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We've talked about "The Pope Of Foam" on 96.1 WODZ's 'Beer Break At Work" weekdays at 3:20 p.m. He's Charlie Bamford, an accomplished brew master who is well respected by all brewers. Now, let the master show you the correct way to pour a beer.

Just a "stones's throw" away from the Utica-Rome area is Ithaca, New York, home to the Ithaca Beer Company. We've featured a number of their brews on 96.1 WODZ during our beer break at work, and now the "Travel Channel" has featured their brewery on TV.

If you've been listiening to your "Beer Break At Work" weekday afternoons on 96.1 WODZ, you know by now that there are a number of Octoberfest beers out there. Enter "Yuengling Oktoberfest" from D.G. Yuengling & Son Brewery of Pottsville, Pensylvania.

If you're a craft beer lover, you know that this week's "Great American Beer Festival" is the "Holy Grail" of beer competitions. In fact, "Saranac Adirondack Lager" got a huge kick-start years ago for the F.X. Matt Brewery wining a gold medal. Since then, several Saranac beers have captured numerous awards at the festival.

You went and really did yourself in this time, had a little too much fun and now it's time to pay the piper. You're stuck with that pounding hangover, so what now? Here's 5 remedies that I stumbled across during a morning after Google search of my own...

As a former tour guide at the F.X. Matt Brewery, I'm always interested to share the latest brews news about my Alma Mater. A number of Saranac beers have won gold medals in the "World Beer Awards 2014" competition.

Just as the craft beer shelves seem bursting with Octoberfest beers (which is fine with me), here come the pumpkin ales. One of the most popular pumpkin beers these days is "Pumpkinhead Ale" by Shipyard Brewing Company of Portland, Maine.

In my quest to keep you informed of the latest brews news, I discovered another Octoberfest beer, and it's from Great Lakes Brewing Company of Cleveland, Ohio.

On my vacations, I always like to search out local breweries. Recently, my wife and I visited one of our favorite vacation spots, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and one must stop was Cape Cod Beer in Hyannis.

You paid $100 for your dress or nice shirt and tie from Macy's and you've made it the entire night without incident and then some tanked reveler careens into you and next thing you know, you're wearing your drink

Living in upstate New York, we can enjoy homegrown products from a number of farms, breweries, wineries and more. And, if you have a local food or beverage product, you might want to consider displaying it at the "Taste NY Harvest Fest 2014" at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.

'Tis the season for Octoberfest style beers, and I was reunited with one just the other day..."Lakefront Oktoberfest Lager". This brew is made by Lakefront Brewing, Inc. from a famous beer town, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.