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Central Waters Brewing Company: Brewhouse Coffee Stout

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Today on Birds and Booze , we’re going to be mixing our uppers and downers. Thanks to efforts of the American Birding Association, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and other organizations, these products are labeled and increasingly available to consumers. Before you get too excited, relax: it’s only a coffee beer.

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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

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In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. We have so altered the earth – pumping pollution, moving species around, destroying ecosystems – that many species, dependent upon ecological niches or simply unprepared for an onslaught of unfamiliar organisms with which they did not evolve, have no chance.