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		<title>Tackling the Zeno&#8217;s Passport</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many things to accomplish before leaving State College, one that a beer taster should seek is to get their name on a plaque in one of the bars downtown. Zeno&#8217;s Pub offers this opportunity as a reward for savoring 80 different beers. To take the challenge, all you need is a dollar which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Among the many things to accomplish before leaving State College, one that a beer taster should seek is to get their name on a plaque in one of the bars downtown.  <a href="http://zenospub.com/">Zeno&#8217;s Pub</a> offers this opportunity as a reward for savoring 80 different beers.  To take the challenge, all you need is a dollar which gets you the famous Zeno&#8217;s passport.  I&#8217;ve been here for almost seven years now, and decided on July 4th that it was time to start the quest.</p>
<p>The majority of pages in the passport list beers from the United States, Canada, England, Germany, and Belgium to name a few.   There&#8217;s also a healthy list of beers from Pennsylvania breweries.   A number of the beers throughout are common to most Pennsylvania bars (Molson, Guiness, and Yuengling for example), but the list is full of bottled surprises that &#8211; at least in this town &#8211; can only be purchase at Zeno&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Some of the beers on the list are seasonal, and may not make it back to the Zeno&#8217;s tap for some time as they are known for their selective and broad tap rotation.   This won&#8217;t stop you from completing your 80 because the back of the passport has a few blank pages for tasty craft brews like Bell&#8217;s Expedition Stout and Dogfish Head&#8217;s Palo Santo.</p>
<p>Upon completion of the passport and getting your name on a plaque, you also get a Zeno&#8217;s tshirt.   If you really want some name recognition, I&#8217;ve heard you can get your name on a red plaque by drinking 80 beers in 48 hours.</p>
<p>Since starting my passport, I&#8217;ve completed 16 out of 80 beers.  Listed in approximate drinking order, they are:<br />
<div id="attachment_342" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.ralford.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/passport.jpeg"><img src="http://www.ralford.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/passport-225x300.jpg" alt="My Zeno&#039;s Passport" title="passport" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-342" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My Zeno's Passport</p></div></p>
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<li>Dogfish Head Aprihop</li>
<li>Newcastle Brown (bottled)</li>
<li>Anchor Steam (bottled)</li>
<li>Troeg&#8217;s Dreamweaver</li>
<li>Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout (bottled)</li>
<li>Yuengling Porter</li>
<li>Victory Pils</li>
<li>Samuel Smith Nut Brown (bottled)</li>
<li>Troeg&#8217;s Rugged Trail</li>
<li>Shiner Bock</li>
<li>Dogfish Head Palo Santo</li>
<li>Stone Smoked Porter</li>
<li>Molson Canadian</li>
<li>Chimay White</li>
<li>Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA</li>
<li>Red Hook&#8217;s ESB (bottled)</li>
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<p>Any on the list above not specified as bottled was on draft.   Stay tuned through the year as I continue down through Zeno&#8217;s beer selection.  Any beer suggestions you have for my passport are welcome, so long as they are actually available at Zeno&#8217;s.</p>
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