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" Throughout New York Craft Beer Week, which ends this weekend, we drank a lot of beer, we ate a lot of very good finger food (is it okay to call it that?), we learned a little bit about how to pair those two activities, and then we talked for hours about what makes a good beer. Because sometimes beer is not just a drink, but a conversation piece. And sometimes that conversation leads you to discussing Colt 45 and drunk four-year-olds. Below, some of our favorite overheard anecdotes and advice: Booziness Is Next to Godliness &amp;quot;I saw a bumper sticker that read, &amp;#039;Jews don&amp;#039;t drink beer,&amp;#039; and this has been our fourteen-year effort to disprove that stereotype. My guess is that my dad&amp;#039;s Jewish fraternity was drinking just as much beer as their neighbors at Berkeley.&amp;quot; \u2014Jeremy Cowan of Shmaltz Brewing Company What to Drink with a Grilled Cheese &amp;quot;Cracker Barrel cheddar, or Tillamook cheddar. With those, I would say a nice heavy hefewiezen would be nice, because they&amp;#039;re sharp cheeses, they&amp;#039;re cheddars. Something that has a more citrusy flavor to it will cut through the heaviness.&amp;quot; \u2014Brooke Little of Formaggio Essex, on washing down her favorite lowbrow sandwich Colt 45 Is Underrated &amp;quot;I have been known for drinking Colt 45 and PBR on occasion. You can&amp;#039;t find a brewer anywhere who hasn&amp;#039;t had a Colt 45.&amp;quot; \u2014Russell Dowling of Sixpoint Craft Ales Budweiser Isn&amp;#039;t as Bad as You Think &amp;quot;Most home-brewers that I know are very open to trying just about anything they can find to further their knowledge. They don&amp;#039;t shut themselves off to the major brands. Budweiser is not the enemy.&amp;quot; \u2014Rich Thatcher, president and co-founder of Long Island Beer and Malt Enthusiasts And the Most Important Thing About Home-Brewing &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s all about sterilization.&amp;quot; \u2014Chris Cuzme, president of the Malted Barley Appreciation Society Why Salmon Demands a Pale Ale &amp;quot;It has a malty, citrusy finish that pairs well with a gamey finish.&amp;quot; \u2014Kelly Taylor of Kelso of Brooklyn On Drinking His First Beer at Age Four &amp;quot;It was so great and fizzy and I remember thinking it was so funny. Then I tried to get up, and I fell over.&amp;quot; \u2014Kelly Taylor of Kelso of Brooklyn With reporting by Anna Peele, Ian Bassingthwaighte, and Mark Mikin "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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