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The Jug Shop Hosts Barrel-Aged Beer Tasting

As of today, SF Beer Weekis in full swing. With 327 events on the schedule, you're spoiled for choice. We'll be covering many of the events...
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Take a break from beer...with mead and cider

The Jug Shop is renowned for its stellar beer tasting events which are organized by brewery, style, region, or anything beer manager Eric Cripe...
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Blind Pilsners

A couple of months ago, I conducted a blind taste test of seven Pilsners. It was the first in a monthly series of tasting examples of a single...
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New decade cause for Jubel-ation. Deschutes tasting March 5

Deschutes Brewing from Bend, Oregon is not new to Bay Area beer lovers. And some big, bold beers that are only brewed once a year receive warm...
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Jug Shop's holiday beer series in 3 sessions

Ho ho holy moly, has the Jug Shop put together a mind-blowing trilogy of holiday beer tastings sure to knock your stockings off. On the heels of...
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Beer for National Espresso Day

Joe. Java. Jamocha. The next best brewed beverage after beer is coffee and it in case you missed it (it happens), yesterday was National Espresso...
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This week in beer: Nov.6-15

This week Mainers joined the club with Californians as Blue Staters who protected something called the sanctity of marriage against abominable gay...
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Collaboration Fermentation: Friday at the Jug Shop

Behold, collaborative brewed paydirt.What started out simply enough as a way for two stellar brewers--Adam Avery from Avery Brewing in Colorado and...
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I think I'm drinking Japanese

In the battle of Japanese breweries, twin Godzillas Asahi and Sapparo now have over 100 David-sans with which to compete.Many countries are...
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Single-minded? Hop over to this Mikkeller tasting

Within the realm of the beer lover lays a particular type of fan: the hop head. Beer, traditionally brewed with but four ingredients—malted...
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