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TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Harpoon Island Creek Oyster Stout, Single Hop ESB

Tom Bedell

[May 10, 2010]  I’ve been on something of a Harpoon orgy lately, which may be the only way to keep... Read more »

Channeling Desmond Muirhead

John Strawn

Desmond Muirhead passed away in the spring of 2002.  Though designing golf courses brought him renown, Desmond only intermittently practiced... Read more »

TAP Cider(s) of the Week 18: Woodchuck Draft Cider

Tom Bedell

Though hard ciders are processed more like wine than beer (apples being pressed to juice, then fermented and cold-filtered), they’re... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 17: Bashah

Tom Bedell

Both Stone Brewing of San Diego and BrewDog of Scotland will be pouring at the Brattleboro Brewers Fest on May... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 16: Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale

Tom Bedell

Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione will not likely be at the Brattleboro Brewers Festival on May 22, although you never... Read more »

TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Smuttynose IPA and Star Island Single

Tom Bedell

[April 12, 2010] The Isles of Shoals is a collection of small islands a few miles off the coast of... Read more »

Rules Reminders for the Scramble Foursome

David Gould

It is disappointing to look up “scramble” in the wonderfully researched Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms and find no mention... Read more »

Memo to Golf Digest: The Rest of the World Plays Golf – and Drinks – Too. Building a Better 19th Hole

Larry Olmsted

I don’t usually read Golf Digest but today I went to their website to try to look at their rankings... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week: Ommegang Abbey Ale

Tom Bedell

[Apr. 6, 2010]–What could be more appropriate, as the baseball season blessedly opens, than a beer made in Cooperstown, New... Read more »

Advice on Navigating Augusta National for First-Time Masters Badge Holders

David Gould

There is something about The Masters at Augusta National that makes it no different from the San Diego Zoo, Disney’s... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 13: McNeill’s Warlord

Tom Bedell

Will Ray McNeill play the cello at the May 22 Brattleboro Brewers Festival? With Ray, you never quite know. He’s... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 12: Brooklyn Local 2

Tom Bedell

I did a tasting awhile back I called “Dr. Strangebrew, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the... Read more »

Ultra-Exclusive Tavistock Cup Announces 2010 Field

Scott Kauffman

Orlando, Fla.  – The Tavistock Group just announced marquee golfers Mark O’Meara and Ernie Els will return to captain next week’sTavistock... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week: Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

Tom Bedell

[March 15, 2010]  There’s still snow on the ground here in Vermont, and Wednesday is St. Patrick’s Day, so it’s... Read more »