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Valley Beer Fair this weekend on Kibbutz Beit Alfa
New festivals are multiplying faster than lager yeast at 20°C (68°F). In the interest of time, I just want to report about one more which is taking place this weekend, September 2-3 on Kibbutz Beit...
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Premiers at the Jerusalem Craft Beer Fair
The first Jerusalem Craft Beer Fair opened the capital's summer beer season in mid-July. This was a private venture by Leon Shvartz and Shmuel Naky, the partners of Beerateinu, the "Jerusalem Beer...
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Three more beer events heard from
A few more notices about beer events and festivals have crossed my desk, and I hasten to share them with you all. I am quite exhilarated to learn of all the local events, something which was simply...
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55 taps of beer on the wall
Probably the only place in Jerusalem with 55 taps of cold, fresh beer. As far as names of bars go, this one says exactly what it wants to say: 55. That's it: 55. What it means is that there are 55...
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Discount coupon to this week's BEERS 2016 Exhibit in Tel Aviv
The monumental BEERS 2016 Exhibit takes place this week, Tuesday, September 20, to Thursday, September 22, at the Train Station (HaTachana) in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood. It opens every day...
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Four more Oktoberfests. Enough!
Okay, this is it. My last mention of "Oktoberfests" in Israel. For years, we were having our own beer festivals without having to copy the name and the style of the German prototype, however...
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The 2016 Jerusalem Beer Festival: Fun, but not much new
It's always good to make new friendsat the Jerusalem Beer Festival.(Photo: Mike Horton)I should really write about the 2016 Jerusalem Beer Festival, which took place this year as August met September....
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Newbies at BEERS 2016 -- Part 1
Few would dispute that the premier beer event in Israel is the annual BEERS Exhibit in Tel Aviv. It brings together the mightiest of Israeli and international brewers, Israeli micro-breweries of all...
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2nd Jerusalem Craft Beer Fair -- This week
Proving you can't have too much of a good thing, or if it works, don't fix it, the organizers of the Jerusalem Craft Beer Fair are holding their autumn edition this week, Wednesday, November 2, and...
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Newbies at BEERS 2016 -- Part 2
Continued from Part 1, which you can read here.Milk & HoneyContinuing my stroll around the stands at the BEERS 2016 Exhibit in Tel Aviv, I reached the Alexander Brewery, where all the buzz was...
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2nd Jerusalem Craft Beer Fair
Leon Shvartz and Shmuel Naky, the two organizers of the Jerusalem Craft Beer Fair, took a chance by holding their second Fair in early November. The first Fair, back in July (see here), was a pleasant...
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New Beers for the Winter
(Photo: Mike Horton) With the colder weather closing in around us, it's time to think about beers which bring a warm glow to our hearts and bodies. Winter...
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Coming soon: Stout Beer Tasting Panel
After an embarrassingly long hiatus (or is it hibernation?), the Israeli Brews and Views Beer TastingPanel is springing back to action. Mobilization orders went out to our Esteemed Judges, some...
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Brewing Jem's Black Beauty
"We're going to start brewing our black IPA, the 'Black Beauty,' someday next week. Why don't you come over and join us?"It isn't very often that I get invitations like this from breweries. In fact,...
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Results of the Israel Brews and Views -- Stout Beer Tasting Panel
I know, the suspense must be terrible. What were the results, you've been asking, of the Israeli Brews and Views Stout Beer Tasting Panel? Judge Ira.Well, we recently met in convivial assembly to...
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New "stouts plus"
Our recent Tasting Panel for Israeli stout beers (see here) in no way covered all of the stouts brewed in this country. In fact, there are several new stouts out there now, but they didn't qualify for...
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More "stouts plus"
We're on a roll here, people. Doing a catch-up on Israeli stouts which didn't make it in to our Stout Beer Tasting Panel because they were brewed with special ingredients or processes. Here are two...
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Tasting winter beers at Beerateinu, Jerusalem
Although I have been known to travel elsewhere for beer events, as a contented Jerusalemite (at least from April to October), I unapologetically favor local happenings. The Winter Beer Tasting Session...
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1,300 bottles of beer on the wall
Yitzhak Berman started drinking beer on his frequent business trips to Europe for the same reason the medieval monks drank their doppelbock "shtarkbier" during Lent: The beer was a kind of "liquid...
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The famous beer lecture returns -- March 20
If you find yourself in or around Jerusalem next Monday, March 20, please stop in to the Beer Bazaar and hear my (now) famous lecture on the history of beer in the Middle East -- followed by a guided...
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