September 2009

Magic Hat Fall ’09 Odd Notion (A Review)

by Luke

As I sit here on a crisp autumnal Sunday afternoon flipping back-and-forth between the Red Sox and Patriots games and munching on some homemade nachos, I decided to dive into the bottle of Magic Hat Odd Notion (Fall ’09) which was sent to me by the brewery a few days ago. The Burlington, VT-based brewery [...]

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Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day, Maties!

by Luke

Avast, me Hearties! Alright, it doesn’t have a whole lot to do with beer (although I can assume that pirates, when not swigging rum, enjoyed their fair share of tankards of ale) but today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day and I just wanted to wish you all a happy and prosperous one, full [...]

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Dogfish Head Punkin Ale is Really, Really Good

by Luke

I love fall. I love fall beers. When a brewery gets a pumpkin-flavored beer right, I love pumpkin beers. One brewery to get their pumpkin beer right is, of course (because they get everything right), the good folks at Dogfish Head. I picked up a couple of bottles of the Dogfish Head Punkin’ Ale at [...]

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Michelob releases new Fall Sampler Pack But Who Gives a Shit?

by Luke

I got an email this morning from the folks at Michelob Brewing Co. (owned by Belgium’s largest brewery – Anheuser-Busch) alerting me to the release of their new “Ale Sampler Pack”. Usually when I receive press releases from any of the brewing behemoths like Michelob, they go straight to the virtual trash can. But, for [...]

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On My 25th Birthday, a Look Back at How I Got Into Better Beer

by Luke

Four years ago today was the day after I turned 21 (so, if you’re keeping score at home, that means I turned 25 yesterday, September 11th, 2009). I was a junior in college at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. My parents came down from Maine to celebrate with me and, being the kick ass parents [...]

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Canned Craft Beer on NPR’s Weekend Edition

by Luke

The good folks at National Public Radio ran a piece this weekend during Weekend Edition Saturday which discussed the benefits of Good Beer in Cans and the recent explosion in popularity of canned craft beer. As any long-time reader of Blog About Beer knows, I’m a huge advocate of beer in cans, so I was [...]

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