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Bootleg Brewski

Bootleg Brewski

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. Making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging. I checked my record collection and found a couple of interesting...

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Barn Brothers Deliver the Goods

Barn Brothers Deliver the Goods

You’ve got your Doobie Brothers, and the Allman Brothers, there’s the BeeGees and Dire Straits, and the Police. How about the Kinks or the Beach Boys, ACDC and INXS too.* Time to add another brother supergroup to that list, the Brothers MacKinnon. Yep, there’s some...

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Young Rival Merits Consideration

Young Rival Merits Consideration

Is Asok Wally’s young rival or mentee? Will he ever be able to muster the passion that Wally displays for apathy or does he just not care enough. Scott Adams answers these important questions and more in what is perhaps the penultimate business book of the last...

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Illegal Alien?

Illegal Alien?

According to Short Finger Brewing aliens exist. Maybe in Bugs Bunny cartoons, Rod Serling stories and Ridley Scott movies they do. I googled “pictures of aliens” and guess what. They all look like ET! I guess Spielberg knew something we didn’t. As far as official...

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This Q Without the U is A-OK

This Q Without the U is A-OK

Not too often you see a Q without a U.* QBrew is not a scrabble approved play, but it is a new brew from Mill Street. According to them, “the only regret we have is that we spent too much time as misguided youth drinking sub-standard ales”. If that’s their only...

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This Beer is History

This Beer is History

This Watertown NY brew caught my eye. I wondered why a US brewery would name a beer after a war they lost. Turns out the US thinks they won the war of 1812. So does Canada. Historians call it a draw, a stalemate with no concessions by either side. Of course, we all...

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Professor Porter

Professor Porter

My higher education continues with glasses classes and we ain’t talking about optometry school either. It’s another Beer 101 assignment, this time with Professor Porter. After nearly being suspended for some baby shower beer tasting, it was time to hit the bocks and...

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A Trip Well Worth Taking

A Trip Well Worth Taking

After a Mary Poppins porter (practically perfect in every way) can Cameron’s follow suit with another ace? They say this brew is “the perfect companion for any outdoor adventure”. Some Tom Cruise wannabe thrill seekers may be thinking of outdoor adventures like...

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Pouring Hard and Drinking Easy in Dublin Bay

Pouring Hard and Drinking Easy in Dublin Bay

Dublin Bay is the home of Guinness, the pride of Ireland and for many years an iconic Irish company, now owned by a British International beverage giant.* I am a Guinness fan and this Something in the Water nitro pays homage to original home of the famous stout. As...

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A Wonder Full Glass of Beer

A Wonder Full Glass of Beer

JT sampled this brew and super suds it and that’s all the reference I need to wrap and tap this pint-sized package and put a Beau’s on it. I figure no matter how it turns out my beer glass will be Wonder full. Farmer Steve was asking about the tractor pull competition...

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