SUNDAY SIPS: 5 Beers With International Influences

SUNDAY SIPS: 5 Beers With International Influences

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Great beers take their influences from all over the world. These five brews are made in American, but they wouldn't exist without the influence of great brewers in places like Belgium and Germany. Allagash White Twenty years ago no one would have dreamed of saying this, but these days the United States damn near seems to be the center of the beer world when it comes to quality, innovation, and invention. Groundbreaking beer efforts didn’t start here, though, and many of our best were inspired by styles pioneered elsewhere. The witbier, for instance. A beer as ubiquitous as Allagash White…
SUNDAY SIPS: 5 Beers You Can’t Believe Will Flatten You

SUNDAY SIPS: 5 Beers You Can’t Believe Will Flatten You

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Every Sunday I take a look at five beers worth checking off your list. This week, it's five beers that taste so good and drink so easily you can get yourself in a world of hurt if you're not careful, because they are also heavy hitters in the alcohol department. Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra Beer has a rep as being a booze that isn’t “booze” because it’s low enough in alcohol that you can drink it all day. Thing is, that’s not always true. Sometimes a beer will taste as approachable as any other beer but will knock you flatter…