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Brew Ha Ha: making a fuss about beer

Archive for September 2007

September 10th, 2007

Butter is a bad thing

Chalk this up to yet another thing a prefer not to think about, but apparently dirty beer lines can lead to a “buttery” taste, at least according to this new item. So, if you taste butter in your beer it’s time to try another bar, since telling the bartender his lines are dirty may get [...]

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September 5th, 2007

The hoppiest day of my life

As you may have guessed, I like beer. In fact, I like beer so much that our wedding reception was at the Stoudt’s brewery, and the guests threw hops as we left the church.
Now, UK beer aficionados have what sounds like an even better option. Shepherd Neame, one of the oldest breweries in the [...]

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September 5th, 2007

A not-so-welcome guest

So, I mentioned a wonderful beer I had at a party recently. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the beer I brought to the party, which was disappointing. More disappointing is that it was from Tröegs, a Pennsylvania brewery which usually brews very fine beers. In fact, Tröegs’ beers are so good that I’ve never once complained about [...]

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September 4th, 2007

But I’m right handed

I’ve tried a lot of different beers from a lot of different places, and sometimes it’s easy to get lazy. You order the tried and true, rather than trying something different, and at some point you begin to get a little bored. Thank goodness, then, for those breweries which brew a product which shakes up [...]

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September 3rd, 2007

There’s a tear in my beer

When you say “Michael Jackson” to a fan of good beer, the last thing he or she will think of is that singer who is missing a glove. Instead, they think of an unassuming Englishman with an awful lot of facial hair and an excellent beer in hand. Jackson had what was probably the best [...]

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