When contemporary commentators are searching for a historical analogue to the Tea Party movement, they often reference the Know-Nothings.

Maybe the Cloudy Boy craze is the closest we have gotten to blurring this line between Internet Experience Beer and Actual Beer.

In recent years, there has been no shortage of articles and interviews on the continued expansion of the craft beer industry.

On June 2, 1893 the Adams Express Company delivered safely to Chicago a model of a Milwaukee brewery, built to scale and made of pure gold.

“Artists” in Plato’s world existed before a concept of “Art” developed as we understand it today.

With the seemingly endless stream of openings of new high-end establishments touting the refined practice of mixology nationwide, it’s hard to remember a time when these practitioners in the art of imbibing were somewhat uncommon and relegated to the everyday status of “bartender”.

Old bars gather within them unwritten histories of the neighborhoods that surround them, the stories collected like the odd assortment of bric-a-brac and brewery paraphernalia covering walls and filling the corners.

Craft beer is partially defined by the ingredients used in the brewing process. Most craft brewers follow tradition and stick to using water, malt, hops and yeast

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