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Being a brewmaster is about more than just sampling beer and coming up with new recipes. Maintenance and sanitation also play a huge role in the job.

Brewing beer for a living sounds like a dream job. Mostly, it is. Unless you get beer sludge on your pants.

Jake Rossen








Inventor Elijah McCoy is may or may not be "The Real McCoy."

The popularity of the surname McCoy makes it difficult to pinpoint one origin on the phrase, but here are the leading theories.

Ellen Gutoskey
The sheriff of Orange County, California, dumping bootleg booze during Prohibition

How do you buy alcohol in the United States during prohibition? If you're Winston Churchill, you've got a doctor's note.

Scott Beggs