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Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter San Diego, California Jack Young found his taste for beer when he was in college. Upon graduation, he was bored of the commercially available brands and began to homebrew. Soon, he found it difficult to find supplies for his hobby, so he opened a homebrew supply store. There he met up with Yussef and they became partners. As it often happens (see Jim Koch and Sam Adams), a home brew hobby became a business. Style American Porter Inspired from the now wavering English Porter, the...
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Saison 16° Mystic Brewing Company Chelsea, Massachusetts Many people believe that the best known person or thing ever to come out of Chelsea was Horatio Alger (apologies to Howie Long and Albert DeSalvo). For me, it was, and maybe still is Chick Corea. Having tasted the beers of Mystic Brewing Company, Chick may have found some competition. The company was founded by MIT trained fermentation scientists Dr. Bryan Greenhagen, Ph.D, his wife Emily Greenhagen and professional brewer James Nicholson. Their focus is...
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This weekend we will be celebrating the major Spring holidays on the Judeo-Christian calendar. As such, we have a myriad of wines that will coordinate with any possible food or celebration that you may have. We have new Kosher wines on the shelves including wines from Recanati and Yarden (Israel), Ha Sod (Chile) and Rashi (Italy), By the end of this week a handful of new Greek wines including Namea, Muscat and Assyrtiko will be here. The foods on the Easter table offer a chance to taste a wide variety of different...
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