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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 7
Welcome to an ongoing BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. He was a longtime Rock Bottom brewer with … Continue reading
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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 6
Welcome to an ongoing BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. Maker of ridiculously good beer, Matt Van Wyk … Continue reading
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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 5
Welcome to an ongoing BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. Hill Farmstead Brewery’s Shaun Hill is no slouch … Continue reading
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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 4
Welcome to an ongoing BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. Vinnie. Like Madonna, Sting and Prince, Vinnie Cilurzo … Continue reading
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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 3
Welcome to an ongoing BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. John Laffler. Until recently, he was the guy … Continue reading
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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 2
Welcome to an ongoing BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. You’ve probably heard of Mitch Steele. He’s the … Continue reading
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Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers, Part 1
Welcome to a new BREWVANA series, Favorite Brewers’ Favorite Brewers. The project is simple: I ask some of the industry’s most notable brewers to share which brewers they most admire and why. To start, let’s find out who influences the … Continue reading
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A beer geek’s browser*
To break the monotony of my workday (which is spent at a desk typing away on news, sports and features, as well as fooling with the occasional society item or obituary), I’ve found that I have a small arsenal of … Continue reading
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A Lenten beer conversation with a fulltime monk
A couple of years ago, I did a little research into the Lenten practice of monks of the 17th Century. Thirsty as I am, I focused on the origin story of the doppelbock style of beer. Legend has it that … Continue reading
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FAQs that I just made up about Illuminator
In the interest of answering all your burning questions about Rock Bottom’s next incarnation of my Illuminator Doppelbock, I sat down with myself for a self-interview. While not all of these questions are asked of me frequently, some of them actually … Continue reading









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