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		<title>Celebrator 24th Anniversary Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Atkinson, who does great video work for the Celebrator and others, put together this fun video from last night&#8217;s SF Beer Week closing celebration at the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley. I should give you fair warning; you will have to suffer through not one, but two interviews with yours truly. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Meg Gill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the birthday of Meg Gill, former national sales manager for Speakeasy Ales &#38; Lagers in San Francisco. When I first met Meg she was working for Oskar Blues, and later she organized the Opening Gala for SF Beer Week in years two and three, a Herculean undertaking. She recently opened her own brewery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #546: Shiner Texas Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday&#8217;s ad is the companion to yesterday&#8217;s Beer In Art post, Gil Elvgren’s Shiner Texas Special. After Elvgren finished the artwork, Shiner marketing applied the text and logo in upper righthand corner. The result, I think, is a pretty great looking ad.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Art #162: Gil Elvgren’s Shiner Texas Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s work of art is by the American pin-up artist Gil Elvgren known for his glamour illustrations and cheesecake paintings, though he also worked in advertising throughout his forty-year career. In 1953, he did this painting for the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas. It was originally founded in 1909, today it&#8217;s owned by the Gambrinus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Chris Black</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Black, who along with his brother, owns the Falling Rock, the best beer bar in Denver and HQ for beer people during GABF, turns 49 today. Chris is a great guy and one of a handful of Publicans across the country doing things right when it comes to beer. Join me in wishing Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guinness Ad #107: Waterloo Bridge Is Coming Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our 107th Guinness ad is from 1934, showing a man drinking a Guinness leaning against the bridge. But the strength he received from drinking his Guinness was apparently enough to knock over the bridge. Now that&#8217;s a pretty impressive claim.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Teri Fahrendorf</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is brewer Teri Fahrendorf&#8216;s 29th birthday again. That number is pure conjecture, but it sure seems right for a woman who recently spent a year or so on the road, criss-crossing the United States twice visiting friends and colleagues in the brewing world. Sadly, I was out-of-town when she passed through the Bay Area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambia Beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in 1965, The Gambia gained their Independence from the United Kingdom. The Gambia Gambia Breweries Banjul Breweries Gambia Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None Known National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.00% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Larry Sidor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Larry Sidor&#8217;s 62nd birthday. Larry brewed for a long time at the Olympia Brewery in Washington before moving on to Deschutes Brewing Co. in Bend, Oregon. He left Deschutes at the end of last year to strike out on his own, and we should be hearing those plans soon. Larry&#8217;s a great brewer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #545: Federal Brewing Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s ad is another turn of the last century ad, this one from the Federal Brewing Company of Brooklyn, New York. The ad is from 1905, though the brewery closed its doors two years later. It appears, though, that Federal Brewing may be resurrected soon as a new craft brewery.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Marty Jones</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-marty-jones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is my friend and colleague Marty Jones&#8217; birthday, though how old the eternally young Mr. Jones may be is anybody&#8217;s guess. In addition to beer journalist, Marty is administrator of the Beer Drinker of the Year Contest, a musician, and much else. Join me in wishing Marty a very happy birthday. Marty Jones — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kosovo Beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in 2008, Kosovo gained their Independence from Serbia. Kosovo Kosovo Breweries Birra Hugos Birra Peja Pećka Pivara Kosovo Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None Known National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.03% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Wendy Littlefield</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Wendy Littlefield&#8217;s 56th birthday. Wendy, along with her husband, runs the Belgian export company Vanberg &#38; DeWulf. Their portfolio includes such great beer lines as Dupont, Castelain and Dubuisson (Bush). They were also the original founders of Brewery Ommegang. Last year was their 30th anniversary of being involved in the beer industry and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #544: Hudson County Consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday&#8217;s ad is also an older one, most likely from the first decade of the 20th century, over 100 years ago. It&#8217;s for Hudson County Consumers Brewing, which I presume was located in New Jersey. Hudson County includes Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne, Weehawken and others. It looks a tad grandiose to me. And is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania Beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in 1918, Lithuania declared their Independence from Russia and the German Empire. Lithuania Lithuania Breweries Alaus Darykla Gubernija Alaus Darykla Kalnapilis Alaus Purslai Alaus Restoranas-Darykla Avilys Biržų Alus Čygo-Kalkio Alaus Darykla Rinkuškiai HBH Juozo Alus Kauno Alus Piniavos Alutis Ponoras Alaus Darykla Švyturio Alaus Darykla Volfas Engelman UAB Kalnapilio: Tauro Grupė UAB Pasvalio Gėrimai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Brendan Moylan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Brendan Moylan&#8217;s 51st birthday. Brendan owns both his eponymous Moylan&#8217;s Brewing as well as Marin Brewing. He&#8217;s a very active part of both the local and beer community, and each year puts on the Breasfest to benefit breast cancer awareness. Join me in wishing Brendan a very happy birthday. Arne Johnson sporting his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #543: Rieger &amp; Gretz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday&#8217;s ad is from 1908, for a Philadelphia brewery by the name of Rieger &#38; Gretz Brewers and Bottlers. I love the idyll setting with the well-to-do woman enjoying a beer on her estate. I can&#8217;t imagine most beer drinking was like that in 1908.]]></description>
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		<title>Serbia Beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in 1804, Serbia gained their Independence from the Ottoman Empire. Serbia Serbia Breweries Apatinska Mini Pivara Romantika Carlsberg Srbija D.O.O. Pivara Serbia Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Wikipedia Beer &#38; Breweries in Serbia Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None Known National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #542: Love At First Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day ad is for Schafer Beer, specifically their Pale Dry, &#8220;the beer that&#8217;s both light and dry.&#8221; But &#8220;Love at first glass&#8221; is a great slogan, especially to tie in with Valentine&#8217;s Day.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Chuck Silva</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-chuck-silva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is also the birthday of Chuck Silva, brewmaster at Green Flash Brewing in San Diego. His West Coast IPA has taken the world by storm, and personally, I love his Tripel and Le Freak. Join me in wishing Chuck a very happy birthday. Chuck at GABF two years ago. The beer chef, Bruce Paton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Lew Bryson</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-lew-bryson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is my friend and fellow beer writer Lew Bryson&#8217;s 53rd birthday. You can read his writings at his website, lewbryson.com, and these days more often his blog, Seen Through a Glass. Then there&#8217;s also his Session Beer Project and his political Why the PLCB Should Be Abolished. Lew is my favorite big galoot and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #541: Brahma Mural</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-in-ads-541-brahma-mural/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday&#8217;s ad is another more recent ad, this one for the Brazilian behemoth Brahma. The cool mural drawing uses all the colors in the beer rainbow. It almost makes me want to drink the beer, but only almost.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Bruce Joseph</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-bruce-joseph/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Joseph, who&#8217;s been at Anchor Brewery for many, many years turns 56 today. There&#8217;s a big picture of him when he was very young in the stairwell at the brewery that I see every time I&#8217;m there. He&#8217;s been doing the distilling for Anchor&#8217;s whiskey and gin for a while now and plays bass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mermaids Love Beer</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/mermaids-love-beer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You just can&#8217;t make this stuff up. In southern Africa, two dam projects were in danger of being thwarted by &#8230; mermaids. According to the Weird Wide Web, the &#8220;mermaids had harassed workers installing water pumps at a dam near the small town of Gokwe, in northern Zimbabwe, according to local media reports.&#8221; And similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 8th Trappist Brewery?</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-8th-trappist-brewery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently there are seven Trappist monastery breweries authorized to use the &#8220;Authentic Trappist Product&#8221; label by the International Trappist Association. Six are in Belgium, one is in the Netherlands. It looks like an 8th monastery is applying for authorization to brew beer under the official designation. The monastery of Engelszell Stift has filed an application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Art #161: William Harnett’s Materials For A Leisure Hour</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-in-art-161-william-harnetts-materials-for-a-leisure-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s work of art is by the Irish-born artist William Michael Harnett known for his Trompe-l&#8217;œil still life paintings. As Laurien Gilbert explains: William Harnett emigrated from Ireland to the US during the potato famine. Working as an engraver during the day, he took night classes at art schools in Philadelphia and New York…evidently to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chile Beer</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/chile-beer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in 1818, Chile declared their Independence from Spain. Chile Chile Breweries Becker Calle-Calle Cervecera CCU Chile Cervecera del Norte Cervecera Del Puerto Cervecera Lago Villarrica Cervecera Latinoamericana Cerveceria Santa Cruz Cervecería Unidas Cerveza Artisanal de Curicó Cerveza Artesanal Vall Elqui Cerveza d&#8217;Olbek Cerveza Grassau Cerveza Salzburg Cerveza Valle Tango Compañía Cervecera Kunstmann Cristal Die [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ring Circus Brewer’s Dinner &amp; Sideshow This Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/three-ring-circus-brewers-dinner-sideshow-this-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, check out the Three Ring Circus Brewer&#8217;s Dinner &#38; Sideshow happening this Wednesday night. To me, this sounds like the most off-the-hook, amazing, one-of-a-kind beer dinner since &#8230; well, since the last one Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef, did. If this isn&#8217;t on your SF Beer Week itinerary, it really should be, at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Jennifer Talley</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-jennifer-talley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 43rd birthday of Jennifer Talley, former brewer at Squatter&#8217;s Pub &#38; Brewery, an oasis of good beer in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jen recently left Utah to become the Brewing Operations Manager for RedHook in Woodinville, Washington. Jennifer&#8217;s a terrific brewer and one of the coolest people in the industry. Join me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SF Beer Week Opening Celebration 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Atkinson, who does great video work for the Celebrator and others, put together this fun video from last night&#8217;s SF Beer Week opening celebration at the Concourse Exhibition Hall in San Francisco. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Bistro Double IPA Winners 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knee Deep Brewing&#8216;s Hopologist DIPA was chosen best in show at the 12th annual Double IPA Festival today at the Bistro in Hayward, California. The full winner&#8217;s list is below. 1st Place: Hopologist DIPA, Knee Deep Brewing 2nd Place: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing 3rd Place: Ruination, Stone Brewing And for the second straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in 1929, Vatican City signed the Lateran Treat with Italy, establishing it as an independent State. Vatican City Vatican City Breweries None Known Vatican City Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guinness Ad #106: Camels Have A Guinness When They’re Tired</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our 106th Guinness ad is from the Illustrated London News, from late 1945, toward the end of World War II. Showing a sad-looking man in the desert, holding the lead to his camel, who&#8217;s piled high with boxes, barrels and luggage. I&#8217;m not 100% sure what&#8217;s going on in the ad. The camel looks like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #540: SF Beer Week 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s ad couldn&#8217;t be more new, less historical, if it tried. It&#8217;s the new poster for this year&#8217;s SF Beer Week, which begins today. This year&#8217;s poster may be the best yet. Each of the objects, people, places, things represent the name of a local beer, so it&#8217;s game, as well as a piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traquair House Switches To 500ml Bottles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite breweries, Traquair House in Scotland, announced today through their importer — Merchant Du Vin — that they&#8217;re switching to 500 ml bottles for all of their beers. That might not seem like big news, and perhaps it&#8217;s not, but Traquair House is one of favorite places so I never miss a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anchor Releases California Lager</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although SF Beer Week doesn&#8217;t officially launch until later tonight, there&#8217;s already been one event that took place at Anchor Brewing on Wednesday. Three weeks ago, they announced their new Zymaster Series and later revealed that the first beer in the series would be a pre-prohibition California Lager. Wednesday night, Anchor held an event to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schlafly, Texas Ranger</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this hilarious video for the annual The Repeal of Prohibition Beer Festival doesn&#8217;t make you want to attend, I don&#8217;t know what else would. The festival will be held at Schlafly Bottleworks in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 from noon until 5:00 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #539: Heineken Jammin’</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-in-ads-539-heineken-jammin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday&#8217;s ad is a recent one for Heineken, in support of a music festival they sponsored, the Heineken Jammin&#8217; Festival in Venice, Italy. I may not like their beer, but they do put out some great advertising. The photo of a band on state from overhead, with the floodlights lighting the crowd makes it look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The American Beer Revival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular Bulletin readers know how much I love infographics, a marriage of data and graphic illustration that shows information in a beautiful and understandable way. So I was thrilled when I got an e-mail this morning from a new Silicon Valley start-up, Visual.ly, whose mission is just that, to create and help others create cool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #538: Three’s Company At A Weenie Roast</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-in-ads-538-threes-company-at-a-weenie-roast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday&#8217;s ad is another one for Budweiser, though this one&#8217;s a little older than yesterday&#8217;s, most likely from the late 1950s or early 1960s. It&#8217;s from Budweiser&#8217;s long-running &#8220;Where There&#8217;s Life&#8221; series of ads. The ad features a couple on the beach, and even though its night their faces still look shiny with sweat, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity Beer Gossip</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=12224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s a good thing when celebrities drink craft beer, because people tend to copy their behavior. So the more celeb&#8217;s drinking good beer, the more some people might pick it up, too. But I can&#8217;t help but find it a little sad, too. I just don&#8217;t find all the minutiae about famous people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BA Releases 2012 Beer Style Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/ba-releases-2012-beer-style-guidelines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the World Beer Cup this May, the Brewers Association today released their annual style guidelines for judging. According to the press release, this year&#8217;s guidelines include 140 separate categories, including one new one: &#8220;Indigenous Beer Category.&#8221; Curiously, the World Beer Cup website lists 95 on their 2012 Beer Styles Menu and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Sour Beer Brewery In Bay Area Announced</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/new-sour-beer-brewery-in-bay-area-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=12220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received the word that there&#8217;s a new brewery opening soon in the Bay Area. It&#8217;s called The Rare Barrel and they&#8217;ll be a gypsy brewery specializing in sour beers. By gypsy, they mean to brew at area breweries and then ferment, age, package and serve their beers at their own facility, with that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #537: Bud’s Label Conscious</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&#8217;s ad is for Budweiser, from not too long ago: 1987. And while I don&#8217;t normally feature the overtly sexist ads, this one is too classic to ignore. This, and variations on it, were nearly ubiquitous in the late 1980s. I recall seeing them everywhere. I still think it&#8217;s a fairly clever ad, even with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Jeff O’Neil</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is also the 38th birthday of Jeff O&#8217;Neil, who I first met when he was brewing at Drake&#8217;s here in sunny California. He&#8217;s since gone on to make a name for himself at Ithaca Beer Co. before recently leaving that gig to become the brewmaster at the Peekskill Brewery, both of which are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grenada Beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/?p=12211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in 1974, Grenada gained their Independence from the United Kingdom. Grenada Grenada Breweries Carib Brewery Grenada Breweries Ltd. [parent company] Grenada Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None Known National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known Drunk Driving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brewmaster Mark Carpenter Celebrates 40 Years at Anchor</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/brewmaster-mark-carpenter-celebrates-40-years-at-anchor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, Brewmaster Mark Carpenter celebrated his 40th anniversary with Anchor Brewery. According to my notes, he started on September 30, 1971. During GABF, a film crew interviewed a number of us during some side events, and they put together this video that includes some luminaries from the craft beer industry. Congratulations Mark.]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: John Hickenlooper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 60th birthday of Governor of Colorado — and former Denver mayor — John Hickenlooper. John was also the co-founder of Wynkoop Brewery in Denver&#8217;s LoDo District, and in fact is credited with helping to revitalize the whole area. After being a popular and by accounts very effective mayor for several years, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer In Ads #536: Grande Brasserie D’Arcueil</title>
		<link>http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-in-ads-536-grande-brasserie-darcueil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday&#8217;s ad is still one more by Eugene Oge, a French illustrator who did a number of great beer adverts during his lifetime from 1861-1936. He was a major figure in the Belle Epoque and did many outstanding ads for resorts, food, and all sorts of beverages and brands. This is the fifth of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Birthday: Jay Sheveck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is also the 42nd birthday of Jay Sheveck, a beer writer and filmmaker in Los Angeles. In addition to writing for the Celebrator, Jay wrote the Beer Guppy&#8217;s Guide to Southern California . He&#8217;s also been working for many years on a documentary film about the early days of craft beer, Beer Pioneers. There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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