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A Look At New York Limited’s Bottling Day [PICS]

The 2013 SAVOR collaboration teams up Brooklyn Brewery, Saranac and Ommegang to create New York Limited. The beer is a bottle conditioned white lager, brewed with a plethora of New York state ingredients including, lemon verbena, honey, state grown hops. Brewed at Brooklyn with a lager Continue Reading →

You Can Chill A Beer With A Slingshot [VIDEO]

There is some basic physics at work here when you attempt to chill a beer with a slingshot. Sadly, none of them involve shooting a beer through a slingshot. Or with a slingshot, for that matter.

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Watch This Inspirational Craft Beer “Hopumentary”

Do you have about 15 minutes to devote to a beer documentary this morning? This amazing video piece covers a little bit of history of the backstory on beer in the United States, and what opened wide the door for craft beer as we know it today. It is quite inspiring. You might need a beer in hand for it…

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A Look At New York Limited’s Bottling Day [PICS]

The 2013 SAVOR collaboration teams up Brooklyn BrewerySaranac and Ommegang to create New York Limited. The beer is a bottle conditioned white lager, brewed with a plethora of New York state ingredients including, lemon verbena, honey, state grown hops. Brewed at Brooklyn with a lager yeast, bottle conditioned with an ale yeast. Available to SAVOR attendees only, unfortunately. Check out this behind the scenes look at bottling day. Images: © Amy Sussman Photography

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A Look Inside Lagunita’s Exotic Beer Circus [VIDEO]

On May 19th, Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA) hosted their annual Beer Circus. Funds raised went to keeping the music program in local schools. Don’t live in California? Check out this recap. [MarkDayComedy]

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A Beer Bottle Made of Concrete [PICS]

Budapest based design firm has a new concept material for beer bottles- concrete. The firm, called Remember the Lion, uses a concrete glaze to fortify the outside of the bottle. The finish is as rugged as it is elegant. Bar fights will never be the same. [RememberTheLion]

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Beer Street Journal Makes Some Thrillist Summer Picks

Beer Street Journal was asked by Thrillist Atlanta to make a couple of summer beer picks alongside a couple of other ATL drinkers. If you have a second, see what I and a my favorite beer drinking folks came up with. [ThrillistATL]

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The Bottle Opener A One-Armed Bartender Will Love [VIDEO]

Speed bottle opening is great if you have a two hands. What if you don’t? Then what? That’s where The Gropener comes in. The bottle opener that you can use with one hand. ERP $20 [TheGropener]

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You Can Chill A Beer With A Slingshot [VIDEO]

There is some basic physics at work here when you attempt to chill a beer with a slingshot. Sadly, none of them involve shooting a beer through a slingshot. Or with a slingshot, for that matter.