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Beer and Whiskey Holiday Gift Getting Wiki: Let Us Know What YOU Want!

It’s the time of year when good little beer geeks and nice little whiskey nerds begin to dream and scheme about what they’ll be getting for the holidays. We’ve decided to turn to this year’s Beer and Whiskey Brothers Holiday Gift Getting Guide over our readers, asking for your input about what you’d like to […]

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Off Topic Video: Why Men and Women Cannot Be Friends

I recently stumbled across this video shot at the Utah State library, exploring the question of whether or not women and men can be “just friends.”  In a nutshell the answer is “no,” mostly because guys always have their eyes on the prize, and the prize isn’t a gossip session over vanilla latte’s. Sorry ladies!

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Infographic: Sobering Facts About Drinking and Driving

According to an email I just received from Sarah at CertificationMap.com, it’s Impaired Driving Prevention Month. Hooray!  And here I was looking forward to Christmas! To “celebrate,” they created the infographic below, which shares some very sobering facts about driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Please pass this along to folks as a […]

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St Bernardus Abt 12: I May Have Found the Perfect Belgian Beer

It has been a couple of weeks now since our ungettables gathering in Boise at Brewforia, but there were so many great beers that I had a chance to try I may never get them all posted on this site.  There were however a few standouts that I need to get up here, because they […]

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It’s Snowing on the Blog!

Those white specs you see drifting across the screen aren’t eye floaters or Don rubbing his dandruffy beard atop the logo, they are digital snow, courtesy of WordPress.  They give folks with WordPress-hosted blogs the option of turning on the snow when the holidays draw near.  We had it on at the tail end of […]

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Prohibition Ends: 78 Years of Getting it Right

It is almost so long ago to be meaningless in our world today, but it deserves remembering that there once was a time in our country’s history when drinking a beer or a whiskey was a crime!  No other legislation in our nation’s history (with the possible exception of the 55 MPH speed limit)  has […]

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Friday Randomness: Lick the Rainbow

Well this is disturbing. Even if you see the gag before you touch the screen, try it anyway – it’s still waaaay creepy. You can almost feel that fella’s tongue.  Ewww! Have a great weekend and drink something good!

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Noah’s Mill: December Is for Whiskey!

It has been too long since I have paid proper attention to the title of this blog.  Afterall, it isn’t just a beer blog, no, it is a Beer and Whiskey blog!  I’ve been a little focused on beer lately, so I want to reclaim our whiskey readers!  I can think of no better way […]

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Two Milestones In One Day

It is hard to believe, but we hit two milestones in one day here at B&WB.  Not only did we get to expose a big beer industrial hack, but yesterday’s numbers gave us our best month since we began this site, and pushed us up and over the 500,000 visitor mark all time on the […]

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Comment Fight: How NOT to Defend Your Beer PR Stunt

We had quite a dust-up in the comments here yesterday, where a fella calling himself “Geez” questioned whether or not I had any facts to support my assertion that Natty Light’s recent “Beer in Space” viral video campaign was hatched by an advertising agency. Well I didn’t until he got involved! Here’s an excerpt from […]

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Duchesse De Bourgogne: Or How My Brother Jim Is An Idiot

I went to the Second Semi-Annual Ungettables Tasting at Brewforia last Monday evening.  It was an amazing time, and I got the chance to try some fantastic beers and some not so great beers from around the world.  This was an awesome event and some people really went all out bringing cases of different brews. […]

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Part 2 of our Exclusive Interview With Dogfish Head’s Sam Calgione: His Other Passions, How Much (or Little) He Drinks and Some Hidden Flaws

This is part two of our two part interview with Sam Calagione, founder and President of Dogfish Head Brewing in Milton, Delaware.  Sam gives us a brief look behind the curtain of what makes Sam, Sam.  His daily routine, what he is passionate about, how much he drinks, and a new beer that will be […]

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A Party Trick Sure to Piss Off Your Friends!

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Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout: Dessert Beer Made Better

I was given a bit of a treat the last time I was in Brewforia.  It was after the Stout dinner that celebrated International Stout Day earlier this month, and I had to work late.  I went in after work and had a bite to eat and a beer.  While I was drinking my Rogue Shakespeare […]

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Legal Drinking Ages Around the World

. I love this map I found over at SlashDot, showing the minimum legal drinking ages for countries around the world.  There’s a key on the bottom, but basically, it’s “the darker the ink, the older to drink.” Taking a quick glance, you can see that the old U.S. of A. is one of the […]

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