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The World Cup of Beer, a sideline to the games going on in South Africa

A gimmick, yes, but an interesting one at that.
The folks from ESPN are running a World Cup of Beer, pitting one malty beverage against another from all 32 nations represented.
Here’s the first tier, where France’s Kronenbourg and Mexico’s Dos Equis advance, largely on the strength of television ads. They beat out South Africa’s Castle Milk [...]

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How many craft brews to learn to sing Italian? Or craft beer and opera, like tuna and chocolate

Why the vague headline? Well, I didn’t want to confuse people who might have read entertainment reporter Joe Nickell’s blog post about the same event. And to clear up the tuna and chocolate vaguery, read my foodie blog post here. You’ll understand why I compared opera and beer to tuna and chocolate.
The thing is, Missoula [...]