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A Must Have Experience at City Tap House star
He was a seductive sort. Fresh from Germany, he arrived surrounded by aromas of smoke and sourdough bread. I gazed at him, thinking how much he appeared to be made of gold, softened by a layer of mist.

Alaskan Amber Celebrates Iditarod star
Alaska! An inspiring paradise, rich with glaciers of living ice, majestic mountains and curtains of light in the midnight sky! Alaskan Brewing Company celebrates the spirit of challenge.

Anheuser-Busch Crafts Seasonals with Copper Brilliance star
Craftsmanship reigns supreme in these golden gems, cleverly entwined in a Holiday presentation that begs to quench your immediate thirst with classic sophistication.

Beer Alert - The Magic of the Griffin star
The Griffin is an imaginary creature of amazing strength and wisdom. This hound of Zeus is the symbol for a magical display of golden brews.

Beer and Brewtopia at Cooter Brown's star
The likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Cagney and Jackie O are permanent icons at Cooter Brown’s, living daily with the loyal patrons who drop by to drink beer…and drink beer they do!

Beer Fox - Craft Brew Awards 12/4/04 to 5/30/05 star
As an easy reference tool, the Craft Brew of the Week Awards are listed by date, extending over each six month period. This section references 12/04/04 to 5/30/05.

Beer Fox - Craft Brew Awards - 06/05 to 11/18/2007 star
To honor the creativity and technical expertise of so many world-class brewers, the Beer Fox selects the Craft Brew of the Week. This listing covers awards from June 5, 2007 to November 18, 2007.

Beer Fox - Craft Brew Awards 12/20/06 to 4/6/07 star
To honor the creativity and technical expertise of so many world-class brewers, the Beer Fox selects the Craft Brew of the Week, and has listed each distinguished beer in the Beer & Brewing Newsletter at BellaOnline since December, 2004.

Beer Fox - Craft Brew Awards 12/4/05 to 5/23/06 star
As an easy reference tool, the Craft Brew of the Week Awards are listed by date, extending over each six month period. This section references 12/04/05 to 5/23/06.

Beer Fox - Craft Brew Awards 6/2/06 to 11/21/06 star
As an easy reference tool, the Craft Brew of the Week Awards are listed by date, extending over each six month period. This references 6/2/06 will extend to November 21, 2006.

Beer Fox - Craft Brew Awards 6/25/05 to 11/27/05 star
As an easy reference tool, the Craft Brew of the Week Awards are listed by date, extending over each six month period. This section references 6/25/05 to 11/27/05.

Beer Fox Craft Brew Awards - 12/30/07 to 5/26/08 star
To honor the creativity and technical expertise of so many world-class brewers, the Beer Fox selects the Craft Brew of the Week. This listing covers awards from December 30, 2007 to May 26, 2008.

Beer Fox Guide to Winter Seasonal Ale star
Time for a "Winter Warmer," that special treat of seasonal beer, so abundant at this time of year. These will put glitter into your spirit!

Beer Fox Review - Gordon Double Red IPA star
I only intended to taste Gordon, but it was impossible to avoid his powers of seduction.

Beer Fox Valentine´s Day Beer Selections star
Add a little fun and excitement to your day with the seductively complex and pleasurable bitterness of a Valentine´s brew!

Beer Tasting with Michael Jackson The Beer Hunter star
He stepped up to the podium - Master of Beer, Emperor of Ale, Sovereign of Imperial Stout. A hush fell over the room.

Beer Theme Movie Classics star
With your intense appreciation for beer, there is little that can surpass the joy of immerging into an overstuffed sofa with a cool glass of lager, your favorite warm body and a broad, flat-screened DVD-treat about your preferred addiction...beer!

Black Albert vs. Dark Lord star
In dreamscapes, you might see the shadow of Black Albert on one hill, marching forth to face Dark Lord…his cap, dripping with the blood red wax that sealed his fate.

Brewers Alley - Classic Beer in Historic Frederick star
The sensation of Brewers Alley hits with plenty of eye appeal, enticing cuisine and craft brews of hypnotic pleasure!

Celebration Time with Zwaanend'ale star
In celebration of the 375th anniversary of the Zwaanendael settlement, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery of Milton, Delaware, USA, has designed Zwaanend’ale, a rye bock based on vintage recipes of Dutch heritage.

Chilkoot Charlie's - A Photo Gallery star
Chilkoot Charlie’s Photo Gallery has been created by The Beer Fox to bring you a little closer to the adventure and creativity that is a part of the Alaskan landscape.

Chilkoot Charlie's - World Famous Night Spot of Anchorage star
Could Chilkoot Charlie’s be a museum in disguise? It is no wonder that it draws record-breaking crowds and non-stop applause from across the country.

Chris Black & The Falling Rock Tap House star
By 2004, Celebrator Beer News rated The Falling Rock Tap House as "Top Alehouse in the USA." Is this Beer Heaven? Chris Black thinks so...

Christmas in July - Monday Night Tasting 2008 star
As I leaned back in the summer sunshine, I closed my eyes and imagined it was December. Euphoria was rising and my head whirled as the weekly selection of brews tingled my lips.

Craft Beer for your Valentine's Perfect Storm star
And since love is as ambiguous as life, I choose to celebrate that passion with a bouquet of intriguing Craft Beers.

Export Ale Takes Center Stage at Shipyard Brewing star
Shipyard Brewing of Portland, Maine has brought the romance of tradition into the 21st century, while still preserving the proud heritage of the past with Export Ale – that sweet, golden nectar-of-the-gods with a distinctively subtle hop bite.

Fork and Barrel Drums Up Rare Imported Beer star
Fork and Barrel in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania resonates with the rustic style of old-world Europe. Thick slabs of wood topped with earthenware pitchers cast a silent invitation to revel in imported libations.

Friday the Firkinteenth - Cask Conditioned Philly Event star
Now a registered trademark of The Grey Lodge Pub, Friday the Firkinteenth is a special one-night event celebrating cask-conditioned ales, exclusively held on each Friday the 13th, giving this event “limited-edition” status.

Glacier Brewhouse & The Wall of Wood star
My eyes are watering now, stinging from the cold and wind. A brief moment more, and the doors of the Glacier Brewhouse beckon with amicable hospitality.

Goose Island - Grand Slam of Beers star
In 2007, Goose Island of Chicago, Illinois, USA, chose to introduce Harvest Ale American-style ESB, (Extra Special Bitter), into the late summer season, brewed with freshly harvested Cascade hops from Washington state.

Great Lakes Brewing Company Beer Legends star
Enduring stories, legendary heroes and fascinating events are immortalized in award-winning beers of high quality, seductive aromas and superior taste.

Green Beer is Verdi Verdi Good for You star
It is no surprise that the creative brewers at Dogfish Head chose a title like "Verdi" to represent the complexity of their limited edition early Spring beer.

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Award Winning and Dynamic star
Nothing is so warming to the spirit as a brewpub that is “alive. ” It is invigorating to the soul. It makes you want to return.

Keg of Love for Your Beer star
What color music are you? Deep forest green? Blazing red? Hazy orange with flecks of yellow? Perhaps a touch of light blue with a little gray mixed in?

Micro Beer Club - Award Winning Beer Service star
Through all that stress and misery, the image of a coppery golden beer with a capacious white head kept invading your brain. The Beer Fox at BellaOnline is here to rescue you!

Midnight Sun Brewing - Masters of World-Class Beer star
As home of the Arctic Devil, eight-time winner of the Golden Plate at the Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival, Midnight Sun distinguishes itself as master of the Barley Wine style, the makers of magic that place it in the realm of “World Class.”

Organic Brewers & Celtic Tradition - Crannog Ales star
Tucked into the interior of British Columbia, a "special treasure" awaits your discovery - Crannóg Ales, a "Certified Organic,” old-world farmhouse-brewery, one of only a few breweries of this type in the world.

Oskar Blues - Leading Man of the Micro Can star
Dale Katechis and Oskar Blues is synonymous with passion – that’s how he spreads himself like a fine barbecue sauce over the face of the Rocky Mountains.

Papago Brewing in Scottsdale Arizona star
This is a beer Mecca, indeed. A rotund, 6-foot tall, Monk mannequin greets you upon entry, with a welcome to beer heaven sign at his feet.

Samichlaus Beer - Vintage Tasting in July star
As a testimonial to its punch of power, Samichlaus was served in a stein the size of an espresso cup, fair warning of its potency.

Seasonal Beers Top the Holiday Season star
As a woman of substance and panache, you want your selection of fine beer to be a reflection of the smooth elegance and dynamic pleasure that lives within your soul.

Shangy's The Beer Authority - Utopia for Beer star
Nestled in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, just 100 miles west of New York City and 50 plus miles north of Philadelphia, is a utopia for beer lovers, Shangy’s: The Beer Authority.

Stillwater Artisanal Ales with Brian Strumke star
You can’t be a techno DJ all your life, running around Europe, scraping for work, producing music in waves that come and go. At some point you have to come home...

Summer Beer & Glassware - Belgian Chic star
Our rooftop venue adopts the tone of a Viennese coffee house...joie de vivre, Bohemian kitsch. Elegant, hedonistic, lively...

The Beer Fox Meets The Beer Hunter star
My eyes fell upon the dignified man at the table. Michael Jackson - The Beer Hunter. Unpretentious. Approachable.

The Vieux Carre - Crescent City Brewhouse star
Every year during Mardi Gras, the Queen of the Mississippi rises to the grandeur that has become the signature of the South. In the spirit that surrounds the city, Crescent City Brewhouse in the Vieux Carre, blends Old World traditions with nouvelle class and style.

Toast to the Ghosts of Burn Brae Mansion star
The porch boards are slightly worn, with knotholes big enough to suck a teacup Yorkie into the bowels of hell. As the warm weather begins to wane, impatient winds moan through the grand oaks like a somber hymn, mourning those buried at nearby Glen Spey Cemetery.

Union Station Brewery of Providence star
Amidst the neon signs and stainless steel fermenters of Union Station Brewery in Providence, Rhode Island, emerges a history of America more than a century old.

Wedding Beer star
Aroma is a powerful temptress. She enters the mind through the olfactory senses, lingering in the background to activate memories, long thought forgotten.

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