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1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · John Norris

   Pint-Sized: The art of slowing down ... without watering down (opens the original)

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   MALTA — There was a time — not that long ago, in fact — when walking into a Capital Region craft brewery felt like an Olympic sport in pacing. You’d slide up to the bar, run your eyes down the chalkboard and face a wall of daunting alcohol-by-volume numbers: 7.2%, 8.5%, 10.1%. If you wanted a pint of something hop-forward or complex, you had to accept the trade-off. Two glasses in, you’d be handing your car keys to your spouse or planning an early bedtime. For years, our local craft s

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2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · John Norris

   Pint-Sized: The art of slowing down ... without watering down (opens the original)

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   MALTA — There was a time — not that long ago, in fact — when walking into a Capital Region craft brewery felt like an Olympic sport in pacing. You’d slide up to the bar, run your eyes down the chalkboard and face a wall of daunting alcohol-by-volume numbers: 7.2%, 8.5%, 10.1%. If you wanted a pint of something hop-forward or complex, you had to accept the trade-off. Two glasses in, you’d be handing your car keys to your spouse or planning an early bedtime. For years, our local craft s

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3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · John Norris

   Pint-Sized: The art of slowing down ... without watering down (opens the original)

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   MALTA — There was a time — not that long ago, in fact — when walking into a Capital Region craft brewery felt like an Olympic sport in pacing. You’d slide up to the bar, run your eyes down the chalkboard and face a wall of daunting alcohol-by-volume numbers: 7.2%, 8.5%, 10.1%. If you wanted a pint of something hop-forward or complex, you had to accept the trade-off. Two glasses in, you’d be handing your car keys to your spouse or planning an early bedtime. For years, our local craft s

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4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · John Norris

   Pint-Sized: The art of slowing down ... without watering down (opens the original)

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   MALTA — There was a time — not that long ago, in fact — when walking into a Capital Region craft brewery felt like an Olympic sport in pacing. You’d slide up to the bar, run your eyes down the chalkboard and face a wall of daunting alcohol-by-volume numbers: 7.2%, 8.5%, 10.1%. If you wanted a pint of something hop-forward or complex, you had to accept the trade-off. Two glasses in, you’d be handing your car keys to your spouse or planning an early bedtime. For years, our local craft s

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5. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · John Norris

   Raise a glass: Oktoberfest across the Capital Region (opens the original)

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   MALTA — Before you grab that oversized glass boot full of beer or squeeze into a pair of rented lederhosen, let’s clear something up: Oktoberfest isn’t a chilly, late-autumn harvest festival. It’s always been an early autumn celebration. Pint-Sized has a few you can check out locally. The world’s biggest Volksfest started Oct. 12, 1810, in Munich, Germany. It wasn’t planned as a beer festival at all. Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, an

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