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The secrets of making Belgian Trappist ales
Time for another guest post from my good brewing friend Ken Hilton. He’s taken countless awards, including Carolina Brewer of the Year and Meadmaker of the Year. He’s biked across the United States and...
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Beer Bloggers Conference
Anybody going? I’m going to try to work it out, as it sounds like a fun little weekend.
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Whiskey in the morning
A staff development day at the Templeton Rye Distillery As the self-appointed Staff Morale Officer of our workplace, I made arrangements recently for a team building field trip to the Templeton Rye...
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Zane, Jesus and the Rat Pack
Not that drinking isn’t easy, professional drinker and comedian Zane Lamprey has set off across the country on his Drinking Made Easy tour (53 cities/106 proof). If it were a movie, it would be a buddy...
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Beer Guy from a Kid’s Eye, Part 7
So we attended my cousin’s wedding recently. My camera disappeared for a while. When I retrieved it, it had this image, taken by future beer blogger Tom Wilson, 11. I’m so proud.
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Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, revisited
The first time I went to Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, I hadn’t eaten anything substantive in two days. But I’d had plenty of beer from judging all day. I felt like crap, drank half a pint of cask...
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Barstool Mountaineering, Vol. 2, Part 1
The good news is I’m vacationing in Colorado again this year. There is no bad news. This year, the focal point is Pagosa Springs, in the southwestern part of the state. More to come on the beers we’re...
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Barstool Mountaineering, Volume 2, Part 2
Pagosa Brewing Company On our recent family reunion cum beer jaunt, we established base camp in Pagosa Springs, conveniently but a stone’s throw from Pagosa Brewing Company. After a little pre-trip...
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Barstool Mountaineering, Vol. 2, Part 3
Ska Brewing Company Somewhere amidst the hiking and hanging, we managed a quick excursion to Durango to visit Ska Brewing Company, a solid brewery with a music-driven comic book branding. It’s a...
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Barstool Mountaineering, Vol. 2, Part 4
San Luis Valley Brewing Company Before we parted company with the West, we made one last stop for a beer in Alamosa, Colorado. The timing for gas and beer not long after departing our condo couldn’t...
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Barstool Mountaineering, Vol. 2, Part 5
We traveled over 2,000 miles in search of beer and deliciousness (and a little family time). In that time, we visited four breweries and drank 40 different beers from a total of 12 different breweries....
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Keeping a straight face
For three years, I’ve been trying to motivate myself for a brewery visit that I knew wouldn’t go well. I heard they brewed at the Depot Deli in Shenandoah, Iowa when we first moved back to the Great...
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To Sundance
It’s been a rough week. I dug my first grave. After a tragic Tuesday morning accident and a fruitless race to the vet, I placed our much-loved Sundance into that grave. She was smart, cheerful and the...
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When are you distributing in Iowa?
I figure Sean should get used to that ridiculous armchair brewer question right away. Today is August 13, and that is trippely important day in history. I married Wonderful Beer Wife 16 years ago...
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Upstream–Legacy
Once upon a time, Wonderful Beer Wife signed up for a class with some yoga heavyweight (the yoga world’s version of the beer world’s Sam or Garrett, I suppose). This provided a two-hour excuse for...
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Stairway to hell
There have been many recent staff morale days following Jon’s and my vacations. In the last week or so, we’ve been slowly working through a few nuggets that Jon picked up in Springfield, Mo. I don’t...
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Jimmy’s Kvass
I’m no expert on kvass. Jimmy’s the same brand of intrigued guy about drinks of this ilk that I am, so much so that he tossed together a small batch as an experiment. He brought me a sample the other...
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Riffing on Grandma
I call it Grandma Fusion. It’s this new Thai-Iowa cooking style I invented last night, born out of recent cravings for both Grandma Wilson’s noodles and a little Thai heat. What I went for was a bowl...
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Festival of Iowa Beers
Yesterday, Wonderful Beer Wife and I took a little excursion to the 6th Annual Festival of Iowa Beers, hosted by Millstream Brewing Company in Amana. As the name of the event suggests, this event is a...
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Trout Drinking in America
I really didn’t plan it, but we coincidentally reeled in two trout beers on the same day. I thought you’d want to know, so here are the pictures to prove it: Michelle finally got around to filling up...
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