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The Guide to Delectable Thanksgiving Beer Pairings
Whether you plan on wowing your guests (at the adults table) with a Thanksgiving meal beer flight, want to know which beer will complement your favorite side dish, or just want a suggestion to pair with your entire meal, we've created a complete Thanksgiving Meal beer pairings list to cover all of the bases.
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5 Common Off Flavors in Beer for You to Identify Now
In an effort to help out homebrewers who taste something not-quite-right with their beer and cannot put their finger on it we've collected the top 5 most common off flavors that brewers detect.
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A Tasting of Mighty Mouth-watering Brews from Colorado
An unspoken agreement around the Mr. Beer HQ office seems to be that if you get the opportunity to travel, you bring back tasty local beer from wherever you were. Recently, our Sales Manager, Robert, took a trip to Colorado, and brought several delicious picks for the office to taste.
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Sweet, Savory, & Rich - These Beer & Bacon Cupcakes Hit the Spot
Just as we did for Chocolate Cupcake Day, we have selected a tasty beer dessert recipe for Vanilla Cupcake Day. We thought there'd be no better pairing than beer, bacon, and cake. We'll see if you agree with us after baking up a batch of these cupcakes.
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6 (More) Beers to Brew for the Holidays
This list is populated with some of the classics, sure to appeal to your many guests and their various palates. Whether your company prides themselves on serious craft beer savvy or prefers something cold, clean, and drinkable – this list won't disappoint.
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7 Election Day Beers to Brew for Inauguration Day 2017
Election Day 2016 is upon us, and whether you are feeling excited or absolutely terrified, we're hoping you'll get out there and cast your vote! We'll all be over here clutching our beer bottles along with you when the news hits.
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3 Velvety Milk Stouts for Celebrating International Stout Day
It's International Stout Day today! For our celebratory tasting we chose to focus on Milk Stouts, one of which was a Nitro brew. Though Stouts are known for their roasty, smoky, malt flavor and smooth mouthfeel, Milk Stouts also have to carry just the right amount of lactose sweetness.
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Why A-B InBev Suddenly Chose to Go After Homebrewing
Many proud homebrewers felt slighted when Northern Brewer & Midwest Supplies revealed their acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev this month, but what seemed especially curious for the beer brewing community was the underlying question – why a homebrew supply store?
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Tasting 3 of the Outstanding, Hop-Forward Ales of Toppling Goliath
Our Warehouse Manager, Jackson, brought some essential Toppling Goliath ales back with him from Iowa, so we decided to taste them all. Back to back. And let me tell you – Toppling Goliath's hop game is serious.
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16 American Beers to Do You Proud on American Beer Day
Happy American Beer Day, brewers! Time to revel in the greatness of the bold and delicious American beer styles we boast in our recipe pages. Here are just 16, including our 2 brand new clone recipes taken from Great American Beer Festival Gold Winners!
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Stone's Xocoveza Varieties & the Diverse Flavor Profiles They Offer
It is that time of year again, when Stone's "winter-spiced mocha stout" hits the brew shop shelves, and we all buy it up and hoard it best we can until the next winter arrives.
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What is a Malt Liquor? + A Brief History Defending Its Honor
American malt liquor often gets a bad rap as "sleazy," "bottom shelf," or somehow exclusively for drunkards because of the inexpensive adjuncts added to the malted barley to get a higher ABV in the finished beer. Let us not forget that malt liquor is brewed with much the same ingredients and processes of strong American-style lagers, in fact, if you're ever enjoyed an HG (High Gravity) Lager, you're essentially drinking malt liquor.
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The Freedom to Brew Your Own Way: Coopers, Mr. Beer, & The Merger
Considering Coopers' reputation for excellence and integrity, it should come as no surprise that when the brewery approached Tucson's Mr. Beer to acquire them in 2012, both sides saw great mutual benefit. Coopers Marketing Manager, Scott Harris, said at the time that, "the culture at both companies was similar, as was our ideology of home brewing and how it should be presented to the consumer."
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