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Haiku On Being In A North Syracuse Motel In February


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Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 5:52 a.m.

It doesn't take much to excite a Canadian. A roadside chain hotel in central New York with a pool to placate the kids. A grocery store with a great selection of beer and many other things at great prices. I am moved to haiku ... Grocery store beer ... Bests Our Government Store's shelves ... Tears fall by the cooler ... Or maybe: ... Five twoonies in hand ... Chump change. Yet pale ale by Dale? ... Checkout mate of milk ... You have no idea, you free people. Whether Wisconsin protesters or Tea

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Cheese and Wine


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 4:18 p.m.

7:00 PM - 8:30 PMMidwest Wine School partners up with The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board to deliver a night of award-winning cheeses and wine pairing.  We will pair 5 wines with 7-10 nationally reknowned cheeses with Sara Hill from WMMB!  The only thing that surpasses Sara’s knowledge of cheese is her [ ... ] ...

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Stanley's Northeast Bar Room - Minneapolis, MN


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Published Dec. 28, 2010 at 5:35 p.m.
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The Deal: Stanley's, in Northeast Minneapolis, offers fish & chips, featuring beer battered cod, for a little over $10 and a walleye sandwich for about $8. The fish & chips come with fries and a huge vat of tartar sauce. The walleye sandwich is served with kettle chips ... The Food: while the cod itself was decently tasty and flaky, the batter wasn't crispy enough. It wasn't mushy, but it wasn't standing up to the fish either. I got two nice sized pieces of fish with my meal, but it wasn't

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Day 17: Thank Stan Hieronymus - Not Me - Thank Stan


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Published Dec. 7, 2010 at 6:45 p.m.
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OK, here is the thing about that super-dooper prize I mentioned a few days back. It's so super-dooper but in a really beer nerdy way that I can't believe it so I will type out the story from our prize giver Stan verbatum ... except with some edits to make sure the private aspects of the story stay private: ... This weekend my second copy of the Beer Hunter series (VHS) came home ... I loaned to ... [deleted] ... years ago (like more than 8). He "accidentally" ... [deleted] ... when ... [deleted]

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Day 16: The Last Monday Of Yule 2010's Contest Is Here


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Published Dec. 7, 2010 at 6:44 p.m.
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Time flies. It especially flies when you make your Yuletide Christmas Hanukkah Kwanzaa and Hogmanay beer blog contest a bit shorter. Just three weeks this year. You need to react. Get on board ... Eric Steen of the excellently named Beer and Sci-Fi sent in this picture of a pack of homebrewed beer I mailed to his brother for Christmas last year with hand-drawn Christmas labels. Eric lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has no idea how many Doctor Who and Joe 90 DVDs I have and neither do you.

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Press Releases: Infinium, Pipeworks, Nebraska Brewing


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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 5:20 p.m.

Press Releases: Samuel Adams/ Weihenstephan Infinium set for early December release Pipeworks Brewing, Chicago-based startup brewery, seeks funding Nebraska Barrel-Aged Hop God to be released on Saturday, December 4th Nebraska Brewing Company begins distribution to Rhode Island Nebraska Brewing Company begins distribution to Wisconsin Press Releases: Infinium, Pipeworks, Nebraska Brewing[Disclaimer: Beernews.org is a leader in [ ... ] ... Press Releases: Infinium, Pipeworks, Nebraska Brewing ...

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Nebraska Brewing Company begins distribution to Wisconsin


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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 4:46 p.m.

(Papillion, NE) – Nebraska Brewing Company has signed a distribution agreement with Beechwood Sales / Specialty Beverage of New Berlin, WI. On and off premise retailers in the State of Wisconsin are now able to order and serve Nebraska Brewing Company’s product suite of draft and bottled Reserve Series Craft Beers. Paul Kavulak, President of [ ... ] ... Nebraska Brewing Company begins distribution to Wisconsin ... [Disclaimer: Beernews.org is a leader in craft beer news and is the original

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Local Favorites and The Good Food Awards.


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Published Nov. 17, 2010 at 4:33 p.m.

In its inaugural year, Good Food Awards will be given to winners in seven categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, pickles and preserves. Wisconsin Foodie favorites Alterra Coffee, Spirit Creek Farms and Uplands Cheese are all finalists ...

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Ruby Nouveau wine back at Wollersheim


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Published Nov. 13, 2010 at 10:00 p.m.

Wisconsin wine lovers can look to Prairie du Sac rather than Beaujolais for the first gulp of the 2010 vintage ...

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What Wine & Dine chefs want to see on their plates


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Published Sept. 30, 2010 at 7:04 p.m.

Several of the prominent foodies convening this weekend for Wine & Dine Wisconsin share ideas on what they think will be the next big things in dining - and what they'd like to see go away ...

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