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Yule Beer Blog Photo Contest returns

Yule Beer Blog Photo Contest returns

How do you know the season of yule is upon us? The Good Beer Blog’s 2009 Yule Beer Blog Photo Contest Is Launched! It begins right now and ends Dec. 12. Lots of great prizes. Got a photo like this? Sent it to Alan McLeod. And remember, forget the photos with food in them. Think snow, Alan likes... »

Keg Wizard For Party Planning

Keg Wizard For Party Planning

If you’re throwing a party between now and New Years Eve, the good folks at Kegerators.com have launched a Keg Wizard Beer Calculator to help you figure out exactly how much beer you’ll need. You input the number of guests and then how much each will be drinking on a sliding scale from tipsy to... »

The World’s 50 Best Christmas Beers

The World’s 50 Best Christmas Beers

One chapter of Don Russell’s book, Christmas Beer, is devoted to his bold choices for the world’s fifty best Christmas beers. With his permission, we’ve reprinted the list below. See if you agree with Don’s picks. Mad Elf Ale; Troegs Brewing, Pennsylvania Avec les Bons Voeux; La Brasserie Dupont, Belgium Samichlaus Bier; Schloss Eggenberg, Austria Stille Nacht; Brouwerij... »

Christmas Beer Labels From Around the World

Christmas Beer Labels From Around the World

Not reading Japanese means I can’t give the proper credit for this website that features a number of cool-looking Christmas beer labels from around the world. It’s just fun to see how other cultures portray the holidays on their beer labels. Enjoy! This one is from the Ukraine. And this gueuze is from Belgium. »

Chinese Beer Tree

Chinese Beer Tree

In 2007 in Baolong Square in Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, they erected a 30-foot high Christmas tree made with 4,000 beer bottles. »

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