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Style Snapshot: Six must-try B.C. Hefeweizen

Jordan St. John • May 5, 2023

A guide to the zesty, contemplative Hefeweizen WHAT IS IT? A top fermented ale, frequently made with up to 70% malted wheat, renowned for its fruity, spicy nose and lightly tart, quaffable body. It literally translates as “yeast-wheat.” DANGER LEVEL […]

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What’s your birth beer? A totally scientific month-by-month guide

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 23, 2018

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have connected certain beers with birth months and zodiac signs. Bible historians, for example, have long associated the 12 beers present at the Last Supper with the various months of the year. […]

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