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M. and I are on the road, looking for books, brew pubs, and botanicals, so blogging will be sporadic for a few days. So far we have covered two out of three.<\/p>\n

This interior view is not a brew pub, however, but one of our favorite coffee shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M. and I are on the road, looking for books, brew pubs, and botanicals, so blogging will be sporadic for a few days. So far we have covered two out of three. 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The truest alcohol enthusiasts will try almost anything to conjure the libations of old. They\u2019ll slaughter goats to fashion fresh wineskins, so the vintage takes on an authentically gamey taste. They\u2019ll brew beer in dung-tempered pottery or boil it by dropping in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"archaeology\"","block_context":{"text":"archaeology","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=archaeology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.smithsonianmag.com\/images\/beer-ingredients-631.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":785,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=785","url_meta":{"origin":1138,"position":2},"title":"Top stories of 2006","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Visit The Wildhunt Blog for top Pagan news stories of 2006.Meanwhile, The Georgia Straight, a Vancouver, B.C., weekly, has a huge list of tidbits from 2006 from Canada and the rest of the globe. 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