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This Week's Beer News: Pretzel Wheat is Back, Baby

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Breaking news from Tilray, the new owners (relatively speaking) of Shock Top Brewing and many other former Anheuser Busch brands: Their Pretzel Wheat beer has returned , and with it, a chance to win a trip to Munich for this year’s Oktoberfest. Our Beer Map has been updated. I found it to be … okay. Jamex Brewing Co.

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This Private Equity Company Is Quietly Becoming a Pacific Northwest Wine Powerhouse

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The sky is falling , or at least that’s the sense one gets when reading wine industry news over the past year. Every morning, my email inbox cues up yet another dirge of reports on grape gluts , government bailouts , bankruptcies , and generational reckonings for wine and alcohol in general. Charles Smith Wines is an iconic brand.

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Imbibe 75 Person to Watch: Averie Swanson

Imbibe Magazine

Averie Swanson is one of the most respected brewers of mixed-fermentation beer in the country, yet she’s never had a brick-and-mortar location to call her own. Fans have been able to find Swanson’s creations in Chicago and at various festivals and events, but Keeping Together beers demand a dedicated place.

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The Real-Life Beer Brewed For On-Screen Enjoyment in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

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Legolas and the Elves sip on Miruvor (a fictional cordial) along with mead and various other wines, the massive tree-like Ents most prefer the revitalizing Ent-draught, and then, of course, there’s beer and ale. But you’ll never find a beer so brown / As the one we drink in our hometown. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

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On Non-Alc and the Decline of Craft Beer

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By Mike Gurr, Vice President of Operations at Gruvi For 15 years, I was deeply immersed in the world of craft beer. My trajectory in the beer industry—marked first by unbridled enthusiasm, a period of stagnation, and then great uncertainty—in many ways mirrors the industry’s own evolution.

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Where To Drink in Salt Lake City, Utah

Imbibe Magazine

Water Witch When Water Witch opened in late 2016, the small but lively cocktail bar (“It’s easily the smallest bar in Salt Lake City,” says Neves) signaled a vibe shift on the local drinks scene. Fisher Brewing Company Hugely popular with Utah’s outdoorsy set, Fisher Brewing also stands as a piece of the state’s craft beer history.

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North Czar State: How Russian Imperial Stout Became the Sovereign Beer of Minnesota

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Rich and complex, Russian imperial stouts are differentiated from other dark beers by both strength and apocrypha. According to Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) guidelines, Russian imperials should be high in ABV (8–12 percent, well-hopped (50–90 IBU), and “very dark reddish-brown to jet black.”

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