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American Style Lager: Macro vs Micro

Beer geeks and craft beer drinkers (yes, there is a difference) are quick to disparage the macros. The yellow lagers brewed by these behemoths have been variously described as flavorless, watery, boring, bland, soulless, swill, and crap, along with a host of other even less flattering descriptors. We easily discount the argument that whether or [...]

Casanova Beer Cave Festival

In the 19th century, before the advent of refrigeration, one of the first tasks of starting a new brewery was digging caves for cold-storage. And so when the Casanova Beverage Company started operations in Hudson, Wisconsin in 1896, they burrowed 150 feet into the limestone cliffs overlooking the St. Croix River. The brewery continued to [...]