Seeing as there’s no world record so banal that someone won’t certify it, it should come as no surprise that there is a worldwide race to brew the world’s bitterest beer. What is surprising is that some limey currently holds the title: Peter Fowler, head brewer of the Pitstop Brewery in Wantage, UK (just...
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Bell’s Brewery out of Kalamazoo, MI is known for good products. Their Two-Hearted Pale Ale and Oberon Wheat Ale are nearly-flawless examples of their respective styles, perfectly suited for kicking back with friends and wishing the day adieu. Bell’s Hopslam Ale, on the other hand, is a flaming sword of fruity and floral hops,...
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Saturday, Feb. 25 – Beermaking Workshop 2-5 p.m. Econ Farm 16206 Hamilton Drive $20-$25 For a lot of folks (OK, us), the biggest threat of the apocalypse isn’t an attack by cannibalistic mutants or Tina Turner in a fright wig – it’s the lack of good alcohol. The forward-thinkers at the Simple Living Institute...
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This just in from Chef Tony of Big Wheel Food Truck (a regular at the neighborhood markets and other dark, hungry alleys where food trucks roam): apparently Ford will be at the College Park Market held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Infusion Tea tonight (that’d be Thursday, June 16 if you’re reading...
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As all good Scots know, today is poet extraordinaire Robert Burns‘ birthday. If you don’t recall your junior year lit class so well, his Scots language verses make the dialogue in Trainspotting sound crisp and enunciated. Regardless, he’d be 252 today if that rotten tooth hadn’t gotten him, and as per tradition there are...
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Have you ever been munching on some delicious flatbreads and dips at The Social Chameleon and thought “Man, I wish this place was bigger and located closer to the Executive Airport”? Poof! Wish granted! Taking up residence at the old Sandwich King location on Primrose Drive, the Chameleon’s Bret Ashman is opening a sister...
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Fringe Fest 2013 reviews Arts & Culture: Our top seven picks By Jessica Bryce Young 5/22/2013
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The Survivors Project News: Excerpts from ebook that gives sexual-abuse survivors a chance to tell their stories 5/22/2013
Feedback Music: Music updates from around town: Sportstown, East-West Records, double dose of Lil’ Indies By Ashley Belanger 5/22/2013
Savage Love COLUMN: Twenty-one-year-old female here. When we were both 14, my first boyfriend took advantage of me. I wanted to explore my sexuality a little, but... By Dan Savage 5/22/2013