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The Best Beers of 2012
I don’t really believe in New Year’s resolutions. So this year, I let a random generator pick my resolution. I logged on, clicked, and landed on “explore” for this year’s ambition. I put my seventh Corona down and decided that the internet was telling me to get more adventurous with my beer drinking. This year, [...]
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Session Beers for Football Parties
Football season is a great opportunity to make a few changes in your regular craft beer lineup. For most of the year I keep a few sixers of big-personality crafts like Blind Pig IPA or Vanilla Bean Aged Dark Lord in rotation. But aggressive flavor is only good for a bottle two. For an NFL [...]
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Eat Your Beer
When you really love beer, drinking it just isn’t enough. Beer and meat are natural allies and there are plenty of ways to pair your favorite brews with your favorite meals. Just follow a few simple guidelines and you can’t go wrong. Beer is not Wine You might put aside a cheap bottle of wine [...]
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Favorite Beers for the Holidays
The holidays are all about spreading joy. Brewers do their part with delicious seasonal brews. The best of them mix chocolate, spice, fruit and generous ABVs to put enough cheer in a bottle to stave off the winter chill. Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout The bearded guy on the front of the bottle is enough [...]
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2011 Iron Bowl Thoughts
The Iron Bowl, the annual college football game played between Auburn University and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, is listed as one of the most storied rivalries in all of sports. To me the game is a classic good versus evil matchup. In our version of events, Auburn plays for the side of Good. [...]
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Smoking Turkey Checklist
LAN’s newest blogger, Alyssa, posted a great recipe for smoking turkey. Here’s a quick checklist on the gear you’ll need to complete the task (in no particular order): Bourbon. This is only for emergencies but you’ll want it close to make it through in-law encounters in case they flare up during the day. A roasting [...]
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