npr: Woot Now an *Official* Word According to the Concise OED A new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary arrives in stores today, and it contains some 400 new(ish) words, including woot, sexting, retweet, and cyberbullying. To make room for the new, some words that have fallen out of use had to be excised from the edition’s pages, such as “brabble” (meaning “paltry noisy quarrel”) and “growlery” (a “place to growl in, private room, den”). The editor of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary notes that we might call a growlery a “man cave” nowadays, but growlery is so evocative I hope it makes a comeback. I want to open a bar and call it The Growlery. We’ll sell growlers of beer instead of pitchers, and have copies of Barguments on every table.
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Woot Now an *Official* Word According to the Concise OED

A new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary arrives in stores today, and it contains some 400 new(ish) words, including woot, sexting, retweet, and cyberbullying. 

To make room for the new, some words that have fallen out of use had to be excised from the edition’s pages, such as “brabble” (meaning “paltry noisy quarrel”) and “growlery” (a “place to growl in, private room, den”). The editor of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary notes that we might call a growlery a “man cave” nowadays, but growlery is so evocative I hope it makes a comeback.

I want to open a bar and call it The Growlery. We’ll sell growlers of beer instead of pitchers, and have copies of Barguments on every table.

Source: theatlantic

From Cigar City Brewing’s Blog:

Okay folks, you asked for it, here’s the list of fruit beers we shall be pouring for Fruit in the Room, this Saturday, August 20th, from 4pm-7pm in the tasting room.

-Guava Groove
-Blueberry Muffin Brown Ale
-Chocolate Cherry Porter
-Raspberry Table Saison
-Strawberries and Cream White Ale
-Pleepleus Plantain Wheat Ale
-Apple IPA
-Kumquat Wit
-Peach IPA
-Tropical White Oak IPA
-Okay Guys Here We Go Sour Ale
-Wild Lychee Sour Ale
-Tangerine Cream
-Coconut Porter
-Papaya IPA
-Kiwi’s Big Adventure (Kiwi’s Playhouse with 2x kiwis)
-Blueberry Maduro
….and more!

PLUS these two big hits from Hunahpu’s Day, brewed by Johnathan Wakefield:
-Pineapple Kölsch
-Passionfruit and Dragonfruit Berliner Weisse

ALSO, 10+ special guest beers!

Tickets are still on sale. $40 in advance, $45 day of. If you don’t wish to buy an all-day pass, you can purchase each beer individually for $5.

Source: blog.cigarcitybeer.com