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4 Luxury Gifts For Beer Lovers Your favorite beer lover doesn’t need another bottle opener or cooler bag. If you really want to make them feel special, here are four luxury gift options.

My latest for @forbes.com. A luxury gift guide for beer lovers:

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In November 2025, I tried 136 new (to me) beers.

My top five were:

Born Park Pass 007
Establishment Burdock Duckworth Vienna Lager
Establishment Dizzy New Heights Hazy IPA
Merit Wild Years
Tool Shed Hop Frolic

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Best Practices for Brewery Social Media: No Trub - All About Beer With an everchanging world and social media constantly changing its rules, how do breweries adapt and change?

Black Friday Sale!

Enjoy this FREE episode of the All About Beer Podcast!

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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Lineup Offers 5 Variants For 2025 Chicago’s Goose Island Beer is credited with creating the first barrel-aged imperial stout. In addition to the original Bourbon County Stout, they also release variants.

Tomorrow is Black Friday. Here is a friendly reminder of the Goose Island Bourbon County variants that are available this year.

For reasons unrelated to Black Friday, I was on the Amazon website and happened up on this incredible deal on Bose headphones for more than 50% off. I don't need new headphones right now, but damn this is a good deal. So if you need new headphones, you're welcome.

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Meet The Bottle Cap Artist Going To Auction JAM Bottle Cap Art derives its name from the initials of its founder and artist, Jeffrey Adam Maszaros.

If you are a brewer that used to package in bottles, but have switched entirely to cans, might I suggest you donate unwanted caps to this artist?

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How Sierra Nevada Brewing Has Kept Pale Ale Relevant For 45 Years Sierra Nevada Brewing is celebrating their 45-year-anniversary. One of their original brands, Pale Ale, is possibly the only beer to remain relevant for that entire time.

Today is the 45-year anniversary of @sierranevadabeer.bsky.social. Here is my latest for @forbes.com:

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Double the Flavor and Double the Fun with Double IPA - All About Beer Brewers from Fat Head's Brewery and Everywhere Brewing share insight into brewing award-winning Imperial IPA.

Double IPA! You know you love it! We love it, too!

That's why we did an All About Beer Podcast episode about it! Lots of really good information in this one. It's shockingly sessionable despite its intensity. Well-balanced and complex!

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The Best Beers In Canada—Winners Of The 2025 Canada Beer Cup The Canada Beer Cup has become Canada’s biggest beer competition, withover 1,800 entries from over 300 breweries representing every province and territory of Canada.

Here are the winners of the Canada Beer Cup:

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8 Brewery Memberships With The Most Exclusive Beers There are rare beers. And then there are exclusive beers. To get the most exclusive brews, beer lovers have to purchase membership in beer clubs.

My latest for @Forbes.com is about exclusive beer memberships.

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Sierra Nevada Goes National With Its Rarest Beer, Celly Drippins Sierra Nevada is releasing Celly Drippins for the first time at its Chico, California brewery, in addition to its Mills River, North Carolina location.

Here's my latest for @forbes.com If you've never had Sierra Nevada Celly Drippings, they're making it twice as easy this year. Plus there's a sweepstakes for a free trip to Mills River!

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Whisky: The Manual: A no-nonsense guide to enjoying whisky in all its forms Whisky: The Manual: A no-nonsense guide to enjoying whisky in all its forms eBook : Broom, Dave: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Dave Broom's "Whisky: The Manual" is on sale (Kindle format) for $1.99.

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Whiskey Master Class: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and More Over the past three decades, —a longtime editor of and author of the definitive guide . In this book, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of , and more (yes, t...

Folks, don't rest on this. @lewbryson.bsky.social's book, Whiskey Master Class is on sale (Kindle edition), for only $4.99. What's that you say? You've already read it? Well, read it again!

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9 Mile Legacy - Poured Canada A legacy is built on the past, but it impacts the future. The story of Saskatoon’s 9 Mile Legacy Brewing began five generations ago.

I wrote this profile of 9 Mile Legacy for Poured Canada:

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In October 2025, I tried 207 new (to me) beers.

My top five were:

Goose Island Bourbon Country 2025 Vintage
Horal Mega Blend 2015 Vintage
Ozark BDCS: Onyx Coffee Blend
Sante Fe Imperial Java Stout
Verboten 2024 Double Oaked Cognac Grow Old With You

#TheDons5

Kitchen Confidential: 25th Anniversary Edition Bourdain spares no one's appetite when he told all about what happens behind the kitchen door. Bourdain uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable bo...

If you haven't read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" yet (shame on you), it is on sale for $5.99 (Kindle format). Come to think of it, it is on sale even if you have read it.

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A Small Distillery, In A Small City, Made The World’s Best Rye Whiskey GrainHenge Whisky wants to change public perception of Canadian whiskey. Winning World’s Best Rye at the 2025 World Whiskies Awards is proof they’re doing it.

My latest for @forbes.com is about a Red Deer distillery trying to change the reputation of Canadian whisky.

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The Importance of Pilsner Urquell, as Explained by its Long-time Brewmaster - All About Beer Brewmaster Emeritus and Plzen native Václav Berka explains the history of Czech pilsner

If you're keeping track, and you should be, you know today is new podcast episode day!

We interviewed the Brewmaster from Pilsner Urquell! Whaaaaat!?!?! Oh yes we did!

Hear the story of Pilsner from the original source?

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Tens of Thousands of Beers in, Don Tse is Going Strong - Don Tse has tasted more than 30,000 beers.

Recently, I had my 30,000th different beer. And then I went on the award-winning Drink Beer, Think Beer Podcast to talk about what a nerd I am.

Have a listen! Spoiler alert: I'm a nerd.

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My latest for Forbes.com is a look at how Michelob ULTRA became the best selling beer in America.

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How Rice Helps Create Flavorful Beers and New Trends in Japanese Rice Lager - All About Beer Japanese rice lagers are having a moment in the beer industry right now.

It's finally here! It's New Podcast Episode Day!

In this episode, we talk about Japanese rice lager and brewing with rice. Have a listen, and don't forget to like and follow us on your favourite podcast app.

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