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The Best Bar in America

by Erich Hennig November 9, 2012 Mountain Brew Notes

Recently, the Craft Brewers Association of America held a contest to try and find the “Best Beer Bar in America.” Members of the beer-drinking public were invited to vote through a website, and, not surprisingly, the winning institution is located in a place where the population within a 20-mile radius of the bar easily exceeds the total [...]

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Taos Hum

by Erich Hennig October 3, 2012 Mountain Brew Notes

Sometime late in the last century, rumors of a mysterious low-level hum audible in and around Taos, NM, grew loud enough to draw national attention.

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I Want A New Drug

by Erich Hennig July 6, 2012 July 2012

Politics has been called the world’s second-oldest profession. If this is the case, then, in this country, the third is making moonshine.

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Blaze of Glory

by Erich Hennig June 4, 2012 June 2012

Located just to the north of Moab, the crumbling rock towers of Utah’s Castle Valley stand broken and forlorn, ancient guardians of time itself.

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We’re not in (Ar) Kansas Anymore

by Erich Hennig May 4, 2012 May 2012

The newest member of the mountain-brewing fraternity is Elevation Beer Co., a start-up taking root in Poncha Springs.

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¿Tienes Experiencia?

by Erich Hennig April 3, 2012 April 2012

All I know is that, from that moment forward, I chose to spend the extra fifty cents on each bottle of Belikin Premium, and the ship, as they say, was righted.

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