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Bartenders’ night out: New Orleans
Meriam Benezra at The Avenue Pub / Photo by Craig Mulcahy Just got into town? Steal insider recs from the guys and gals behind some of the country’s best beer bars. Here’s where a music-loving, New...
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Where to drink in April
On the cusp of a new month, it’s time to crack open your planner and pencil in some beer events and festivals. April proves to be full of springy opportunities, including cider and saison festivals,...
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Brussels tries to recover as tourism plummets
Cantillon; Photo by Joe Stange [This is part one of a two-part piece.] Personified by the ketje—the caricature would be a fun-loving, joke-pulling, dialect-slinging brawler of a street kid—Brussels...
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Road trip: Seeking beer on the California coast
Illustration by Lily Padula A two-day loop from LA north to Paso Robles showcases some West Coast vets like Firestone Walker alongside new pubs, breweries and instagram-worthy ocean views. Day One...
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Lithuania and its peculiar, little-known farmhouse ales
Left to right: Bartender at Snekutis Stepono // Jovaru Alus brewer Aldona Udriene // Brewers at Pakruojo Dvaras // Photos by Joe Stange Aldona Udriene sat at her dining room table near a painted...
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How to drink by aquabus in Vancouver
Photo by David J. Laporte It’s east to spot one of Vancouver’s iconic Aquabuses thanks to their hulls’ bright rainbow paint. They appear tiny against the dark waters and glistening modern buildings of...
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Brussels: Where surrealism makes the most sense
Photo by Joe Stange [This is the second of two posts exploring Brussels’ beer scene in the wake of March 2016 terror attacks. Read the first post here.] Brussels is the surrealist city par excellence....
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A guide to suburban Sydney’s beer revival
Yes, Australia is far. Sydney is 14 hours by plane from California and an entire day vanishes from the calendar while en route. But it’s a lot closer than most realize—especially when it comes to craft...
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Cruise for brews on these 6 bike and bus beer tours
Beercycling Tours in Flanders, Belgium // Photo by Evan Cohan These beer tours—by two, four or more wheels—offer drinkers a new view of their favorite places. BEERCYCLING TOURS Belgium, the...
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Old Town Brewery: Go for the ghost, stay for the gold medals
Hipsterific as it is today, the city of Portland, Oregon has a rather shady and sordid past. In the late 1800s, it was considered one of the most dangerous places in the country to go out drinking;...
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Toronto finally comes of (beer-drinking) age
Sitting at the bar in the central, stone-walled portion of C’est What, you get a sense that this time-worn subterranean taproom near Toronto’s celebrated St. Lawrence Market has been around forever....
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The 5 most surprising beer bits I discovered in North Carolina
Wooden Robot Brewery; photo by Kate Bernot I traveled to western North Carolina this past week to brush up on the exploding beer scene in Charlotte, pay a visit to some hot breweries in Asheville and...
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Rye Lithuanian comforts: Gira and kepta duona
Photo by Joe Stange In my recent piece on Lithuania—in the pages of DRAFT and also here—I suggest that truly rustic beers are the next best thing to time travel. I’d like to add: Old World breads have...
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America’s great beer ’hoods
There are great beer cities—we see you, Denver, Portland and Asheville—but within bubbling brew towns are smaller, concentrated pockets of breweries, bars and bottle shops with their own flavor. We...
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Best breakfasts: Louisville
Wild Eggs // Kalamity Katie’s Border Benedict If you’re in town for the Kentucky Derby (May 6-7), you know you’re about to down your weight in mint juleps. But before all that, you ought to fill up on...
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Road trip: Seeking beer from Chicago to southwest Michigan
Illustration by Lily Padula Michigan’s quaint lakeside towns are more beer-soaked than you might expect. Summer is the perfect time to grab a friend, split the driving duties and enjoy a post-brewery...
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Postcard from Forchheim, Upper Franconia
Photo by Joe Stange It is 9:07 a.m. as I scribble this, sitting in the barroom at the Neder brewery in Forchheim, Germany. It’s pleasant outside, just what you’d want in early June, and it would be...
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Beertown U.S.A.: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a lot of things: home of the blues, birthplace of rock ’n’ roll (not to mention Justin Timberlake), liberal enclave in a conservative state. But five years ago—when there was just one...
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9 openings that prove Milwaukee is seeing a serious beer boom
Urban Harvest Brewing Company; photo by JMKE Photography Milwaukee is a beer city. For some time, it was pretty much Beerville U.S.A., thanks to the Miller Brewing Company’s operations there. It’s...
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Best breakfasts: Minneapolis
Hola Arepa’s Fried Chicken & Cachapas // Photo by Matt Lien You could easily spend all your time in Minneapolis wandering from taproom to taproom. Start your day at one of these brunch spots and...
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