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Sohini Desai

drawing: a person with a clothespin on their nose holds a bottle of wine to their face

Life Lessons

Why Is NA Wine So Far Behind NA Beer?

Ray Ratto

A customer takes a photograph of a glass of Russian River Brewing's Pliny the Younger at the Russian River Brewing Company on February 1, 2019 in Windsor, California.

An Afternoon With Pliny The Younger

Patrick Redford

Boxing up the bottles beer at Anchor Steam Beer Brewery, March 28, 1978

Capital

Anchor Brewing Was San Francisco

Barry Petchesky

DHI QAR, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: British Museum and Iraqi archaeologists carry out excavations in the ancient city of Girsu, the capital of the Kingdom of Lagash in Dhi Qar, Iraq on November 15, 2021. (Photo by Arshad Mohammed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Science

I Desperately Want To Have A Beer At This Ancient Sumerian Bar

Sacramento State RB Marcus Fulcher treats himself to some beer after scoring a TD early in Sacramento State's loss in the Division I-AA quarterfinals.

College Football

Sacramento State’s Post-TD Beer Wasn’t The Wildest Part Of The Year’s Best College Football Game

Billy Haisley

An empty Budweiser beer stand at Fan Festival ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on November 18, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.