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July 31, 2012
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Red Carpet Wine & Spirits
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At first, Red Carpet Wine looks like your average retail store. Stepping out of the brutal Glendale heat, I was welcomed by a refreshing blast of air. As I meandered the rows of wine and spirits that ... |
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March 15, 2012
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Lighten Up
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Paul Beilstein |
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In my twenties, after a few years of Barleywines, Old Ales, and countless Double IPAs, I was feeling like a wine drinker in mid-March: I was ready for the beer world's equivalent of a crisp Muscadet. ... |
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February 27, 2012
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The Naming Game, From Hop Whore To Nut Sack
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Lisa P. Sutton |
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I'm a beer girl. I like an easy amber ale over lunch, a sharp IPA to sip while watching the Laker game. On a hastily-poured stout, I've been known to drink up the foamy head with a spoon. Though I ... |
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February 21, 2012
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Barrel-Aged Ales: A Gateway to Top-Shelf Spirits?
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Paul Beilstein |
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Since moving to Portland, Oregon in 2010, I have met quite a few people whose drinking histories begin with craft beer. Unlike myself and most of my prior acquaintances, these drinkers did not begin ... |
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February 13, 2012
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Party In Aisle 4
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Lisa P. Sutton |
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I hadn't planned to be drinking at noon. My ten-minute errand at BevMo turned into a three-hour detour. I had gone in only to replenish a few favorites, the Napa Smith Lost Dog Red Ale, a couple of ... |
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January 30, 2012
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And Then There Was Shandy
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Lisa P. Sutton |
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Like most women, I wasn't born a beer fan. I came of age drinking whatever tasted least like alcohol: fruit-flavored wine coolers, mimosas, forgotten bottles of coffee liquors my parents received each ... |
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September 29, 2010
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View from a Bar: Humperdink's, Arlington, Texas
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If you only knew how fascinating Arlington is, you might never leave. Within two or three miles from Humperdink's "tallest" sports bar there is Rangers Ballpark, where the Texas Rangers play; Cowboys ... |
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