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Food editor Ciampa offers a taste of R.I. brewpubs

brewmasters ss.JPG 9:28 AM Wed, May 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Sean Larkin, brewmaster at Trinity Brew Pub in Providence, holds a mug of their Belgian White Ale. Journal Food Editor......

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Amish teen ticketed for having beer in buggy

2:43 PM Wed, May 13, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

LEON, N.Y. (AP) -- Police cracking down on rowdy Amish youths ticketed a teenager for having beer in his horse-drawn buggy when they pulled him......

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Thousands are expected to pour in for spring beer festival

9:22 AM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By Journal staff Something's brewing at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The third annual Great International Spring Beer Festival gets under way Saturday in two......

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Bar owner packages free beer with resume advice

2:18 PM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

A free beer is welcome at almost any time, but perhaps never more than in these tough times. In St. Louis, a bar owner recently......

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Thirst for a beer leads to robbery arrest

1:20 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

GREENVILLE, Maine (AP) -- A thirst for a beer and a store clerk's long memory led to the arrest of a suspect in a Texas......

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R.I. microbrewery hopes to expand, move to Newport

2:31 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- The brewer of Newport Storm beer hopes to relocate at its namesake city and ramp up its production of porters and......

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Don't ask your 9-year-old to drive you for a beer run

2:13 PM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

This story moved on the Associated Press's Strange wire. I guess the this guy deserves some credit for deciding not to get behind the wheel......

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