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		<title>Beer Birthday: Bert Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today would have been Bert Grant&#8217;s 84th birthday, and he is definitely missed. Bert opened the country&#8217;s first brewpub in 1982 in Yakima, Washington and was a fixture in the industry until his death in late July of 2001. Join me tonight in lifting a pint to Bert&#8217;s memory. Bert Grant and me at OBF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lagunitas Beer Circus Is Coming To Town Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend — Sunday May 20 to be exact — the circus is once again coming to the town of Petaluma as the fourth annual Lagunitas Beer Circus will be held on the grounds of the Lagunitas Brewery. If you haven&#8217;t been to the beer circus before, it&#8217;s one of the most amazing events of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Beer Cup Awards 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 06:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another record crowd of 2,034 sat down to a beer dinner by Adam Dulye of Monk&#8217;s Kettle and to listen to the awards for the 2012 Brewers Association World Beer Cup. This was the 10th World Beer Cup, which takes place every two years. This year&#8217;s competition saw 3,921 beers in 95 categories from 54 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toronado Belgian Beer Dinner 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, one of my favorite beer events of the year took place. The annual Toronado Belgian Beer Dinner with food by Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef, ran to twelve courses and was paired with 21 different Belgian and Belgian-inspired beers. Including the beers that were used as ingredients in each dish, a total of 48 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Dave Buhler</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Dave Buhler&#8217;s 53rd birthday. Ironically, like Dick Cantwell, whose birthday was yesterday, Dave is also a co-owner of Elysian Brewing in Seattle, Washington. Join me in wishing Dave a very happy birthday. Fal Allen and Dave Buhler at OBF. Dave and Celebrator publisher Tom Dalldorf (at right). Neither Tom or I could identify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toronado Belgian Beer Luncheon This Sunday, No Fooling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just learned that one of my favorite beer events of the year still has a few seats left. The annual Toronado Belgian Beer Dinner — really a luncheon — or I like to call it, a Blunch, is this Sunday, April 1, and that&#8217;s no joke. The food for this always amazing beer dinner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marzen Madness 2012 Reminder: Sign Up Today To Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the first tip-off tomorrow, today is the last day to sign up to try to pick the winners for this year’s March Madness. I&#8217;ve again set up a bracket game through Yahoo which I call &#8220;Märzen Madness.&#8221; It doesn&#8217;t look like there&#8217;s a limit to the number of people who can play, so sign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marzen Madness 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While not the biggest fan of college basketball, I still enjoy March Madness every year. The tournament is usually a fun diversion for a few weeks each year, so for the second straight year, I&#8217;ve set up a fantasy game, similar to fantasy football. It&#8217;s a bracket game through Yahoo which I call &#8220;Märzen Madness.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting The Bay: SF Beer Week 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s yet another video showcasing SF Beer Week. This one is brought to you by the Top Shelf Society. It has great production value and music, including what I can only assume is an original song, Beer by the Bay, &#8220;written and performed by Jefferson Bergey.&#8221; There&#8217;s a lot from the opening celebration and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Liver Barleywine Fest Winners 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the results from the 2012 Hard Liver Barleywine Fest in held at Brouwer&#8217;s Cafe in Seattle, Washington: 1st Place: Angel&#8217;s Share Bourbon &#8217;11; Lost Abbey 2nd Place: Abacus &#8217;11; Firestone Walker Brewing 3rd Place: Old Birdbrain &#8217;10; Black Raven Brewing Congratulations to all the winners. (And special thanks to Sean Paxton, the Homebrew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrator 24th Anniversary Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Atkinson, who does great video work for the Celebrator and others, put together this fun video from last night&#8217;s SF Beer Week closing celebration at the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley. I should give you fair warning; you will have to suffer through not one, but two interviews with yours truly. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ring Circus Brewer&#8217;s Dinner &amp; Sideshow This Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, check out the Three Ring Circus Brewer&#8217;s Dinner &#38; Sideshow happening this Wednesday night. To me, this sounds like the most off-the-hook, amazing, one-of-a-kind beer dinner since &#8230; well, since the last one Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef, did. If this isn&#8217;t on your SF Beer Week itinerary, it really should be, at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SF Beer Week Opening Celebration 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Atkinson, who does great video work for the Celebrator and others, put together this fun video from last night&#8217;s SF Beer Week opening celebration at the Concourse Exhibition Hall in San Francisco. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Bistro Double IPA Winners 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knee Deep Brewing&#8216;s Hopologist DIPA was chosen best in show at the 12th annual Double IPA Festival today at the Bistro in Hayward, California. The full winner&#8217;s list is below. 1st Place: Hopologist DIPA, Knee Deep Brewing 2nd Place: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing 3rd Place: Ruination, Stone Brewing And for the second straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #540: SF Beer Week 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s ad couldn&#8217;t be more new, less historical, if it tried. It&#8217;s the new poster for this year&#8217;s SF Beer Week, which begins today. This year&#8217;s poster may be the best yet. Each of the objects, people, places, things represent the name of a local beer, so it&#8217;s game, as well as a piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anchor Releases California Lager</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although SF Beer Week doesn&#8217;t officially launch until later tonight, there&#8217;s already been one event that took place at Anchor Brewing on Wednesday. Three weeks ago, they announced their new Zymaster Series and later revealed that the first beer in the series would be a pre-prohibition California Lager. Wednesday night, Anchor held an event to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s SF Beer Week Like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Heylin, of the Nor Cal Beer Guide, along with several other BABB members, created a little spoof or homage film for SF Beer Week entitled What&#8217;s SF Beer Week Like? Drawing on Reservoir Dogs and the cult status of Russian River&#8217;s Pliny the Elder, the minute and a half video might make you cry, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hops Webinars Scheduled By Simple Earth Hops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Sweeny, from Simple Earth Hops of Dodgeville, Wisconsin, announced today that he&#8217;ll be hosting 2-hour educational &#8220;Brewing Up a Community Hops Webinars&#8221; in March, April and May of this year, on the third Saturday of each month with a morning (10 a.m. CST) and evening (9 p.b. CST) session on each day. Accroding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pliny the Younger Day 2012</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/pliny-the-younger-day-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now fixed as the first Friday in February, today was Pliny the Elder Day for 2012 at Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa, California. When I arrived around 10:30, the line stretched from the entrance of the brewpub to the end of the block. I&#8217;m told the first fans arrived at around 6:00 a.m. this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brew Are You, Strong Beer Month?</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/brew-are-you-strong-beer-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=12116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s February, and that means it&#8217;s time for the 10th annual Strong Beer Month, once again with six new extreme beers each at 21st Amendment and Magnolia throughout the month, which this year has one more day to help you make it to the finish line. Try them all, and you get to keep the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guinness Believer Tour</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/guinness-believer-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=12049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday night Guinness&#8216; P.R. firm in New York invited me to the start of the Guinness Believer Tour, which debuted in San Francisco this weekend. The idea was to introduce not just regular Guinness, but also Foreign Extra Stout and their new Black Lager to consumers, who as far as I could tell, signed up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Barleywine Festival 2012 Winners</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/alaska-barleywine-festival-2012-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/alaska-barleywine-festival-2012-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the winners from this weekend&#8217;s Great Alaska Beer &#38; Barley Wine Festival in Anchorage, Alaska. Black Raven Brewing, Redmond, Washington Firestone Walker Brewing, Paso Robles, California Silver Gulch Brewing &#38; Bottling, Fairbanks, Alaska And the Best Winter Beer: Kodiak Island Brewing, Kodiak, Alaska Congratulations to all the winners. Thanks to Tom Dalldorf from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer At/Is Fancy Food</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-atis-fancy-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=11880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the third straight year, beer had a bigger presence at the Winter Fancy Food Show, held each January in San Francisco. The Brewers Association once again had a booth pouring beer from a variety of craft brewers, through their Export Development Program (EDP). I went the first year, too, and this year it again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danny Williams Needs Your Help</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/danny-williams-needs-your-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=11778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in the brewing industry, and especially if you&#8217;ve entered your beers in the Great American Beer Festival and/or the World Beer Cup, then you no doubt know Danny Williams. He&#8217;s worked with the Brewers Association at GABF for a number of years, and since 2001 has been in charge of the beer for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Brews Festival In Concord January 28</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/winter-brews-festival-in-concord-january-28/</link>
		<comments>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/winter-brews-festival-in-concord-january-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=11705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 3rd annual Winter Brews Festival, sponsored by the Brewing Network, will be held this year on Saturday, January 28 from Noon to 4:00 p.m. Thanks to the Occupy Berkeley movement, last year&#8217;s location was not available and BN thought they&#8217;d have to cancel. But the City of Concord came to the rescue, and this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoppy Christmas</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/hoppy-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my IP address to yours. Have a very Malty Christmas and a Hoppy Holiday. Peace On Earth, Good Beer to Men (and Women). &#8220;Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SF Beer Week Opening Event Announced</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/sf-beer-week-opening-event-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opening celebration to kick-off SF Beer Week for 2012 has been announced. Having outgrown our space last year, this year it&#8217;s been moved to a new, larger location at the Concourse pavilion at the Concourse Exhibition Center in SOMA. Here are the details: On February 10, 2012, over 50 Northern California breweries will converge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More From This Year&#8217;s Anchor Christmas Party</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/more-from-this-years-anchor-christmas-party/</link>
		<comments>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/more-from-this-years-anchor-christmas-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=11321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you saw my post from the Anchor Christmas Party a few days ago, my friend Mike Condie — who&#8217;s a much better photographer than I am — sent over some of the pictures he took at the party and I thought I&#8217;d share those, as well. The Celebrator crew. Alec Moss and Tom Dalldorf. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anchor Christmas Party 2011</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/anchor-christmas-party-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/anchor-christmas-party-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=11288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night was the annual Anchor Christmas Party, one of my favorite events of the beer year. It&#8217;s an opportunity to celebrate the holidays with the local beer community and have a bit of fun before all the family obligations kick in. And it&#8217;s always a great party. Anchor pulls out all the stops, putting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 8 Beer Sales Days</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/top-8-beer-sales-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This two-year old SlashFood article showed up in my Paper.li today, retweeted by a brewery I follow. The article, Super Bowl Sunday — The 8th Biggest Beer Day of the Year? questions the list of the top eight &#8220;Holidays/Events for Beer.&#8221; The list was complied by Nielsen, and as he points out is &#8220;combined beer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Anniversary: Vanberg &amp; DeWulf</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-anniversary-vanberg-dewulf/</link>
		<comments>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-anniversary-vanberg-dewulf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=10948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, 30 years ago, Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield launched Vanberg &#38; DeWulf, one of the first companies to specialize in importing Belgian beer to the United States. Originally, they conceived of the company as a way to keep visiting Belgium on a regular basis and see the many friends they&#8217;d made when they lived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jester King Sues Texas Over Antiquated Beer Regulations</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/jester-king-sues-texas-over-antiquated-beer-regulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jester King Craft Brewery in Austin, Texas, is my new hero, but then I&#8217;m a fan of their Don Quixote kind of crazy. The windmill they&#8217;re currently tilting at is the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). Like most states, and the Federal government, most of the laws regarding alcohol were written in the months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday To The Microbrewery</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/happy-birthday-to-the-microbrewery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 35th anniversary of the day that New Albion Brewery incorporated, which happened on October 8, 1976. New Albion Brewery was the first modern microbrewery, the first small brewery to be built from scratch, mainly from scrap and discarded industrial equipment. To me, and many others, that makes it the first modern microbrewery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive GABF Winners Map</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/interactive-gabf-winners-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is pretty cool, an R. Lewis created a Google Map of all the GABF gold medal winners from this year.]]></description>
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		<title>GABF Winners 2011</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/gabf-winners-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookston.beerzine.com/?p=10434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 30th Great American Beer Festival is now in the history books, with some pretty impressive statistics. A record 3,930 beers were judged in 83 categories by 167 judges from 9 nations. Some more factoids on the results and the festival: 18 new breweries entering for the first time won a medal Category with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 30th Great American Beer Festival Judging</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-30th-great-american-beer-festival-judging/</link>
		<comments>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-30th-great-american-beer-festival-judging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now I&#8217;m out in Denver, Colorado judging at the 30th Great American Beer Festival. Because it&#8217;s the 30th year, after orientation last night, they took an impromptu group photo of all 167 judges, or at least as many as would fit in the photo. See if you can find me (hint: I&#8217;m a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great American Beer Festival 1982 vs. 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joey McDaniel created a cool infographic comparing the first Great American Beer Festival in 1982 to this year&#8217;s festival. Joey was introduced to craft beer by his wife, Jen, and together they run the beer blog Wet Your Whistles, covering beer in the Bay Area, with an emphasis on the &#8220;watering holes along the San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking (And Drinking) Like A Pirate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I thought I&#8217;d share this version of the Pirate Alphabet, which seems to be more about beer than piracy. THE PIRATE ALPHABET A — The favorite word of Canadian pirates, ey? B — B stands for Beer! C — Da ting we sails da boat on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bistro IPA Festival Winners 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family commitments kept me from attending this year&#8217;s Bistro IPA Festival, but owner Vic Kralj was kind enough to send me the list of the winners. Craig Cauwels&#8217; IPA, from Schooner&#8217;s in Antioch, California, was chosen best in show at the 14th annual IPA Festival yesterday at the Bistro in Hayward, California. The full list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OBF Opening Ceremonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After we marched from McMenamin&#8217;s Crystal Ballroom to the Tom McCall Waterfront Park and the Oregon Brewers Festival, the ceremonial keg was brought into the park by the Hammerheads from this year&#8217;s parade host brewery, McMenamin&#8217;s. Hammerheads and the ceremonial cask. The Hammerheads and the Ruby Witches McMenamins&#8217; folks positioned themselves in front of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Brewers Festival Parade 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I missed last year&#8217;s Oregon Brewers Festival for the first time in many years, it felt like it had been at least five years since I&#8217;d been back. That&#8217;s how much I missed Portland, and I was thrilled to be there again. After the Brewer&#8217;s Dinner Wednesday night, I attended the brunch, this year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy International Brewers Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 4th annual holiday celebrating brewers around the world, International Brewers Day, which I created in 2008. While I haven&#8217;t been able to put as much effort into it as I might have liked, someday I will. In the meantime, some parts of the international brewing community are carrying on with celebrations, most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moylan&#8217;s Wins Big at Australian International Beer Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in November, the call went out through the BA&#8217;s Export Development Program for brewers around the world to enter the Australian International Beer Awards for 2011. When my local brewpub Moylan&#8217;s Brewery &#38; Restaurant decided to enter some of their beer, they couldn&#8217;t have known how well it would turn out for them. Moylan&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Beer Cup Winners Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 01:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers have probably noticed that my usual output has been diminished here of late, that&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve been in Buenos Aires, Argentina since Monday. I was fortunate enough to be invited to judge at the very first South Beer Cup, South America&#8217;s version of the Great American Beer Festival and the Craft Brewers Conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #51 Round-Up &amp; Announcing Session #51.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 19:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well that was great fun, I was certainly glad to see so many people step up and participate, despite my best efforts to make things as difficult as possible. And everybody seemed to have a very good time, too. Cheese and beers just brings out the best in all of us, I guess. Anyway, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduation &amp; Prom Drinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently prom season and graduation time is coming up, because the scary statistics that always accompany this time of year are also starting to appear. Now before the angry comments start filling my queue, I&#8217;m not encouraging drinking at either, and especially not drinking and driving, no matter what the occasion. There are, however, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour de Geuze 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biennial Toer de Geuze, or Tour de Gueuze, took place last week in Belgium. In a news report on Flemish National Television, both our own Steve Shapiro, from Beer by Bart, and Pete Slosberg, founder of Pete&#8217;s Wicked Ales, are interviewed in the piece. And Pete&#8217;s wife, Amy Slosberg, can be seen nursing her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Beer At Royal Wedding?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another royal wedding&#8217;s coming up this Friday. I care about it as much as the last one in 1981 — not one whit. In deference to my British colleagues and friends who cling to the notion that the royal family matters, I&#8217;ll spare you my usual diatribe. But it was announced recently that no beer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott Under Way On Beer Stocked By Alabama A-B Distributors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free the Hops, the organization in Alabama that successfully won the fight over hard opposition to allow beer over 6% abv in the state, is calling for a boycott of both Anheuser-Busch products along with those beers distributed by A-B Houses in Alabama. The boycott is a result of A-B distributor lobbyists &#8220;blocking the Legislature&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brew Your Own Beer TV Debuts Tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[B.Y.O.B. TV — Brew Your Own Beer TV — the new television show that will air on local KOFY Channel 20 debuts this evening at 10:30 p.m. KOFY TV20 / Cable13 will be airing the half-hour B.Y.O.B. TV this Saturday, April 23 at 10:30 p.m. If you miss its debut, it will also air on [...]]]></description>
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