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    July 2, 2010

    Tasting Blind: Our Panel Rates Summer Beers

    Brian YaegerRigorous steps were taken to assure impartiality.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, rather than focus on a specific style, and since we just celebrated the solstice with on-again, off-again warm weather, we lined up a mixed six-pack of seasonal summer beers. Here's how the Brewe ... More >>

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    June 17, 2010

    Concord Man Has Nation's Best Stache

    Not the winner​ Rich in cultural, technological and pharmaceutical history, the Bay Area is now justly famous for facial hair. A man from Concord -- that's in the East Bay, kids -- won first prize in the country's first-ever National Beard and Moustache Championships.

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    May 12, 2010

    Bay Area Beard Luminary Jack Passion to Host National Facial Hair Championships

    Jack Passion in recent years; his beard has grown bigger, though no redder​Jack Passion is, quite simply, the John C. Holmes of beards. The Walnut Creek native's facial hair resembles a rhododendron bush. He's the only person we know who could smuggle a bottle of champagne into a ballpark in his b ... More >>

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    May 6, 2010

    Our Blind Tasting of Pale Ales Reveals Wide Disparity

    Brian YaegerThe lineup.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, we're not going beyond the pale ― we're going right to it. Made with lightly roasted malts, pale ales originated in England as a mellow alternative to dark mild and porter ales. They might have been invented in Burton-on-Trent, Eng ... More >>

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    March 1, 2010

    Our Local Beer Experts Blind-Tasted Stouts. Guess Who Won?

    B. YaegerThe lineup ranged from Anglo to Cali.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, we gave in to the dark side. Stouts originated in England in the mid-18th century, and might have fizzled out had it not been for the Irish. Deriving its name from particularly strong or "stout" porter, stout i ... More >>

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    October 13, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Wilco Fleet Foxes

    B. YaegerThe lineup ranged from Anglo to Cali.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, we gave in to the dark side. Stouts originated in England in the mid-18th century, and might have fizzled out had it not been for the Irish. Deriving its name from particularly strong or "stout" porter, stout i ... More >>

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    October 23, 2007

    Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Douchey Sheriff Joe Arpaio's House

    B. YaegerThe lineup ranged from Anglo to Cali.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, we gave in to the dark side. Stouts originated in England in the mid-18th century, and might have fizzled out had it not been for the Irish. Deriving its name from particularly strong or "stout" porter, stout i ... More >>

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