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Georgia Blue Laws: Sunday Sales and Growlers
By John Molinaro at March 8, 2011 | 8:57 am | 6 Comments
As has been widely reported, Georgia’s brief fling with entering the mid-1930s (at least in terms of how and when we purchase our booze) lies dashed on the state house floor. Gone are the giddy day dreams of picking up a bomber of imperial coffee stout for Sunday brunch or continuing Saturday’s all-night revelry with a quick trip—on foot of course—to the gas more...
“Wine Guy” Chris Reid of Hop City Craft Beer & Wine
By Tom Maicon at November 10, 2010 | 9:59 am | 1 Comments
Chris Reid, now the "Wine Guy" at Hop City Craft Beer & Wine (1000 Marietta St. Suite 302, Atlanta Tel: 404.350.9998), is our city’s leading authority regarding all things drink. Sure, he’s built quite a name for himself within the wine community, but few know he’s also a quirky wealth of knowledge in matters of beer, spirits, coffee, and even tea. Reid is about more...
Letter From The Editor “You don’t know anything about beer”
By Tom Maicon at October 6, 2010 | 8:28 pm | 0 Comment
When our tastes differ from those of others we automatically think “They don’t know anything about beer/food.” Why? Simple. We let our egos get in the way. I vowed several years ago to drop this way of thinking. Easier said than done for some of us. Our egos our bruised when others dislike the same foods or beers we like. Rather than just passing more...
2009 “Beer” in Review
By Kraig Torres at January 20, 2010 | 9:19 pm | 4 Comments
I know, I know—everyone has a year-end article about something. Why should beer be an exception … especially in light of the wonderful year that 2009 represented for metro Atlanta? From new breweries to exceptional new beers to great new destinations—last year was very kind to the beer-ophile in all of us. The final year of the aughts brought us the more...
Beermuda Triangle Homebrew Competition
By Tom Maicon at January 11, 2010 | 12:32 pm | 0 Comment
Think you got what it takes to brew with the big boys? Then this competition might be for you. The winner will get to brew his/her beer with 5 Seasons and have it on tap at the Westside location. Deadline for beer submission is January 30th, 2010, judging will take place the week of February 1st. Ready, set, start brewing! The judges will be Tony Riffel of more...
Are We A Beer Town?
By Tom Maicon at June 14, 2009 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Kraig Torres of Hop City"][/caption]Atlanta – Four years ago most beverage directors in this town sneered at the thought of adding craft beer to their drink menus. One even told me with his nose firmly pointed to the clouds, and derriere slanted off his hip, “craft beer will never find its way on more...
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