SOB Beer Blog
Our rants about beer and beer culture.
Best Summer Beers
05.16.2012 12:58 PM
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- beer food pairing
- beer prices
- best summer beers
- craft brew
- good summer beer
- summer ales
- summer beers
Recently, TIME Magazine published a feature about the best beers for the summer. We anticipate that you’re a discerning beer drinker who can appreciate that there are different flavors for different seasons – and that you won’t stubbornly cling to your Miller High Life all year round
King of Craft Beers
05.12.2012 14:06 PM
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- beer
- craft beer
- sam adams
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Samuel Adams
BEANTOWN BREWMASTER | Jim Koch, CEO of Boston Beer Co.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN the small get big? Craft beer is at a turning point. While upstart breweries continue to blossom—more than 150 opened last year—the companies that started the movement two and three decades ago have grown into relative giants
The 6 Best Breakfast Beers
05.08.2012 12:20 PM
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- 5th of may
- april fools day beer
- beer prices
- best cinco de mayo beer
- cinco de mayo
- Good idea!
- memorial day drinking
- memorial day party
- mexico
- pacifico
- product reviews
- saveonbrew
You’re always grabbing breakfast on the run, and it usually doesn’t include a cold one. Because beer is an essential part of your daily diet, we’re replacing your go-to morning munchies with suds of similar taste. Rise and shine with a breakfast of beers.
Bubble has not burst on craft beer market
05.08.2012 08:00 AM
This article originally appeared HERE via the Washington Post.
Craft beer sales grew by 15 percent in 2011.
(Jason E. Kaplan)
“The world almost seems flipped on its side — a revolution has happened,” reported Benj Steinman, president of the trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insight, in assessing the state of craft brewing.
Can Beer Save America?
05.07.2012 19:36 PM
This article originally seen HERE on Salon.
The redemption of the economy may start with the type of brew you keep in your fridge
(Credit: iStockphoto/Stratol)
The grand unifying theory of the American consumer has been that we are, first and foremost, low price fetishists.
Best Baseball Parks to Enjoy a Craft Beer
05.05.2012 10:54 AM
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- beer food
- beer in the news
- cinco de mayo
- dos equis
- Good idea!
- memorial day
- memorial day party
- mexican beer
- modelo
Originally found HERE on Beer Universe.
Most baseball parks have caught on with the craft beer
wave.
To evaluate the heavy hitters, I comprised a baseball lineup of the best ballparks to enjoy craft beer.
Today’s starting lineup...
Why Corona Can Just Go Ahead And Suck It This Cinco De Mayo
05.01.2012 15:27 PM
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- 5th of may
- best cinco de mayo beer
- cinco de mayo
- cinco de mayo beers
- corona
- dos equis
- mexican beer
- mexico
- modelo
- pacifico
If you thought that Corona was the cool thing to be drinking this Cinco de Mayo... THINK AGAIN!
It's true that Mexican beers are the top-selling imports in America. It's also true that Corona Extra has risen to prominence in recent years, dominating the competition with more than 115 MILLION CASES sold in the US each year.
But I shouldn't have to tell you that the average American will buy any sort of Godforsaken lime-stuffed pisswater, so long as it's perceived as "cool." Corona with lime quickly became "the club drink" in American bars in the 1980s. Yet, before you grab that case of Corona, I beg of you to consider how UNCOOL Corona has gotten in recent years.
Now that only suckers that drink Corona are...
The people who drank the water in Tijuana and are forever deranged...
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