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Local Beer, Global Travels – A Taste of Birra in Florence, Italy

Noëlle Phillips • July 7, 2022

When my friends heard that I was going on a 9-day work trip to Florence, they urged me to try the wine, the coffee, the gelato, and the pastries. But I had an even bigger priority: finding some good Italian […]

Features, Travel

I’m dreaming of a post-pandemic beer vacation

Joe Wiebe • April 30, 2021

During the depths of the pandemic lockdown last year I often found myself fantasizing about beer-themed vacations I might enjoy once the virus is vanquished. Even though the prospect of travelling was unfathomable then, picturing myself wandering the streets of […]

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