ACROSS

1. Comes before Blanc and after 7 down

5. After dinner sweet wine

10. Of the self

12. Des Moines state (abbr)

13. Particular Bavarian lager

16. German lager with "extra malty goodness"

18. Liquid qty.

19. Fly; __ get more beer

20. Brewer's container

21. Electrical engineer, shortened

22. Golden in color

24. Radium symbol

25. Fire feature

27. Follows sports or ceiling 

28. Calendar increment (abbr)

29. Public address, for short

30. What 5 across is considered to be: a _______ wine

33. Large pitcher, perhaps filled with sangria

35. Likes, like a fad

36. Partner of fro

37. A wkdy.

38. Zest, actually

40. The world's first blond lager

42. Building extension

43. Head to ____

44. Cooling syst.

45. LA state

47. What moms and nurses often provide (abbr)

49. Like Corona, Heineken, Molson, or Sapporo

52. Word that goes with either

54. Harvest word

56. Wine enclosure

57. Symbol for lawrencium

58. Between 31 down and ti

59. Ave. cousin

60. (with 68 across) Dry, red wine originated in France

62. Supposing

63. It's made from a dark-blue grape

65. Beer aged from six weeks to six months

66. Certain NCO

67. Salem state (abbr)

68. (see 60 across)

70. Particular opener

71. Word in a co. letter

DOWN

1. One in charge of the wines

2. The rocks

3. Tonic partner

4. Prefix for new or recent

5. Sponge ending

6. Slippery fabric

7. (see 1 across)

8. Wine cask, often (2 wds)

11. General Practitioner, for short

14. Brown, red, or pale

15. Grape variety that's red or white

16. Bud Light Lime and Coors are considered this type of beer

17. What boggle and eggnog have in common

19. Tag; cribbage

23. The ___ of the beholder

24. Beer variety

26. Much ___ about nothing

27. Yd. section

29. Precedes Gris or Noir

31. (see 58 across)

32. Jog, but faster

34. Hefeweizen is a _____ beer

39. That thing

40. Put together, as certain foods and beverages

41. Send; export

45. A microbrewery produces a  _____ beer

46. "Brewed in the fall and drunk in the Spring"

48. It's less fruity, more acid..a dry, white wine

50. A well-hopped beer made from brown malt

51. On tap

53. About (abbr)

55. Have some bar food

57. On the up-and-up, shortened

58. Less filling; less calories

59. Something to wish upon

60. Mr. Kettle and others

61. Short for Individual Retirement Account

63. Utterance from Bessie

64. Bit of a mistake

69. Half a laugh

A Custom Crossword by Gail Marie Beckman, customcrosswords.com

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