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image of Oregon Summer courtesy of Cascade Brewing Today, Cascade Brewing releases Oregon Summer and Brunch Line in cans at both brewery locations with distribution to soon follow. Oregon Summer features a sour wheat ale aged in oak barrels for 10 months with locally grown blackberries, boysenberries and lavender, capturing a slice of summer in […]
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My good friend, chef Tim Labant, and I have ridden probably 15,000 miles together on our bikes the past few years. We’ve had some epic adventures. Tim is the chef/owner of Schoolhouse at Cannondale, a new American spot in Wilton that celebrated its eleventh anniversary this past spring. About three years ago, Tim decided he […]
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In today’s episode, we cover the fundamentals of sales with Wes Schaeffer. Wes is the creator and owner of The Sales Whisperer, a sales training, marketing and consulting firm with an emphasis on CRM & email marketing software sales, support and optimization. Sales skills are integral to our daily lives because we are regularly trying […]
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(East Aurora, NY) – 42 North Brewing Company is launching a new pale ale to support the Empire State Ride, a fundraising cycling event that travels 500+ miles across New York State from Staten Island to Niagara Falls. Proceeds from every case sold will be donated to the Empire State Ride and its beneficiary, Roswell […]
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I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read […]
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via: Pexels / Kindel Media Games to play over text can be some of the most fun things to do when bored with friends. Texting games are all the rage and are at the top of the list of fun things to do on your phone. We’ve tried all these games to play over the phone, and, we have to say, these are the best […]
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(ESCANABA, MI) – Upper Hand Brewery, a division of Bell’s Brewery based in the Upper Peninsula, will be available across the entirety of Upper and Lower Michigan this fall. “This last push into southeastern Michigan represents the final step of a year-long goal to make Upper Hand beer available statewide,” said Sam Reese, Director of […]
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Last night I dreamt I went to Moulon again. Recent times have created asynchronous existence, intermittent periods of grace along a continuum of uncertainty. In wine terms, the experience has felt more like a stuck ferment than the chrysalid dormancy of a vin jaune. Travelling in dream form has been some consolation. Let me tell […]
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Turning Tragedy Into Triump | SIDNEY SMITH – 1; } /* Disable tracking if the opt-out cookie exists. */ if ( __gtagTrackerIsOptedOut() ) { window[disableStr] = true; } /* Opt-out function */ function __gtagTrackerOptout() { document.cookie = disableStr + ‘=true; expires=Thu, 31 Dec 2099 23:59:59 UTC; path=/’; window[disableStr] = true; } if ( ‘undefined’ === […]
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November 4, 2020 German Master Brewer Peter Bottcher and Catoctin Creek Distillery’s John Reed Shope Join Line-up for Entertaining Two Day Release Party! Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewing at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, will celebrate the release of its popular Cavallo barrel-aged imperial stout on Friday and Saturday, November 6 & […]
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