WHY IS MY BEER BOTTLE WAXED?

Every year around this time, beer lovers find themselves blessed with prized bottles of barrel-aged stout.

Most of the brown bottles have been dipped in wax – a thick coating that covers the cap and drips down the neck.

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ASTORIA RINGS IN STOUT MONTH

Hat’s off to Astoria’s Fort George Brewery for taking the bleakest month of the year – otherwise known as February – and turning it into a showcase of world-class stouts.

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The Have Nots

A NOVEL BY WILLIAM DEAN

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