TIP OF THE DAY: Authentic Irish Beer Styles

Forget the green beer on St. Patrick’s Day: It’s going to be the cheapest brew on tap. Who would color craft beer green? If you must do so, go for the palest style, Wheat Beer, a.k.a. Weissbier, Weizenbier and Witbier. It takes the color best. Instead of the green stuff, consider two beer styles with…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPES: Irish Spuds & Green Dip With Green Beer

St. Pat’s snack: wedge fries, green dip and a green beer. You can color any light-hued food green. Photos courtesy McCormick.   For St. Patrick’s Day you’ll be able to buy green-tinted bagels, beer, donuts, and more; but you can also plan to color your own foods. Chocolate chip cookies? Mashed potatoes? Milk? Oatmeal? Pancakes?…
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Samuel Adams Cold Snap Ale & Beer Hot Toddy Recipe

[1] Beer hot toddy (photo © L’Adresse | NYC). [2] Samuel Adams Cold Snap Ale (photo © Samuel Adams).   What’s with the weather around here? Every few days it switches from spring to winter and back. Today it’s snowing: a cold snap. Time to drink the last of the Cold Snap beer we received…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Stout, Sriracha Stout & Moonstruck Beer Chocolates

Special chocolate craft brews for your Valentine. Photo courtesy Rogue Ales.   Here’s what to get a beer-loving Valentine: two stouts created specifically for the occasion and some hot stuff. Rogue Chocolate Stout, with a special Valentine-red label on a 750 ml bottle, is Rogue’s platinum award-winning Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout (one of the highest rated…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Winter Beer Styles

Today is the first full day of winter, which begins late this evening (11:48 p.m. EST). It’s the shortest day of the year, with the least amount of daylight. The good news is, starting tomorrow daylight hours will start getting longer. But there’s still plenty of time to celebrate winter with winter beers. They’re just…
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