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Breweries Are Turning Up the Heat on Winter Beer

Imbibe Magazine

They invited customers to gather around crackling flames with strong imperial stouts, barley wines, and plum-flavored winter warmers set to be transformed by the centuries-old German tradition of bierstacheln , or beer spiking. They heated fireplace pokers ’til glowing red, then plunged them into the malty, belly-warming beers.

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Fertilized by Opportunity and Innovation, Cider Is Expanding Its Appeal

Imbibe Magazine

A person-by-person palate shift helps Alma’s cultivate a customer base crossing over from sour ales or natural wines. La Familia underlines the connection between its ciders and culinary Mexico at its Salem cider house that opened in 2020 and shares space with Azuls Taco House. Farber also collaborates with Pali Wine Co.

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Taste Test: Nonalcoholic Beer

Imbibe Magazine

AL’s Classic Non-Alcoholic Beer Alban de Pury launched AL’s Drinks Company in 2020 when he realized he felt better after he stopped drinking beer. (Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 percent ABV, it’s not “alcohol-free” but is defined as “nonalcoholic” by the FDA.) Even though they now have a rotating roster of 0.5

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Taste Test: Nonalcoholic Beer

Imbibe Magazine

AL’s Classic Non-Alcoholic Beer Alban de Pury launched AL’s Drinks Company in 2020 when he realized he felt better after he stopped drinking beer. (Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 percent ABV, it’s not “alcohol-free” but is defined as “nonalcoholic” by the FDA.) Even though they now have a rotating roster of 0.5

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This Week's Beer News - Black Friday and Beyond

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

I spent money on Bourbon County Stout. Yes, for years we delivered preview coverage of the annual BCBS lineup, and in 2021 we were taken off the invite list for those yearly media-invite events, which also happened to be the year we expressed support for the stymied union organization attempts by Goose Island employees in 2020.

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Why Craft Breweries Are Still Launching Hard Seltzer Brands

VinePair

The brewery’s spinoff hard seltzer brand, Le Squawk, debuted in summer 2020 with lime, tangerine, and passion fruit flavors. Brewing a beer with barley will create a grain flavor that a brewer might accentuate (stouts, barley wines) or mask (New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Fruit Force , Modelo’s Chelada line ). Nobody cared.”

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

VinePair

But his mastery of wine barrel-aged sour beer seen in offerings like Supplication, Consecration, and Beatification showed that craft beer deserved a place at the table amongst the nearby vinos of the Valleys, both Napa and Sonoma. If I see the quintessential Hitachino owl logo on anything — wine, sake, whiskey — I’m all in!

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