There are 148 bottles of Fat Tire in the chandelier located in the entranceway of New Belgium’s packaging hall. I know this because I’ve done the official tour at the Colorado brewery’s Fort Collins headquarters four times. When you arrive at this stage, the tour guide will ask the small crowd of vi| Pellicle
Ken Grossman remembers the exact field at Roy Farms where he got the Cascade hops for his first batch of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. In 1981, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company had just opened, and he wanted to do a special release of a dry-hopped IPA, a beer almost unheard of at that time. Ken was se| Pellicle
It’s around 11am when we join the line at a standstill outside San Francisco's revered Swan Oyster Depot, as it ascends Polk Street’s gentle incline. It’s also a Monday, and in our galaxy-brained wisdom, my father and I figured this would be an ideal time to visit; minimum wait, maximum seafood. We| Pellicle
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