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Category Archives: Beer
Liquor Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes
TAXES WHILE LIQUOR IS BEING MADE Distilleries pay property taxes on land, buildings, equipment and also on their inventory. For every year a barrel of spirits ages in its warehouse, a distillery pays property tax to the US State in … Continue reading
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Tagged excise tax, liquor tax, proof gallon, property tax, retail sales tax, sin tax, taxes on things that are bad for you
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Alcohol in the Movies
Beer, wine, whiskey, and cocktails in movies illustrate everything from people having a boozy, brawling good or bad time, to the affectations of high society, to the ravages of alcoholism. In some cases a particular drink is identified with a certain … Continue reading
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Tagged absinthe, animal house, arthur, beer, blues brothers, boilermaker, bottle shock, casablanca, casino royale, cat ballou, chianti, cognac, cosmopolitan, days of wine and roses, fear and loathing in las vegas, french 75, i'll cry tomorrow, leaving las vegas, lost weekend, manhattan, martini, moulin rouge, my favorite year, orange whip, pinot noir, rye, scotch, sex and the city, sideways, silence of the lambs, singapore sling, some like it hot, the bad news bears, the big lebowski, the thin man, vesper, whiskey, white russian
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Hops: A Science Lesson
Beer begins as a vat of sweet sugar water (the wort) made from malted grain. Centuries ago, brewers added bitter herbs and flowers such as dandelion, marigold, and heather to reduce the wort’s sweetness. Using hops to add bitterness to beer … Continue reading
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Tagged hops alpha acids, hops beta acids, hops essential oils, purpose of hops, science of hops, use of hops, what are hops, what are noble hops
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Beer Brewing
Beer is the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage, possibly dating back to 9000 BC in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. From there is has been traced to the Greeks, then the Romans, then the British and Anglo-Saxons. The Irish and Germans spread brewing … Continue reading
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Tagged buffalo theory, how beer is made, how is beer made, how to make beer, malting process
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Beer, What’s In It?
Beer has but four ingredients: BARLEY Any grain can be used to make beer. There are popular wheat beers, such as Blue Moon, as well as oat beers, but barley is most commonly used. Barley is a cereal grain not … Continue reading