Category: Thoughts on Tap
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Best Ho-Ho-Holiday Can Art of 2023
‘Tis the season for craft breweries near and far to deck their cans with the most festive artwork. I always look forward to exciting new releases and the return of annual winter favorites.
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What does your ugly sweater say about you?
The Thanksgiving leftovers are gone and the holiday season is in full swing. It’s time to get festive, dig around the depths of your closet, and don your trusty ugly sweater for its brief moment in the spotlight.
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A Thanksgiving toast to beer on the SouthCoast
I recently came across an old guest post I published for my good friends, the Mass Brew Bros, in November 2016 about the growing southeastern Massachusetts craft beer scene. Looking back seven years later, with a focus on the SouthCoast, there’s plenty of great beer available with no sign of…
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Cracking the code to spot fresh beer
It’s Tuesday night and I just wrapped up some quick errands. I noticed my beer fridge was looking a little too empty before I left home so I swing by one of the packies (or liquor store for those of you outside of New England) on my route back. What…
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Making the case for alcohol law reform in the Ocean State
Last month, a bill proposing a slight increase to the amount of cans of beer that can be sold to-go from taprooms was passed by the Rhode Island Senate and now sits in the House.
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Top 5 cartoon beers I need to try
There are tons of people in the craft beer community that are constantly chasing whalez, but my top five will always elude me.
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Are you drinking socially or selfishly?
Untappd’s tagline is “drink socially.” In reality, users of the app really fall onto a spectrum – social on one end of the spectrum and selfish on the other.
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Perfectly Craft’d experiences served up locally
Are you the type of person that gives some thought about what’s in your glass? Are you curious about why the brewer brewed it? Wondering why it got the name it did? What about the general history of the style? And hey, why’s it in this tulip instead of an…
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Bud Light continues taking shots at mead in latest ad
Another football season bring another blitz from AB InBev and Bud Light.
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Don’t look now: Blind tastings help open up the mind
Blind tastings are an incredible way to get past preconceived opinions based on brand and haze boi hype. They offer an opportunity to appreciate beer and think about it critically.
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