Author: Alan Moen

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  Charter Beer Tours

  September 1, 2004 - Alan Moen Belgium www.globalbeernetwork.com, 805-967-8111—Johnny Fincioen of Global Beer Network, a Belgian beer importer in Goleta, CA, leads trips to this fabled land of brew every year. www.beerloverstour.com/future.html—10-day beer and chocolate tours of Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, Charleroi, Leuven and Antwerp www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/contacts.html—tours of Antwerp, other Belgian beer cities, and the Netherlands Germany and Czech Republic www.beertrips.com/trips.html—tours of Prague,... View Article
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  Malty (and Hoppy) Museum Tours

  September 1, 2004 - Alan Moen Germany Bayreuth Bräuerei und Buttnerei Museum—Old brewing equipment, books, neon brewery signs, and an in-house bierstube. Rastal Historische Trinkgefasse Collection Museum, Horr-Grenzhausen —The Rastal Collection is not open to the public, but Keramik Museum Westerwald next door displays 324 pieces of Rastal factory glass and several real beer glass masterpieces.
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  Full Pints - Pub Shop

  Beer Vacations

  September 1, 2004 - Alan Moen In Nick Park’s magical Wallace and Gromit short feature Claymation film, A Grand Day Out, his two characters are in a quandary about where to go for a holiday. “I know,” Wallace, says at last, staring at the moon, “We’ll go where there’s cheese!”
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  Full Pints - History - Learn Beer

  Taxing the Pour

  May 1, 2003 - Alan Moen Like it or not, taxes are a fact of life (or death, as some would say). They have been imposed on citizens by governments for centuries, and breweries and their beers have long been a favorite tap for government revenue.
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  History - Sidebars

  War Beers

  September 2, 2002 - Alan Moen Traquair Jacobite Flavored Ale, Traquair House (7.5% ABV)
 Orange russet in color with a tight tan head. Spicy (coriander), sweet malt aroma. Delicious and refreshing malt and spice flavor, very low bitterness, medium-full body; finishes off dry. An unusual brew. Bonnie Prince Charlie meets Pierre Celis! SkullSplitter Orkney Ale, Orkney Brewery (8.5% ABV) 
Deep mahogany... View Article
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  Full Pints - History

  Beer Goes to War

  September 1, 2002 - Alan Moen Napoleon is credited with having said, “An army travels on its belly.” Maybe he should have added, “and that belly should be full of beer.” In Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “Gunga Din,” an Indian water carrier is depicted as a lifesaving hero to parched British soldiers in the heat of battle. But as vital as his... View Article
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  Full Pints - POSTS_TO_REVIEW - Styles Features

  Clan of the Cave Beer

  March 1, 2002 - Alan Moen It was dusk when we reached the cave, a gaping hole in a hillside in the Basque country of northern Spain. I had hoped to visit the famous Altamira caves nearby but did not receive permission from the Spanish government in time before arriving there in summer 1993. Just by chance, I noticed another cave... View Article