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Sam Adams Longshot now available

I’ve this love/hate relationship with Sam Adams; I hate their flagship Boston Lager, and their pompous marketing, but I love their other beers and everything they’ve done for the beer community. So it’s no surprise that their Longshot series of beer is right up my alley. It started a couple years ago, when [...]

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Influx of new Belgians

Thanks to the work of local beer retailers, and the pressure they’re applying on local distributors, there will be at least a dozen new Belgian beers entering distribution at Martin’s and Steins, and who knows, maybe even Whole Foods. Look out for these beers arriving on shelves in the coming weeks. Des Rocs Brune Des Rocs Grand [...]

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Rogue XS now available

A couple of beers from Rogue’s XSperience line of imperial beers are now available in New Orleans. The Rogue Imperial India Pale Ale (aka the I2PA or IIPA) and the Imperial Stout are now available at Whole Foods and Martin’s Wine Cellar. I first tried these at the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston back in [...]

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