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If you don’t like civilization, please don’t blame it on beer

By Erik Curren | January 30, 2012

barley for beer

I like beer. But I'm not so sure how I feel about civilization these days. When I think that humans taking control of the Earth has killed whole seas, is melting permafrost and may just end the whole thing in a mushroom cloud of thermonuclear Armageddon, it doesn't make me want to enjoy a cold tumbler of a hoppy IPA. It makes me want to swig Gordon's Gin straight from the … [Read more...]

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