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Black lentil ale a first for me

I will admit that in my 50 plus years around beer I had never had, and would never have thought of, a beer brewed with black lentils. But these days with the tremendous creativity that characterizes American craft brewing, I… Continue Reading…

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WV Beer Week ending IPA showdown

I missed much of WV Craft Beer Week while traveling out in the Mountain time zone, but I made it back to WV Brick Oven Bistro (T&M Meats) for an informal WV IPA showdown on the final day of the… Continue Reading…

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Abolitionist does WV Beer Week

Abolitionist Ale Works released the full schedule of events for its WV Beer Week, and it’s a doozie. No brewery celebrates the week harder than Abolitionist.

Beer Now Conference

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Current national trends in beer

This morning I learned some interesting data this from Julia Herz of the Brewers Association and from Lester Jones of the National Beer Wholesalers Association. Brilliant Stream is attending the national Beer Now Conference taking place in Great Falls, Montana.

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Pale Lager and Kölsch for summer

I imagine many folks would agree with me that there is nothing better on a hot summer day than a fresh, cold, crisp German helles lager or Kölsch. While we can’t get really fresh German-made helles or Kölsch here in… Continue Reading…