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(Bilingual Post) Brasser & Houblon: From making rosé to making beer… winemaker gets a lesson in brewing

This time of year while scaredy-cats are talking about hobgoblins, Jean-Marc introduces us to houblons…or Humulus Lupulus. On Tuesday he saw them with his very eyes in the historic quarter of Nice, France! Read on about this bois du diable and its relation to beer, in today's column. (Thank you, Eileen deCamp, for this beautiful photo!) un houblon     : hop, hops     … Continue reading (Bilingual Post) Brasser & Houblon: From making rosé to making beer… winemaker gets a lesson in brewing

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Artisanat, Allez Hop! Come on let’s get some beer at a new brasserie in Nice!

Allez, Hops! is a new "cave à bière" you don't want to miss when in Nice! Located at 15 Rue Défly, it's up the street from the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain TODAY'S WORD: Artisanat         : craft industry, arts and crafts, handicraft EXAMPLE SENTENCE:Dans l’artisanat, rien n’est laissé au hasard, et la bière n’y échappe pas ! Avec notre sélection de bières, vous … Continue reading Artisanat, Allez Hop! Come on let’s get some beer at a new brasserie in Nice!

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Colorful chairs, in Cassis, remind me of diversity—and all the new faces that we'll soon see: harvest volunteers coming from as far away as London and Californie! fût (fuu) noun, masculine : keg, barrel, cask: stock (of rifle), handle (of saw), stem (of candelabrum) Audio File : Download WAV or Download MP3 and listen to these French words: Jean-Marc a fait livrer des fûts de bière. Jean-Marc had kegs … Continue reading fut

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