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How Cambridge Brewing Company Went Out the Right Way

On its final night, snow fell outside as a roomful of regulars raised one last glass. Cambridge Brewing Company didn’t just make great beer. It built a community, launched careers, and showed what it looks like to leave with grace.
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How a Surprise Gift Keeps The Memory of McNeill’s Brewery Alive

A month after McNeill’s Brewery tragically burned down, a small package arrived at my office. Inside was a pint glass and a note from a man I had never met. His gift turned out to be a reminder of why the beloved Brattleboro, Vermont pub mattered.

The Lie That Goose Island Loves To Tell

Goose Island promotes itself as having created the first bourbon barrel aged stout in 1992. Except they didn't. The story of how the biggest name in barrel aged beer keeps telling the same lie.

Podcasts

Better Brewing Through Judging

Episode 6: A conversation between Tonya Cornett of 10 Barrel Brewing and Ben Edmunds of Breakside Brewery.

See the World, Pint in Hand

Museums are fun.  And cathedrals are beautiful.  But what about traveling for beer?  As a social lubricant, beer is a

Camp Rauchbier 2023

This is a special edition of This Week in Rauchbier as we celebrate Memorial Day Weekend 2023 with a visit to Camp

Reflections on Beer in 2024

What kind of year did beer have in 2024? Listen in to the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast as a

The History and Tradition of Rauchbier

On this episode of Brewer to Brewer Dan Suarez of The Suarez Family Brewery interviews Matthias Trum of the Schlenkerla –

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