Japanese Brewery Adds Green Tea to Their Brews

by Luke

Across the globe Craft Brewers are going to great lengths (and putting just about anything into their beers) to differentiate themselves from the competition, and this is no exception: The chamber of commerce of the Japanese city of Kakegawa and Chiba-based microbrewery Megumi Brewery (which advertises itself as “Japan’s smallest brewery”) have announced that they’ve [...]

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Sierra Nevada Rolls Out Bottles of Freshly-Hopped Harvest Ale

by Luke

The first year Sierra Nevada made its Harvest Ale with fresh hop flowers, they made only one 100-barrel batch. Also that first year, an entire UPS truck was filled with small boxes of fresh hops bundled together with holes poked into the boxes for freshness. Today, they’re overnighted in mesh onion sacks laid out flat [...]

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The Perfect Drinking Game/Song for Getting Over a Case of the Mondays

by Luke

No one likes Mondays, plain and simple. And quite frankly, I’m hard pressed to think of a better day of the week to pour myself a pint of my favorite bitter. So, with that in mind, I’ve posted a YouTube video below which is, in my opinion, the perfect drinking game/song for battling a case of [...]

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One of Maine’s Biggest Beer Festivals Ever Slated for September 29th

by Luke

The Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce 2007 Lakes Region Brew Festis one of Maine’s premiere Beer Festivals. This year’s fest will take place Saturday, September 29th at Point Sebago Resort in Casco, Maine. Tickets are on sale now for $18.00 ($22.00 at the door; Non-drinker ticket price $5.00) For more information on the 2007 Lakes [...]

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New Additions to Blogaboutbeer.com

by Luke

Blogaboutbeer.com just keeps growing and growing! This evening we added a contact page to make it easier for you, our favorite reader, to get in touch with us; and a links page with direct links to all of our favorite blogs and beer-related websites. Have a website of your own that you would like linked [...]

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Is the Beer Gut a Myth?

by Luke

Good news is just pouring (no pun intended) in this weekend. First we reported yesterday that scientists now believe that drinking a Guinness a day is as good for your heart’s health as taking an Asprin a day, now scientists and researchers in Britain and the Czech Republic are claiming that the results of a recent [...]

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