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Why Craft Brewers Are Migrating From Cities to Suburbs

Imbibe Magazine

Living in suburban Collierville, Tennessee, some 30 minutes southeast of Memphis, Maggie Emerson was used to traveling for locally brewed beer. Emerson, who swapped the software industry for brewing, resolved to shorten the commute for cold beer by opening a hometown brewery. ” Maroon Brew Co. ” Maroon Brew Co.

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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials

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Sketchbook’s celebration is already on their calendar as well, and while not a true Oktoberfest celebration, I think it’s worth mentioning that the Metropolitan beers from Short Fuse are getting a proper release party (with brats and schnitzel) one week from today. We’ll be out there with you. Nice to see.

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Before 2011, the Russian Government Treated Beer as a ‘Soft Drink’

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This is not to say that Russians themselves considered beer to be the same thing as soda, but the classification did allow for the sale and consumption of beer to be treated as such. The first measure, a 200 percent tax hike on beer, went into effect in 2010. The laws all went into effect at the start of 2013.

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Beer Prices Have Doubled at These NFL Stadiums in the Last Decade

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It’s no secret that enjoying a beer at an NFL game is expensive, but if you feel like you’re spending more and more money every season, you’re not imagining things. According to new data from FinanceBuzz , beer prices have increased by an average of 25 percent across the NFL, and they’ve more than doubled at five teams’ stadiums.

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Breweries Are Finding Fertile Partnerships With Gardeners and Plant Collectors

Imbibe Magazine

Normally, there’s no real good reason to leave Santa Barbara, California, and drive due north on Mission Canyon Road in search of great beer. That day, the 78-acre expanse temporarily transforms into the Beer Garden, a festival that encourages attendees to stroll past California plants—and drink them too.

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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

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craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. If craft breweries were once started by people with a pure passion for drinking “better beer,” eventually they started to be seen as easy money by entrepreneurial types. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

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Where to Drink in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Imbibe Magazine

Achilles Heel Before the Greenpoint riverfront was a near unbroken string of high-rise condos, restaurateur Andrew Tarlow (Diner, She Wolf, Marlow & Sons), opened Achilles Heel in 2013 on a tucked-away side street. In fact, I haven’t ordered a single drink here that didn’t elicit the exclamation, “Damn, that’s delicious!”

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