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    California, Craft Beer

    Great Beer: Modern Times Blazing World Hoppy Dank Amber

    I’ve been on a MODERN TIMES kick lately, snatching up their new offerings at the market and running home to try them. They’re quickly becoming one of my favorite new

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    California, Craft Beer

    Great Beer: Anderson Valley Brewing Company The Kimmie, The Yink & the Holy Gose

    There is water. Much more than what plants crave, the refreshing combination of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom is an (the?) integral part of beer. There’s often more

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    California, Craft Beer

    Great Beers: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across the World Multi-Pack

    12 beers and 13 breweries. One of most recognized names in craft beer collaborates with a dozen breweries across the world to produce a multi-pack that’s to die for. Trust

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    California, Craft Beer

    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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    California, Craft Beer

    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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    California, Craft Beer

    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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    Craft Beer, New Zealand

    Great Beer: Garage Project Hops on Pointe

    I love this imported German beer (They know how to make it over there) The bird returns to soothe my ear I love this imported German beer –The Verlaines, “Bird-dog”¹

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    California, Craft Beer

    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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    Craft Beer, Michigan

    Great Beer: Founders Brewing Co. Backwoods Bastard

    When I saw Backwoods Bastard on the shelves of my local liquor store, the first thing that came to mind was the movie Deliverance and the “dueling banjos” scene. This

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    California, Craft Beer

    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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    California, Craft Beer

    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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