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Before it became a New England tourism phenomenon, driving around the countryside "peeping" at things might have been considered disturbing if not criminal. Greeted by some locals with mock shrieks of horror when they notice the first leaf turn a slight hue of auburn, orange, or yellow, "leaf peeping" is big business from Western Massachusetts to the Maine coast.

Folks from Colorado tend to be passionate about snow sports and malt-based beverages. Given the popularity of these complimentary pleasures, it’s not surprising that a fresh pint is seldom far from the state’s many winter playgrounds.

For the past quarter century, Denver has welcomed beer fans from across the nation to the Great American Beer Festival. For almost half those years Ale Street News has been ferrying its own group of beer faithful to the hallowed halls of hops.

Catching the 5:17 p.m. train home to Huntington? Or perhaps to Harmon, Hazlet, or Hicksville? Wherever your destination is by train, the two New York City railroad stations offer a reasonable selection of craft beer for your journey home.

A few years ago, I went to an imperial stout tasting sponsored by this publication at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan. Given the hour of the event (after 7 p.m.) and the elegant venue, I outfitted myself accordingly: black dress slacks, high-heeled black boots, pink patterned blouse.

If you don’t think there’s any good beer in Orlando, chances are you haven’t left the airport. When you do get out of the airport, here are sixteen places to go in the greater Orlando area for what ales you.

The Beer Goddess Roadshow continues onward — mega happenings and a spectacular, fun- filled week in South Dakota and our return trip to NJ via Madison, WI. I will try to explain it all…but you gotta forgive sensory overload, sometimes it just happens.

A touch of vertigo can be forgiven at the Great American Beer Festival. Standing in the center of the floor as the crescendo rises, you suddenly feel the magnetic attraction of 1,450 beers all at once.