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Next Session Seeks Redemption, Beer Redemption

June 16, 2011

Our 53rd Session takes us down a more spiritual path, the road to redemption … sort of. Our host, John Holl, of his eponymous Beer Briefing, has chosen the topic Beer Redemption, for which he offers the following confession: One thing about drinking a lot of beer is that occasionally you’re going to have a [...]

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Session #52: Collectibles & Breweriana

June 3, 2011

Our 52nd Session is hosted by Brian Stechschulte, from All Over Beer. He’s chosen the topic Beer Collectibles & Breweriana, which he explains as follows: I’ve decided not to focus on the substance of beer, but the material that plays a supporting role. Bottles, coasters, cans, labels, ads, tap handles, church keys, hats, t-shirts, tip [...]

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Session #51.5: The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off, Part 2

May 20, 2011

I’ll be very much surprised if there’s a great turnout for Session #51.5. It is after all, asking a lot — and for a second time in two weeks — gather together a selection of beers and cheese. For this extra Session, the instructions were in the round-up for Session #51. The idea was to [...]

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Next Session Collects Your Breweriana

May 10, 2011

Our 52nd Session takes thing down a notch, and it is a bit easier than last month’s. At least you don’t have to go out and buy anything, although you may want to after reading about everybody else’s collections of breweriana. Our host, Brian Stechschulte, of All Over Beer , has chosen the topic Beer [...]

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Session #51 Round-Up & Announcing Session #51.5

May 7, 2011

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’m [...]

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Session #51: The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off

May 5, 2011

It’s my great pleasure to host our 51st Session, my second time playing host over the four years we’ve been doing them. I chose a frightfully complicated topic which I’ve taken to calling by an overly grand name: The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off. You can go back and read the long, original version of [...]

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Cheese & Beer Pairing Session Next Friday

May 1, 2011

A gentle reminder that the first Friday in May is less than a week away, and that means it will be time for the next Session, a.k.a. Beer Blogging Friday. I’ll be your host for the 51st Session, and I’m making it as difficult as possible, though not on purpose, I assure you. I thought [...]

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Cheese Buying Time

April 15, 2011

A gentle reminder that there are exactly three weeks until the next Session a.k.a. The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off. Now would be a perfect time to pick up three cheeses for the tasting, try them, and start thinking about what beers might work best with them. Here are the cheeses to be on the [...]

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Announcing Session #51: The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off

April 8, 2011

Our 51st Session is the third of our run at nostalgia, albeit a mere four years worth of it. Stan Hieronymus first proposed the Session four years ago, and was the first host, too, followed by Alan (from A Good Beer Blog) and then I hosted the third outing. So here I am venturing into [...]

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Session #50: How Do They Make Me Buy The Beer?

April 1, 2011

Our 50th Session is hosted by Alan McLeod from A Good Beer Blog, and is the second of our third hosting by the three original Session hosts on our fourth anniversary of Beer Blogging Friday. The topic he’s chosen is How Do They Make Me Buy Their Beer?, by which Alan means: What makes you [...]

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Session Five-0 Ponders The Philosophy Of “How Do They Make Me Buy Their Beer?”

March 16, 2011

Our 50th Session — The Big Five-0 — is a monumental one and our host, Alan from A Good Beer Blog, is tackling it with appropriate seriousness, especially considering it’s on April Fool’s Day. He’s chosen as his topic How Do They Make Me Buy Their Beer? Alan elaborates: What makes you buy someone’s beer? [...]

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Help Alan Decide On The Next Session Topic

March 10, 2011

Alan up at A Good Beer Blog will be hosting our 50th Session, which will be held — no joke — on April Fool’s Day. But Alan is struggling to find just the right topic for “such a monumental moment in beer blogging history” and doesn’t “want to make it a case of Five-Uh-Oh.” He [...]

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Session #49: A Regular Beer

March 4, 2011

Our 49th Session is hosted by Stan Hieronymus from Appellation Beer, bringing things full circle back to the very beginning of the Sessions, when Stan first proposed them four years ago. Stan was also the very first host and as we begin the fifth year on monthly Sessions, he again assumes the mantle, taking on [...]

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Next Session Defines A “Regular” Beer

February 15, 2011

Our 49th Session brings things full circle from the very beginning of the Session, first proposed by Stan Hieronymus four years ago. Our fifth year of monthly Sessions will start with the original first three hosts, Stan, Alan (from A Good Beer Blog) and myself. The first of these blasts from the past has Stan, [...]

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Session #48: Bottle, Can, Keg or Cask?

February 4, 2011

Our 48th Session is hosted by Simon Johnson of the Reluctant Scooper. He’s chosen as his topic the age-old question about which package is best: “Cask, Keg, Can, Bottle?.” The method of beer dispense often raises the hackles of even the most seasoned beer drinker. Some evangilise about living, breathing cask as being the one [...]

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Next Session Opens A Can, Bottle, Cask Or Keg

January 18, 2011

Our 48th Session will be hosted by Simon Johnson of the Reluctant Scooper. His topic is “Cask, Keg, Can, Bottle?,” or as he describes the question: The method of beer dispense often raises the hackles of even the most seasoned beer drinker. Some evangilise about living, breathing cask as being the one true way. Others [...]

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