St Patty Green IPA

Posted by IPA on March 17, 2013

St Patty Green IPA

What does St. Patricks Day and IPA have in common? Nothing as far as we know, unless of course you count the millions of green colored IPA's that will be served up during this year's celebration of the world's most beloved Irish Saint. Wikipedia claims that blue was the original color associated with St. Pattys Day but offers no proof to back it up. Saint Patrick supposedly used the shamrock to explain his teachings to...

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Pumpernickel?

Posted by IPA on March 7, 2013

Pumpernickel?

Pumpernickel and Blood Orange IPA? Oh my. We’ve come to expect the unexpected from those outside-the-box thinkers at Flying Dog, the people who brought you Snake Dog IPA. Maybe it’s the unmistakable Steadman labels, maybe it’s the hysterically explicit names, or maybe it was just the Oyster Stout, hard to say. But we were still left scratching our heads upon hearing about their upcoming Pumpernickel ...

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The Fresh Fetish - Part II

Posted by Bradford Fullerton on February 12, 2013

The Fresh Fetish - Part II

It was six years ago, I had just moved to Los Angeles and I was fortunate enough to quickly find work at a boutique wine shop. I didn't know much about wine at the time except for what I briefly learned to B.S. while waiting tables at a corporate Italian restaurant back in Texas, so this whole world was new to me and quite frankly, fairly damn obnoxious. All the different regions, so many species of grapes, the glassw...

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