Budweiser generated considerable buzz last March when they announced that they were exploring ways to brew beer on Mars. And no matter their real intentions, the free publicity gambit went viral for a day or two and then thankfully disappeared…But now they’ve announced that they're sending Bud barley into space!
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We can probably credit Goose Island’s annual Bourbon County Brand Stout release with popularizing the association with dark ales and retail’s big shopping day. And for those of you who choose to avoid the mall like the plague…We've got some dark, dark, drinking alternatives.
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The Thanksgiving feast is over, but you’re still ready for some ‘get out of the house’ fun. Good because we’ve all kinds of ideas for you.  From the nation’s coolest beer events to movies, music and cutting edge TV - we’ve got your back big-time. Plus we’ve a weekend beer pick for you too because we know you’ll be drinking.
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It’s Thanksgiving…And in what has become an ACB tradition, we’re republishing a holiday poem by our LA Correspondent Dave Stratton, who also does standup comedy when he’s not in rehab or out covering the Los Angeles beer waterfront for us.
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Thanksgiving is a wonderful American holiday. The first of winter’s celebrations. it’s all about family, food, friends, and for many of us, beer. And few meals allow for such a wide variety of food and beer pairings as the Thanksgiving dinner - which makes your beer choices both easier and more difficult.
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Generally brewers craft beers to present as intended, a finished product that can be offered as this kind of ‘coffee porter’ for instance, or that kind of IPA. But now New Belgium Brewing is inviting beer-lovers to mix things up.
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Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsey who has seen more kitchen drama than most, is now feeling the heat for having endorsed a beer that some refer to as the worst in the world.
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Fall has given way to winter in our latest collection of serious pre-Thanksgiving beer releases…And we’ve five interesting new craft beer directions (some of them ENORMOUS) that you’re gonna want to chase down as we go into the holidays.
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With more American craft breweries than ever before, canning their awesome brews, we’ve no doubt you’ll have some on hand this Thanksgiving. And you can put them to good use this week in more ways than one….like for roasting the world’s juiciest grilled turkey!
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Maryland’s Comptroller Peter Franchot announced today a major legislative package that would fundamentally reform the antiquated laws and burdensome regulations that have plagued Maryland’s craft breweries.
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