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This Week's Beer News: 2024 BCS Variants Officially Announced

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We now know what this year’s Bourbon County Stout variants will be. Vanilla Rye is obviously a return to the near-iconic version released back in 2014 1 and Macaroon promises coconut, ginger and cocoa nibs, which sounds just fine to me. Hop Butcher’s Minted stout can continue on, free of competition. Or Andes Candy.

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The 10 Weirdest Ingredients Ever Put Into Beer

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Pumpkin beer has marked spooky season since the early ‘80s and the pastry stout boom of the mid-2010s saw everything from brownies and marshmallows to coffee and ancho chiles get added to brews. Regardless, the breakfast stout idea took hold and made for legendary beers down the line. 5 on Untappd.com.

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Two Taproom Closures Announced (Plus This Week's New Beer Labels)

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Temperance established itself early by taking home a GABF Silver for their Gatecrasher IPA in 2014, which went on to earn Gold in 2016. Yesterday afternoon, longtime Evanston brewer Temperance announced that their taproom would be closing on October 27.

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Next Wave Awards Brewer of the Year: Derek Gallanosa

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Two years in, Gallanosa made the move to the brewery’s marketing department to learn that side of the business before securing the head brewer position at nearby startup Abnormal Beer Company in 2014. There, Gallanosa unleashed the innovation that put his name on the entire brewing industry’s radar: imperial pastry stouts.

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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest

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Dyke Beer now offers five inclusively named beers like Out Stout and Tall Girl gose , sold at LGBTQ+ bars in NYC and the Northeast. “I In 2014, Bob Kunz turned the 500-square-foot back room at the Hermosillo, a bar in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, into Highland Park Brewery.

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10 Things You Should Know About New Riff Distilling

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In 2014, they set up shop across the parking lot from The Party Source to establish New Riff Distilling in Newport, Ky., He joined New Riff in 2014 as its first head distiller, using his brewing knowledge to produce unique mash bills incorporating malted oats, pale ale malts, chocolate malts, and more.

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Fertilized by Opportunity and Innovation, Cider Is Expanding Its Appeal

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Soham Bhatt and Jake Mazar founded Artifact Cider Project , now in Florence, Massachusetts, in 2014 to support Northeast orchards and elevate varieties like the McIntosh, a staple supermarket apple. Within brewing, the “imperial” adjective describes a brawnier, boozier beer, often an IPA or stout. They’re beverage-alcohol drinkers.”

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