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Articles By Jug Dunningan

Drink To Your Health

Give up beer for your diet? Maybe you should give up your diet for beer. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published September 8, 2009

The Bitter Truth

Fancy yourself a hophead? Learn the nuances of tasting the so-called “spice” of beer. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published May 12, 2009

’Tis Better To Give, THEN You Can Receive!

A home brewing kit for the first-time brewer is a gift that’ll keep on giving—to you, hopefully. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published December 21, 2008

Dark Beer Faux Pas

Jug Dunningan’s quest to eliminate the term “dark beer” from the philistine dialect. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published September 2, 2008

The Great Taste Of The Midwest: A Fest Done Right

The Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild hits it on the head with the best Great Taste to date. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published August 11, 2008

Reusing Yeast

Take control of your home brew?and be a cheap skate?by resurrecting your yeast batch after batch. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published June 9, 2008

Two Gruits Fat And Thin

Jug shares the results of his great herbal beer experiment. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published February 26, 2008

Just Gruit

If the hop shortage is giving you the home brew blues, spice things up with an herbal beer. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published January 27, 2008

Homebrew For Humanity

Celebrate the anniversary of the law that helped spark the craft beer revolution. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published October 14, 2007

Title Town, U.S.A.

Resident homebrew specialist Jug Dunningan goes brewpub hopping in Green Bay. [»]
by Jug Dunningan
Published August 28, 2007

Drinkin’ And Thinkin’

Beer Dorks News

Want to know how healthy the craft beer industry is? As always, look to Portland. Craft pioneer Bridgeport announces sudden closure, adding to a growing list of PDX casualties. Did Anheuser-Busch Chicago offer their shit beer to Cody Parkey before his missed field goal? Because that may explain why he "accidentally" biffed it. Chicago now has the most breweries of any city in the country. Other things Chicago has the most of: murders, mobsters, and Ditkas. Trying to spin it positive, BA releases end of year graphic. Only 5% growth in the craft sector when nearly 1000 new breweries opened? That's a collapse waiting to happen. R.I.P. Tallgrass... another casualty as the regional/national craft beer market continues to get squeezed. Wait... Constellation Brands cut all of the Ballast Point and Funky Buddha sales staff? They merged it with their Corona/Modelo staff?? We're SHOCKED!!! Pizza Beer founder crying about failure of company, blames everyone else. Reminder, the beer tasted like vomit. Try having better ideas or making better products so you're not a failure. It's Bud Light so doesn't really matter, but we expect this beer to be sitting around for awhile. Indiana brewery to open with controversial beer names to "get the conversation going". Translation: taking advantage of serious issues for free publicity. Hundreds of amazing beers in Wisconsin and the Cubs took back the one everyone drinks just because it exists and people have heard of it. How fitting...