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Celena Cipriaso

A Beginner’s Guide to Finding the Best Craft Beer Drink Deals

by Celena Cipriaso
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People hesitate to discover the best about craft beer due to one simple fact: to drink quality, you have to pay the price. As we all know, the price can get pretty steep. As a new convert to all that’s awesome about beer, I decided to share how I came to find the best craft [...]

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The Quest for the Berliner Weisse

by Celena Cipriaso
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I first discovered the Berliner Weisse in my search for good craft light beer options. The German sour wheat beer with a low ABV seemed like a perfect fit for my list. Ultimately, I decided not to include the beer type on the list because of its sparse pickings– at the time, I only found [...]

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Last Beer Days of Summer: Two "Must See" Bars

by Celena Cipriaso
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So, folks, it’s that sad time of year, when the hot days of summer are winding down.  This is the time to get out, enjoy the blue sky, and toast the heat wave away with a beer. If you’re a New Yorker or coming for a visit, here are a couple of bars to enjoy [...]

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A Beer Education Massachusetts Style

by Celena Cipriaso
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Months ago, I was more of a wine drinker, unaware of the wonderful possibilities and complexities of the craft beer world. Since my conversion, my husband and my sister-in-law were determined to teach me what great beer was all about. This past weekend was spent exploring new beers in my sister-in-law’s neck of the woods [...]

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Pretty Things Offers A Pretty Outstanding Beer Dinner

by Celena Cipriaso
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First off, I’ll admit I’m all kinds of biased when it comes to my favorite restaurant, The Farm on Adderley in Ditmas Park. Just a stone’s throw away from Sycamore, it’s my second dining room, arrayed with a great menu, focused on local sources and local drinks. Having already attended the excellent Ommegang dinner The [...]

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Beer Wars: A Craft Beer Drinker’s Divine Mission

by Celena Cipriaso
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The documentary Beer Wars has been out for about a year, but this was my first chance to view the film at the closing night of The New York Food Film Festival. What an event for a first viewing. Labeled “Brooklyn’s Burger n’ Beer Garden”, the closing ceremony of the festival was an event for [...]

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The Makings of a Great Beer Bar: Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop

by Celena Cipriaso
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Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop is not the typical beer bar.  It may even be argued that its beer menu is too short to fall under such a category, but I believe that my regular neighborhood beer-drinking haunt deserves to be ranked in New York City’s top beer drinking establishments. Here’s why: 1.) Sycamore has managed [...]

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A Lighter Option: Five Great Tasting Low Calorie Beers

by Celena Cipriaso
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Summer’s the time to bust out that bathing suit and drink a nice cold beer in the blistering heat.  But as drinkers shed their clothes, people start thinking how to shed those extra pounds, which can be a problem if you’re a beer lover. Beer is notorious for it’s extra weight in calories, averaging anywhere [...]

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