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Beer Facts

The Liquor Thing

How far you know about beer? Here are some interesting facts about beer that you should know before taking a sip. Ever thought why beer is not sold in a plastic bottle? Beers, as well as all liquors, are not sold in plastic bottles. As a result, it can affect the quality of beer and decrease its shelf life.

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Brut Busts and Brett Who? The Next Big IPA Sub-Styles That Never Were

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annually collaborates with Venture Snowboards on a Ska-themed snowboard that might feature its logo, dapper skeleton mascot, or a new beer. She was like, ‘That was my favorite beer. To this day, it’s still one of our favorite beers that we’ve made.” Who wants a bitter black IPA during summer? Ska Brewing in Durango, Colo.,

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Review: Breckenridge High Proof Blend Bourbon and Back to Back Blend Bourbon

Drinkhacker

Breckenridge Distillery is no stranger to Drinkhacker, though we’ve been keeping tabs more recently on their Buddy Pass collaborations with the coincidentally named but unrelated Breckenridge Brewery and their beer/bourbon barrel aging crossovers. The quick recap is that the distillery boasts the highest elevation in the U.S.,

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Mellow Corn: The Bottom Shelf Whiskey With a Cult Following

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In 2012, at the inaugural iteration of Camp Runamok — a now annual summer camp for bartenders — attendees from across the country found a kindred spirit in the overlooked bottom-shelf beverage. “One Its favorable price point allows drink makers to present an affordable, high-impact beer/whiskey combo. Peach and corn? Peach and corn?

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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

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1 craft beer style in America, if not the world. In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options. What can I say, it was a different time.

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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

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craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. If craft breweries were once started by people with a pure passion for drinking “better beer,” eventually they started to be seen as easy money by entrepreneurial types. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

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The Absolute Best Canned Cocktails Right Now

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Made in collaboration with Stumptown, this interpretation lacks any artificial notes, instead offering velvety notes of bitter coffee and honey. This one boasts strong baking spice notes from its rum base, along with bright pineapple and lime juices and a welcome bitterness on the finish.

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