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Mondial de la biere Festival

Weds, May 28 – Sun, June 1, 2008

Montreal, Quebec


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October 9-12, 2008

Denver, CO

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Beer Styles / Tasting Panel
ASN Tasting Panel - Altbiers PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Sullivan   
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
The Ale Street News tasting panel met the day after St. Patrick’s Day at the Waterfront Ale House in Brooklyn to taste Altbier, one of the lesser-known beer styles these days.
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The Breweries and Cafes of Amsterdam PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chuck Cook   
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Amsterdam is a city known for world-class museums, coffee shops (where coffee is not really the main source of income!) and a red-light district with, well, the kinds of things one expects to see in a red-light district.
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Nantucket Secret PDF Print E-mail
Written by Matt Sciacca   
Thursday, 31 January 2008
When most folks think about the island of Nantucket, which sits 30 miles out off the mainland of Cape Cod, the old whaling industry comes to mind. What many people don’t know is that a new industry, a small craft operation, has rooted itself amongst the small farms and rolling moors. This three-headed operation — Cisco Brewers/Triple Eight Distillery/Nantucket Vineyards — may be New England’s best kept secret.
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ASN Tasting Panel: Barleywines PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Sullivan   
Thursday, 31 January 2008
The rise of so-called extreme beers (as documented by the recent New York Times article) can make a once obscure beer like barleywine seem positively mainstream by comparison.
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