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They Say a Person Just Needs Three Things to Be Happy

The Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection is composed of three unique beers that share a common background of aging in oak barrels that originally did time storing brandy in a previous life. Outside of that common ground though, the American Kriek, New World Tripel, and Stony Brook Red brews are each distinct specialty beers. The [...]

Like Classic Guinness, With a Bite

Claiming that Guinness Foreign Extra Stout is a new offering from the esteemed Irish beer brand is technically inaccurate. The reality is it was brewed for more than two centuries and dates back to 1801. Back then it was known as West India Porter until the mid-19th century and was distinguished by its more intense [...]

Giving Back Never Went Down So Smooth

Though the eventual consequences of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill are still being determined, the damage done to the seafood industry along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana is a very present and tangible reality. Families which have fished and shrimped in the murky waters off the Mississippi delta for generations are facing an end [...]

End of Summer, Refreshment

In the blistering heat, when your typical Bud bottle isn’t quenching your thirst, you need something that actually tastes refreshing. That’s when you should break out a 6-pack of Leinkenkugel’s Summer Shandy ($7). The first thing you’ll notice is the citrus aroma that jumps out of the glass. When it hits your lips the lemon [...]

Because Prohibition Sucked

San Francisco residents may be already intimately familiar with 21st Amendment Brewery located in the city’s historic South Park neighborhood, just a few blocks away from the Giants’ home turf. For the uninitiated however, one of the best things about this company (besides its product) is its founding story. Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan were [...]

Bringing the Pub to You

When faced with the choice, most men will opt for a draft-poured beer over something bottled or canned. At least, I hope they do. Don’t get me wrong, individually packaged beers are good, but they lack the freshness and fullness that a draft can offer. So you can imagine the utter lack of productivity that [...]

“Once it hits your lips it’s so good…” By Guest Writer Mark Arevalo In my college days, I did a fair amount of keg stands and Frank the Tank impersonations, but since then I’ve out grown keg parties and Will Ferrell quotes (well kind of) and I’ve graduated to beers that taste less like water [...]