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Twenty-Five Beers for Your 2026 Summer Travels
July 21, 2026

Twenty-Five Beers for Your 2026 Summer Travels

  ~Another Round of So Many Beers, So Little Time~   Now that travel season is in full swing, chances are you’re looking for some new beers to try. And it just so happens I’ve got you covered with another tranche of twenty-five beers to …

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Brewery Profiles, Czech Republic, Featured Beer(s), Germany, North America, Zymurgical Musings
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Twenty-Six Beers for 2026
January 30, 2026

Twenty-Six Beers for 2026

  Guiding Lights A few years back I wrote a series that began with a post called Accounting for My Tastes in Beer and ended with a list of twenty-five beers that had caught my attention over the previous year. Last year I did something …

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Austria, Belgium, Brewery Profiles, Czech Republic, Featured Beer(s), Germany, North America, Zymurgical Musings
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Lazy Leaves Märzen: Autumn in a Glass, Brought to You by OKC’s Big Friendly
November 7, 2025

Lazy Leaves Märzen: Autumn in a Glass, Brought to You by OKC’s Big Friendly

  How cool is this? A few weeks back, the good folks at Big Friendly, one of my absolute favourite Oklahoma breweries, emailed me with a pleasant surprise. They’d be releasing a Märzen in early November, the first one they’ve ever brewed. And not just …

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Brewery Profiles, City Spotlight, Featured Beer(s), North America
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The Joys of European Beer Travel
February 24, 2025

The Joys of European Beer Travel

  Back in January I sat down with All About Beer Podcast hosts Don Tse and Em Sauter to talk about beer travel with co-guest Chris O’Leary of Brew York. The timing was fitting: I had just arrived back in Oklahoma after a 24-hour journey …

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Austria, Beer Hiking, Belgium, City Spotlight, Czech Republic, Germany, North America, United Kingdom, Zymurgical Musings
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Fifty Beers for 2025: The Full Pour
February 4, 2025

Fifty Beers for 2025: The Full Pour

  My Kind of Beer Around this time last year I penned a series that began with an account of my tastes in beer, followed by an exploration of the kinds of beers I like. The series ended with a list of twenty-five beers that …

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Austria, Belgium, Brewery Profiles, City Spotlight, Czech Republic, Featured Beer(s), Germany, North America, United Kingdom, Zymurgical Musings
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Twenty-Five Beers for 2024
February 16, 2024

Twenty-Five Beers for 2024

  Beers I Like   A few weeks back I wrote about the cultural dynamics that influence our taste, while also giving an account of what has shaped my own tastes in beer. I followed up with an exploration of the kinds of beers I …

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Belgium, Brewery Profiles, City Spotlight, Germany, North America, Zymurgical Musings
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