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Beer hunter

Mail-order brews for all tastes

Wine drinkers have long relied on mail-order clubs to do much of their legwork for them, and now the profusion of microbreweries leaves beer lovers with the same need. Enter Beer Across America, which, for $20 each month, will drop two six-packs of craft beer on your doorstep. That's a little more than one usually pays for suds, but that price will get you a newsletter, a million Styrofoam worms, and novelties like Wild Boar Winter Spice and Wasatch Raspberry Wheat. Last month's offerings included Jet City (a hoppy, Northwest-style red) and Elm City (a medium-bodied ale from New Haven). Call (800) 854-BEER.

-- Stephen Heuser