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Albany Craft Beer Festival tickets now available

March 2, 2011 beercommdood

Tickets for the Albany Craft Beer Festival are now available for order online. Ticket Info || Ticket Order The beer list will be available soon.

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Beer Festival coming to Albany, NY

February 24, 2011 beercommdood

The Albany Craft Beer Festival will be bringing 100 different craft beers along with great local food to The Armory on May 14, 2011. The festival is being organized by Craftproducers, an event and management organization from Charlotte, VT. Details are still forming, but stay tuned to the event site and my blog, where updates will [...]

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Frustration over funky bombers

April 28, 2009 beercommdood

I went to Cooper’s Cave Ale Company a couple of weeks ago and was quite pleased with their beer at the brewery tasting. So impressed, in fact, that I picked up a baker’s dozen of their bombers (one of each). I’ve popped two so far (the ungodly delicious doppelbock and a Sagamore stout), and both [...]

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Flying Dog Canis Major Tasting Tonight!

April 18, 2009 beercommdood

I’m really looking forward to the live tasting of Flying Dog’s Canis Major series tonight! Bo Carlson and heads of Flying Dog host as we taste some of their stronger, wilder beers. These beers should be readily available in most beer stores (not likely your local supermarket), and in some locations you may find a [...]

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Beer Wars

April 16, 2009 beercommdood

I got back from watching Beer Wars. I thought it was a great documentary about the craft beer movement in the US and the mammoth commercial giants that pretty much own the US market. While it was interesting hearing from many of the craft brewers about their successes and struggles, I felt like I left [...]

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Trappist Tasting a Success on Twitter

January 17, 2009 beercommdood

The Twitter Taste Live beer tasting I blogged about previously was a success. People from all over gathered together to drink good beer and blog their tasting notes. Rather than rehash what I wrote previously or get into tasting notes, I’ll comment on the event itself. The forum was open, rather than led. We had [...]

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Twitter Taste Live BEER!

January 14, 2009 beercommdood

There’s an online Trappist Ale tasting going on this Saturday, January 17th, starting at 8pm Eastern. What you will need to participate: a Twitter account (free) a TwitterTasteLive account (free) registration for the event (free) a web connection one bottle each of: Chimay Red, Chimay Tripel, Westmalle Dubbel, Westmalle Tripel Need more info? Just ask. [...]

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Sam Adams Voluntary Recall

April 13, 2008 beercommdood

Just a quick note to get the word out. Sam Adams is recalling select bottles due to glass fragments in the beer. From their recall notice: During a routine bottle inspection at one of our breweries, we detected possible defects in a small percentage of bottles resulting in the random presence of bits of glass, [...]

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