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A Beer Lover’s Weekend at Biltmore Estate and Asheville, Beer City USA
Planning a getaway that works for both the beer lover and the partner who would rather tour a mansion than a brewhouse? Asheville, North Carolina might be the...
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Same Buildings, New Beer: What Comes Next for Long Island Craft Beer
In Part 1 of this series, I walked through the five Long Island breweries that closed between May 2025 and February 2026: The Brewers Collective, Port Jeff Brewing,...
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Tortilla Flat’s Superstition Saloon: Cold Beer and Dollar-Bill Walls on Arizona’s Apache Trail
Somewhere past the outskirts of Phoenix, where the pavement winds through the Superstition Mountains and Canyon Lake glitters below, you will find one of the most unusual bars...
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Spiced Lamb Skillet With Dried Fruit, Paired With Imperial Stout
It happens after every big holiday meal. You open the fridge the next day and find a plate of leftover roast lamb staring back at you. Reheating the...
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Beer and Cigar Pairing: A Guide to Matching Brews and Smokes
Few simple pleasures beat a good beer and a good cigar at the end of a long day. Picture a deck at sunset, a cold glass in one...
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Halloween Cocktails and Shots: Spooky Drinks for Your Party
Halloween is the one night of the year when a drink named after a brain injury or a vampire’s lunch is exactly what the party needs. Good Halloween...
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Milwaukee Instruments MA871 Digital Brix Refractometer
The Milwaukee Instruments MA871 is a handheld digital refractometer that reads sugar content from just two or three drops of wort. Instead of squinting at a scale through...
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Silver Serpent Stainless Steel Immersion Wort Chiller
The Silver Serpent from Northern Brewer is a 25 foot immersion chiller made entirely of stainless steel, so it will not tarnish or corrode between batches. You drop...
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Fermtech Auto-Siphon (Regular, 5/16 in)
The Fermtech Auto-Siphon is the standard tool for moving beer from one vessel to another. A single pump of the inner tube starts the siphon without mouth suction...
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Brooklyn Brew Shop Everyday IPA Beer Making Kit
Brooklyn Brew Shop pioneered the 1 gallon, all-grain kit for small kitchens. The Everyday IPA kit brews about ten 12 oz bottles of a 6.8% ABV citrusy IPA...
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The Drinks.wiki Glassware Guide: Every Cocktail Glass and What It’s For
The right glass is not just about looks. It changes how cold a drink stays, how its aroma reaches you, how long the bubbles last and even how...
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Fall Cocktail Trends 2026: Spice, Smoke and the Return of the Classics
Every fall, cocktail menus change their clothes. The spritzes and frozen drinks of summer step aside, brown spirits come back to the front of the bar, and suddenly...
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Spaten Premium Lager Review: A Crisp German Classic Worth Keeping on Hand
Some beers try to grab your attention. Spaten Premium Lager just quietly does its job, and it does it well. This is the beer that helped invent an...
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Used Beer Keg Prices: What You Should Expect to Pay
A practical pricing guide for used beer kegs in the U.S. market: typical ranges for half barrels, quarter barrels, sixtels, and Cornelius kegs, plus the factors that move...
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How to Clean and Sanitize a Used Beer Keg
A practical guide to cleaning and sanitizing used beer kegs. PBW vs caustic, Star San basics, step-by-step processes for both Cornelius and Sankey kegs, and when a keg...
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Cornelius (Corny) Kegs: The Complete Homebrewer’s Guide
Everything you need to know about Cornelius (corny) kegs: ball lock vs pin lock, common sizes, what to inspect when buying used, replacement parts, and current used pricing....
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How to Buy Used Beer Kegs: What to Inspect, What to Ask, and What to Avoid
A practical inspection guide for buying used beer kegs locally. Covers what to look for on Sankey valves and Cornelius posts, what questions to ask sellers, red flags...
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Five Long Island Breweries Gone in Under a Year – What Just Happened to Our Craft Beer Scene?
By all accounts, Long Ireland Beer Company‘s last night was something. New Year’s Eve 2025, a Riverhead taproom packed shoulder to shoulder with regulars and strangers who felt...
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What the Home Distilling Ruling Actually Means for Homebrewers
On April 21, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury that the federal home distilling ban is constitutional, directly contradicting...
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Thiolized Yeast -The Science Behind the Tropical Fruit Bomb in Your Beer
Thiolized Yeast: The Science Behind the Tropical Fruit Bomb in Your Beer If you’ve cracked open a hazy IPA in the last couple of years and thought, “this...
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Which Yeast Makes the Most Tropical, Fruitiest Hazy IPA? Brewers Weigh In
Picking a yeast for your next hazy IPA sounds simple until you start reading forums, watching YouTube reviews, and scrolling through retailer comments at 1 a.m. Everyone has...
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The Ideal Homebrew Setup Series – Part 3: Sanitation, Temperature Control, and Common Mistakes to Avoid
Welcome to the final installment of our three-part series, “The Ideal Homebrew Setup.” In Part 1, we covered all of the essential equipment you need to get started....
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The Ideal Homebrew Setup Series – Part 2: Key Ingredients and the Brewing Process Step by Step
Welcome back to our series on “The Ideal Homebrew Setup.” In Part 1, we covered all of the essential equipment you need to brew your first batch of...
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The Ideal Homebrew Setup Series – Part 1: Essential Equipment for Your First Homebrew Setup
So you’ve decided to start brewing your own beer at home. That’s exciting! But if you’ve ever searched for homebrewing equipment online, you probably felt a little overwhelmed...
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