Josh on April 29th, 2009

Tomorrow night, Portland’s Great Lost Bear has another doozy for their weekly All-American Microbrew Showcase.  Rather than focusing on a specific style or brewery, April’s final craft beer showcase is going to the dogs.  On April 30th from 5 - 9, pints of Smuttynose Old Brown  Dog, Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat Ale, Thirsty Dog Old [...]

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Josh on April 28th, 2009

The following is a review from Travis Curran (@THSeamonsters), a writer, actor and semi-pro beer drinker in Portland, ME. Travis is one of the four titular “Tasty Dudes” of Tasty Dude Films, and the author of Travipedia.

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron - 12% ABV - 50 IBU
Mr. Christie entered the apartment on a Friday, through [...]

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Josh on March 5th, 2009

Rally the troops!
Haven’t you heard?  There’s a war on - a battle for the very soul of the American beer drinker.  The creative entrepreneurs in the craft beer industry are fighting the corporate behemoths of beer, the huge companies that sell about 95% of the beer in the country.  Not only that, but the distribution [...]

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Josh on February 24th, 2009

One of my favorite holidays every year comes on the third weekend in February, when Beer Advocate hosts the Extreme Beer Fest at the Cyclorama in Boston.  From the Alstrom brothers themselves;
Extreme Beer Fest … Cometh! The firestorm of creativity sparked by American craft brewers rages on during the original, and 6th annual, Extreme Beer [...]

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