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As I was crunching numbers for RateBeer Best 2012, a number of very interesting, fun and delicious beer geeky facts emerged from the data. Here they are: Link: RateBeer Best 2012 11 different beer styles in the top 100 While former lists were taken to task for being uni-dimensional testaments to the Imperial Stout, this [...]
Let’s be honest: I dropped the ball (no pun intended) on my beer blogging duties when it came to writing something–anything–about 2012, like everyone else. It was a really busy time, and my down time was more involved with spending time with loved ones and video games. But lo! The Chinese have given me an [...]
What is RateBeer doing at a Fancy Food Show? I asked myself this when applying for press credentials. The truth is that craft beer is “fancy food” and it’s important to reinforce our position in the culinary world by showing interest in the industry as a whole. Plus, beer has food value, while most food [...]
Wellp, the Broncos lost against the Patriots last night. And in accordance with a gentleman’s bet, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock owes Boston Mayor Tom Menino a steak dinner. The bet was almost wagered upon a basket of their best local beers…a bet that Menino was hesitant to make, according to this article. Now, I understand [...]
I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints around the beer world. They center around the use of a word that many feel is being used incorrectly. The offending word is “dank” and I’m here to play the role of defender.
Join RateBeer and Hopmonk Tavern as we announce the 2012 RateBeer’s Best. As part of our celebration we will be hosting a dinner during San Francisco Beer Week featuring beer from some of the top rated breweries from around the globe. Be among the first to hear who will be named the Best Brewer in [...]
Two major beer festivals recently took place in Brazil, WikiBier in Curitiba and Brazilian Beer Festival in Blumenau. WikiBier The festival took place at Expo Unimed in Curitiba (PR), with an estimated audience of 4,000 people, according to event organizers. All were able to taste the best craft beers in the country today. A great [...]
Back in my early days of discovering craft beer, my more knowledged brothers railed against fruit beers as “un-manly”. Of course, some of the targets of their rhetoric was fairly warranted, but these were non-beers; Smirnoff mixers and Mike’s Hard varieties are easy targets, and if you or your friends ever buy a sixer of Mike’s [...]
Photo credit: Sam Horine Last month, Sterling Epicure published Brewed Awakening, the first book from Imbibe features writer and beer columnist Joshua Bernstein. Though the world of beer books is already a crowded one, Bernstein’s book definitely stuck out to me as one of the best of the bunch. In fact, here’s what I had [...]
The drink of Vikings, English kings, and the Rohirrim of Middle Earth is making its biggest comeback since Beowulf and Grendel threw down. Mead, for those of you who failed to make it through middle school English classes awake, is an alcohol made from fermented honey. I refrain from calling it ‘honey wine’ for two [...]
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