www.eastcoastbrew.com July 29-August 3, Bettendorf, IA. NABA National Association of Breweriana Advertising (NABA) National Convention, www.nababrew.org July 30-August 3, Bad... View Article

  • Music to My Beers
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    Music to My Beers

    July 1, 2007 - Dave Gausapohl

    Song and beer have gone together for thousands of years. Every one of us has surely found our inner “idol” after a few pints of liquid courage. The drinking ballads of the British Isles, the German Schnitzelbank, the jukebox in a local dive or honky tonk, or karaoke bars in Asia—few of these would thrive... View Article

  • Scoring Treasures from the Backfield and Breweries
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    Scoring Treasures from the Backfield and Breweries

    March 1, 2007 - Dave Gausepohl

    Now with the opponents in SuperBowl XLI decided, it is time to look at how beer and football have huddled together.

  • A Moving Experience
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    A Moving Experience

    January 1, 2007 - Dave Gausepohl

    For a number of years now, the bio at the bottom of this column has mentioned that my breweriana collection numbers over 400,000 items. It was not until this past spring that I realized how vast a number that is.

  • Scaring Up Sales for Halloween
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    Scaring Up Sales for Halloween

    November 1, 2006 - Dave Gausepohl

    As Halloween increasingly becomes an adult holiday as much as one for kids, many breweries have discovered that All Hallow’s Eve is a theme to increase sales.

  • Little Guys with a Can-Do Attitude
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    Little Guys with a Can-Do Attitude

    September 1, 2006 - Dave Gausepohl

    When the craft beer renaissance began in 1977 with New Albion Brewing Co., canned beer was not an option. The main hurdles included the high cost of a canning line, the availability of affordable cans in manageable quantities, plus the perception among consumers that good quality beer could be found in cans.

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