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Whether you want to hear it or not, winter is on the way. And while we still enjoy lighter beers like IPAs, pilsners, and wheat beers from time to time, winter is the season of darker, maltier beers. Specifically, stouts. Dark (and sometimes pitch black) in appearance and loaded with…
Now that we are officially past Halloween and all the candy, ghouls, and goblins that day brings with it, it’s officially the holiday season. The first holiday of this season of revelry is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time to come together to see friends and family, reminisce about days gone…
While many people will already start putting inflatable Santas and the Grinch on their front lawns the day after Halloween, the holidays don’t officially begin until late November when Thanksgiving arrives. This is the day when we “give thanks” to our friends and family by gorging on stuffing, mashed potatoes,…
Action is one of the most popular movie genres, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a better decade for fans of explosive, over-the-top action than the 1980s. It was the decade of out-of-this-world action stars like Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Mel Gibson. Not only was it a…
Halloween has come a long way from its origin story of the day when the souls of the deceased returned to Earth. These days, instead of preparing for the arrival of the souls of our loved ones, many instead opt to watch festive, spooky, and downright terrifying movies (while consuming…
While you can find great buddy comedies in most decades, there are few ten-year periods in film better than the 1980s. Duos like Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Alex Winter, and Keanu Reeves, and Tom Hanks and French Mastiff named Hooch made the 80s an…
Sure, the IPA has its haters (especially bitterly hoppy West Coast IPAs), but there are few beer styles as divisive has the annual fall release of the pumpkin beer. Maybe it’s because many drinkers want a “beer that tastes like beer” and not one that tastes likes a pumpkin pie…
Every year, citizens of Munich and travelers from all over the world descend on the massive fairgrounds in Munich known as “the Theresienwiese.” They drink giant liters of frosty beers; eat their weight in bratwurst, schnitzel, and sauerkraut; and don dirndls and lederhosen while they sing along to oom-pah music…
If you don’t know much about Oktoberfest, you might simply think it’s an annual beer-fueled event created to ring in the start of fall with all the bratwurst and Marzen you can drink. Well, if you think that, you’d be half right. It is a beer, sausage, lederhosen, and oom-pah-music-fueled…
If you didn’t know it already, there are more than 9,000 breweries currently operating in the United States alone. That’s an awful lot of brewers crafting IPAs, lagers, pale ales, stouts, and other beer styles. They got to their positions in a variety of ways. Some went to one of…
If you’re a big fan of whiskey, you’ve probably tried your fair share of bourbons, rye whiskeys, single malt Scotch whiskies, and the various other whisk(e)y styles. You probably have a few bottles from each style that you love more than all others. Perhaps you stop by your local liquor…
If you’re a fan of aged spirits, there’s a good chance your drink of choice is some form of whisk(e)y: bourbon, rye, single malt Scotch whisky, Canadian whisky, Irish whiskey, and beyond. There's enough to choose from that even if you never ventured out into other spirits there'd always be…
Pilsners, a type of lager, get their name from the city of Plzeň (translated to Pilsen in English) in the Czech Republic. Here, Pilsner Urquell brewed the first pale lager back in 1842. The style, known for its refreshing, crisp, easy-drinking nature, can be broken up into several distinct types.…
There are a lot of types of spirits out there, and no one can be expected to have an encyclopedic knowledge of all of them. While you might have a pretty good grasp on the ins and outs of whisk(e)y, tequila, vodka, rum, and gin, there are numerous others you…
