beer

Nonalcoholic Beer Has Entered Its Golden Age

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There are few nodes of drinking culture more saturated, more spoiled for choice, more endlessly iterated upon in the 21st century than craft beer. Saunter into any microbrew market and you’d be forgiven for becoming instantly mind-warped from the sheer maximalism of all the options. But look closer, past the Double Chunky Cheeky Stouts, Guava … Read more

For Whiskey and Beer Nerds, the “Shelf Turd” Abides

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I had my first taste of Goose Island’s iconic Bourbon County Stout more than a decade ago, before I was of legal drinking age. It was an overwhelming experience for an underdeveloped palate. The intense cacao and coconut notes weren’t necessarily lost on me, but rather subsumed by a foreign gravity. My friends and I … Read more