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    The Impacts Of Freezing, Heat and Light on Beer

    Assuming the beer was packed in closed boxes/cases, then at least there's a good chance the beer wouldn't be skunked. I'm not sure if the beer is shipped in a refrigerated shipping container, but I would think Corona wouldn't want to transport mishandled beers purely out of the need to protect...
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    The Impacts Of Freezing, Heat and Light on Beer

    Here's a quick write-up about the effects that freezing, heat and light have on finished beer: The Impacts Of Freezing, Heat and Light on Beer http://www.beersyndicate.com/blog/impacts-freezing-heat-light-beer/ Cheers-
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    The Beer Drinker Zodiac

    Here's a guide to help you figure out your beer drinking style and who you pair well with: The Beer Drinker Zodiac Cheers!
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    The Beer Style Origin Quiz

    The Beer Style Origin Quiz is designed to measure an individual’s beer knowledge about the origins of various beer styles through a series of questions of varying levels of difficulty. Good luck. Here are a few others: The Homebrew Quiz The Craft Beer Quiz The Beer Quiz
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    Beer Syndicate Previews Fake Brews from the News

    Fake news finally hit the world of beer: Beer Syndicate Previews Fake Brews from the News Cheers-
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    The Six New Beer Styles of 2018

    The Six New Beer Styles of 2018 Per the BJCP: "These styles are considered draft, but may be used by competitions as official styles. Suggested groupings are included with the styles. Competition software should allow for these styles to be mentioned in a comment field, and judges should use...
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    Analysis of the Hangover Cures from Three Sheets

    They have yet to go to Australia, but they did a New Zealand episode: The "hangover cure" in NZ was a canyon swing over a 360 foot canyon. Apparently, it was an effective cure, but I'm not sure if you were to ask the average Kiwi what a typical NZ hangover cure is, if the answer would be...
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    Analysis of the Hangover Cures from Three Sheets

    In anticipation of the relaunch of travel/drinking show The Sheets, here's an analysis of all the hangover cures from the show: Analysis of the Hangover Cures from Three Sheets (including the culturally accuracy of the hangover cures). And just for good measure, Three Sheets Episode Guide...
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    The Brewer Who Quit Drinking Beer

    This might be an unpopular post, but here's an honest look from the prospective of a brewer at what it's like to quit beer (for a month). The Brewer Who Quit Drinking Beer
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    12 Slightly Advanced Brewing Tips and Techniques

    As a brewer, I sometimes kick myself for not figuring out certain things (often simple things) that I think I should have known earlier on. This list is mainly about those things. 12 Slightly Advanced Brewing Tips and Techniques
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    Sam Adams: From Poke to Woke... And You're Next

    Here's a short piece on a prediction made about Sam Adams from a year ago: Sam Adams: From Poke to Woke... And You're Next But it's really about getting your hustle on. Speaking of hustling, I went to Peter Symons' chat about "The XXX Story of Australian Old Ale" at the National Homebrew con...
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    Analysis of the Current Beerscape

    Here's an analysis of the most popular beer styles, etc., based on data collected from BeerAdvocate. Data Chug: Analysis of The Most Popular Beer Styles in the World By the way, yes, Australasia has contributed beer styles to the world, but you won't see them listed on the chart of 104...
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    Brewing with Old Yeast vs. New Yeast – Pt. 1

    Curious as to how yeast beyond its “best before” date would perform, a 10 gallon batch of wort was brewed and split into two 5 gallon vessels, one batch was inoculated with one vial of yeast pitched prior to its “best before” date, and the other batch was pitched with the same variety of yeast...
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    A Guide to The Jamaican Beer Scene

    More or less, but stouts are popular in Jamaica and most of the Caribbean since they were first exported to the islands in the early 1800s to support Irish immigrant workers in the region. Currently, there are only two breweries in Jamaica producing about 13 different brews in total for a...
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    A Guide to The Jamaican Beer Scene

    Here's a piece about what the beer scene in Jamaica is like: A Guide to The Jamaican Beer Scene Not exactly related at all, but here's a random video of a rastaman doing a little freestyle reggae on the streets of Sydney:
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