In the bay area, not surprisingly, people are absinthe crazy.  Not sure if you can get the St. George version anymore but it looks like BevMo has other brands.  Wonder if the snazzy bars can serve it.

(pic from nbc11.com)

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When you all get a chance – stroll over to A Good Beer Blog and check out all the awesome entries for the 2007 Christmas photo contest. You might even see some from your ever loving host (yup that is me – Joseph Ruvel – keep scrolling down)! This is a shared contest with Stonch’s [...]

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And that season is winter….Barley Vine did a great job hosting. We were lazy this year with all the traveling and didn’t participate but I will definitly be reading through all the posts while drinking some winter brew. Check out the roundup.

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Happy Chanukah everyone! It is that time again this year (a little earlier then usual) to hang out with friends, buy some presents, eat some latkes, and drink some He’brew. At least it is for this Jew in San Francisco.Friday night, joined by a few friends, we headed to Toronado. It was an idea of [...]

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Dogfish Head Beer in Delaware – all I want for Christmas is for Dogfish Head to come to the Bay Area…

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