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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 29 May 2012 02:21:53 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Hop Topics</title><subtitle>Hop Topics</subtitle><id>http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-25T21:47:52Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Trappist-Style Beers?</title><id>http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/2012/5/25/trappist-style-beers.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/2012/5/25/trappist-style-beers.html"/><author><name>Beer Coasters</name></author><published>2012-05-25T11:00:53Z</published><updated>2012-05-25T11:00:53Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Leave the "Trappist" out of your American beers, please.</p>
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<p><a href="http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1102/beer-map/flat.html">http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1102/beer-map/flat.html</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Death Of Seasonal Beers</title><id>http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/2012/3/2/the-death-of-seasonal-beers.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.beercoasterspodcast.com/hop-topics/2012/3/2/the-death-of-seasonal-beers.html"/><author><name>Beer Coasters</name></author><published>2012-03-02T14:01:03Z</published><updated>2012-03-02T14:01:03Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Founder &amp; brewer of Notch Brewing posted this on their blog. It's an on-going issue and here's some views from someone in the industry.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.notchbrewing.com/2012/02/24/the-death-of-seasonal-beers/">http://www.notchbrewing.com/2012/02/24/the-death-of-seasonal-beers/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://beernews.org/2011/12/jester-kings-texas-abc-ruling-press-release/">http://beernews.org/2011/12/jester-kings-texas-abc-ruling-press-release/</a></p>
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