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The Really Most Interesting Man in the World
'Wish I lived in the Golden Age'
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More Thankfulness (Asian Beer Dept)
It is a season for counting our blessings
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Torpedo
New candidate for "most impressive mainstream beer"
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DVD Tip: 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money'
Sick of debates? Here's an alternative.
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Last Word on Carter as King of Beers and Roi Soleil
The intrigue deepens: who really deserves our thanks when we lift a tasty microbrew?
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Jimmy Carter: Not the King of Beers? (Updated)
One of Carter's claims to greatness comes under challenge
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Jimmy Carter: King of Beers
America's real debt to the man from Plains
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Sad News From Shanghai: Gary Heyne
The sudden loss of a big figure in Shanghai.
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Continuing the "Beer Bottles + Skyline" Motif
Shanghai's "original" beer, in a heroic pose.
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More Midwestern Beer
From Goose Island IPA to Great Lakes Eliot Ness, America's breadbasket seems to have become its brewery. An Atlantic blogger highlights some favorites.
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If I End Up Moving to Munster, Indiana ...
The Hoosier state isn't known for its beers, but Three Floyds Brewpub gives Portland a run for its money
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Proud to Be a Californian, Part 1,386
California is falling apart. On the brighter side, the beer is good.
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The hops wars, in three parts
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Beer updates from all over (updated)
1) From a recent trip to Ohio, a beer whose cheeky name I really admire -- not to mention really admiring its hoppy taste. Here it is: Burning River Pale Ale, from Great Lakes Brewing Co.
OK, I realize that Kids Today might not recognize the puckish elegance of calling a Cleveland-brewed beer "Burning River." Details here. Dennis Kucinich would be able to explain. (UPDATE: I am remiss in not having mentioned Randy Newman's famous song on the same theme, "Burn On," his tribute to the mighty Cuyahoga.)
The picture above is from the web site. Below, the beer last week in situ at a Holiday Inn near Dayton:
2) From a recent trip to Northern California, the solution to a "dividing by zero" paradox in the beer world. In math a dividing-by-zero problem is, of course, one that is unsolvable by definition. In the beer world, I have always thought the counterpart would be the concept of "adding too many hops." Skimping on hops? The bane of cheap, weak lagers the world round. Throwing hops in by the ton? The more the better! You couldn't possibly use too much.
But I have now found the exception: Hopsickle Imperial Ale, from Moylan's brewery of Novato, in -
American bounty
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I retract all criticism of Fox News
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Well, there's one disease I'm less afraid of
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Beer summit for Birthers
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Beer call aftermath
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Rose Garden beer call