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It’s that time of year. The kids are heading back to college, back to school shopping is in full force. Some might say the lazy hazy days of summer are…

Growing up, both of my parents drank seltzer water every night before bed. The nightly routine was so perpetual that my mind can still hear the hissing sound of the…

I recently watched a CBS Sunday Morning segment titled Rick Steves, Stuck at Home. It featured how the eponymous European travel guide, sidelined from his European travels has discovered new domestic…

Rich and Mengistu Koilor are the founders of Two Locals Brewing Company, the first black-owned and operated brewery in Philadelphia. The Swarthmore Co-Op just started carrying their Brown Ale (Nubian)…

You might remember the 2011 American biographical sports film Moneyball or read the nonfiction book of the same name. It tells the story of how the 2002 Oakland Athletics, led by their…

Back when I lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin there was always good beer to drink. After all, this beer loving city bordering Lake Michigan was once heralded as the beer capital…

Portmanteau: a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’), brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’), or kombrewcha (from kombucha and…

Once winter settles in, I am a sucker for a good holiday ale. But much like pumpkin spice can overwhelm our October tastebuds, I find holiday beers can become redundant…

As I perused the new wine selection at the Swarthmore Co-op, my interest was piqued by a sleekly labeled bottle of unoaked Chardonnay from Morgan Winery. Sadly for me, Chardonnay…

I excitedly scanned the shelves of the Swarthmore CO-OP’s new beer section like a kid in a candy store. In keeping with the CO-OP’s mission, I decided I would “stay…