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McNeill's Pint Glass

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.
Pouring beers at the Great American Beer Festival.

Hard Times Can’t Kill Craft Beer

The Great American Beer Festival is 43 years old and feeling every year of it. For decades, the craft beer

Hazy IPA

Hazy IPA Conspiracy Theories

In the past week, a couple of articles have commented on the sorry state of craft beer. One article in