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    Great Beer: Bear Republic Hop Shovel

    IPA Trilogy, Part Three – “Freedom of Choice”  Imagine you’re out to dinner with friends or family. You’re at your local brewpub, 427 miles from home. Maybe you’re at a

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    Great Beer: Ladyface Ale Companie Cataclysm

    IPA Trilogy, Part Two – “Through Being Cool”  So, if the imminent demise of IPA is not due to the speed at which IPAs became the de rigueur hopped malt

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    Great Beer: Modern Times Accumulated Knowledge

    IPA Trilogy, Part One – “Gut Feeling”  Merlot¹. Livestrong bracelets. Britney. India Pale Ale.  Hold up. IPAs make up fifty percent of my local beer store’s inventory. There are multitudes

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    Great Beer: Sierra Nevada Kellerweis

    Hello, America! Does anybody remember NWOBHM? Those wild, heady days when heshers and punks defied and defiled the staid methods of the past and created wild, irreverent art for a

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    Great Beer: Stone Double Bastard Ale

    Wow. That’s the first thought that hit me when I took my first sip of this monster brew. After my taste buds settled down a bit, I took a second

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    Great Beer: Pizza Port Pick Six Pilsner

    My first introduction to a real pilsner came (where else?) while living in Prague, Czech Republic one summer. Sure, I’ve had pilsner/ lagers in other parts of Eastern Europe but

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