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Two Girls One Beer Correspondent

Kristie Martin and Ashleigh Bennett are the best of friends from Cape Cod. They love cheese, cats, and craft beer. You can find more of their beer musings on their website www.twogirlsonebeer.com.

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8 local spring craft beer options to excite any Boston drinker
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Ah, the spring beer; where the bock, dry stout, fruit-based wheat beers and Irish Reds all attempt to reign my least favorite season. Why has spring become so glamorized into crocuses emerging from freshly-thawed soil, birds chirping, and dewy-eyed hibernators emerging to forage for asparagus and fiddleheads? Spring is the pits. Spring is muddy shoes and never knowing what type of weather to dress for. It’s gorgeous one day, snowing the next, and my cat is starting to make weird clicking noises at birds, planning an elaborate, “Escape From Alcatraz” type of  getaway. More

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Beer and chocolate make the perfect pair this Valentine’s Day
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Beer and food pairings are all the rage now. Non-beer drinkers are starting to realize that people are moving beyond wine when it comes to constructing elaborate pairings, while the seasoned craft beer drinker might consider reverting to wine if they read another article like “Beers to Pair with Your Flag Day Meal” or “20 Pumpkin Beers to Drink with Halloween Candy.” But Valentine’s Day is a day that makes sense to work beer into the equation, since it traditionally revolves around wine and chocolate. Beer can easily be factored in. Both beer and chocolate share an ancient history and both share many of the same flavors. Whether you’re serving beer and chocolate side-by-side, brewing chocolate into beer, or cooking beer into chocolate, the two complement each other perfectly. More

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Would you drink a beer with whale meat? 9 strange brews
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Right now, conservationists are up in arms about an Icelandic beer that the creators say contains whale meal. The traditional Reinheitsgebot laws in Germany said that the only ingredients allowed in beer were water, barley, and hops, though things certainly have changed over the years. Whether trying to out-hop one another or brew beers from beards, no ingredients are off limits now. So casting all Reinheitsgebot laws aside, here are some of the more bizarre brews we found.
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Read with a drink: Winter reading list for beer fans
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Maybe it’s time to break in the new Kindle you got for Christmas or get cracking on your resolution to read more in the New Year. Whatever your reason is for book perusal this winter, why not supplement your heroic beer intake by learning more about your favorite beverage? The number of books on craft beer has been steadily growing, with options ranging from beer 101 to growing your own hops to constructing elaborate beer and food pairings. Whatever your niche, there’s a beer book sure to pique your interest. More

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Make the holidays go down easy: Get merry with Christmas beers
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With the large amount of holiday beers out there, from winter warmers to Christmas ales to hearty porters, it’s hard to know just which one to choose. And selecting the beer is only half the battle. The other half is figuring out what to pair it with. Here are some great holiday beers in different styles from breweries all over the country, so you can find something tasty no matter where you are. Whether you’re bringing these to a party to share, leaving some out for Santa, or looking for something to drink in front of the fire, there’s a beer for every holiday occasion. More

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Skip wine at Thanksgiving, drink beer: Brews for every course
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Wine for the holidays? Beer allows for just as much, if not more, variety of food pairing options. With everything shared family-style at Thanksgiving, as opposed to separate courses, the beers selected should be able to incorporate different flavors. So grab a bunch of beers, leave them scattered around the table and let people figure out what they like. Some styles of beer that work best include saisons, brown ales, doppelbocks, witbiers, winter warmers, as well as autumn beers like marzens and yes, even pumpkins. Here’s a quick guide to help figure out some good flavor pairings from appetizers through dessert. More

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Extreme Beer Fest tickets on sale Saturday: Why to buy
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Why does Beer Advocate’s annual Extreme Beer Fest sell out of tickets almost instantly? Let’s see. Beers brewed with Japanese sake, with dandelions and elderberries, with chipotle peppers; beers inspired by cocktails like Bloody Marys or White Russians; kombucha beer, pineapple upside-down cake beer; sour beers, smokey beers,  pretty much anything you can imagine. Tickets for this year’s event, to be held March 21-22 at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center, go on sale for $55 at noon on Saturday, Nov. 16. Need more reasons to pick up a pass? Read on. More

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Craft beer before it was cool: ‘Beer Hunter’ comes to Arlington
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A beer of the month club featuring beers hand-picked by Michael Jackson? Does The Gloved One live on with selections like Smooth Criminal Stout and Billy Jean’s Barleywine? A quick Google search gives a resounding “no,” but instead sheds light on one of the most influential figures in the craft beer world, British writer and journalist Michael Jackson. Beer nerds, take note: This Thursday, Arlington’s Regent Theatre will premiere filmmaker JR Richards’ new documentary on Jackson, “Beer Hunter: The Movie.” More