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Brewers Prepare Beer For The End Of Time, Mayan Or Otherwise

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The world isn't going to end next Friday, but Dec. 21, 2012, has come to be known as the Mayan apocalypse because that's when the Mayan calendar ends. As scientists have told us repeatedly, the end of the calendar year was actually was a time for celebration and renewal — the equivalent of an ancient New Year's Eve. So breweries around the country have decided to celebrate with — what else? — beer. The alcoholic drinks the Maya concocted in Central America hundreds of years ago aren't quite like the beer we quaff today. There's archaeological evidence that they brewed something like a wine from cacao pods and included ingredients such as honey, chilies and flowers. And descendants of the Maya still make a fermented corn drink called pozol. Pozol can be sweetened with sugar, made bitter with chilies and salt, or colored with annatto.

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Tom Young

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0"We decided to look at the Mayan culture and figure out what they would make," Young says. ...
0.0105054"a very drinkable beer," he says. ...
0.177115"a very drinkable beer," he says. "It really comes through why chilies and chocolate are such a good combination."
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Joe Bisacca

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0.0547445"If you're a brewer, and the end of the world is coming, what are the 12 beers you want to make?" says Joe Bisacca, ...
-0.136108"The blood orange puree was interesting," Bisacca says, ...
-0.123651"The blood orange puree was interesting," Bisacca says, because "the yeast ate it like crazy."
0"just in case" the world really does end next Friday, Bisacca ...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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0.219183"fun work of fiction," as Neil deGrasse Tyson said ...
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Pozol

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Taylor Butzbach

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Patrick McGovern

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Charles Burns

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Additional Info:

Company: Elysian Brewing Co.

Overall Sentiment: 0.0466916

Relevance: 0.801013

Company: Elysian

Overall Sentiment: 0.0539408

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Organization: Maya

Overall Sentiment: 0.422597

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Holiday: New Year's Eve

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