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The Great American Beer Festival in Denver is a BIG event that comes with SMALL serves. With true beerpreneurial style, Damo challenges the 1oz pour limit with mixed results. [...]
After weeks and weeks of delay due to long-promised renovation work, I finally found time to get a brew day in. I decided to take the rye thing a bit further and take a crack at a rye P.A. – a style I’ve read about but of which I’ve never tried a commercially brewed version. I [...] [...]
Wine World in PCB will be tapping a Lazy Magnolia firkin this Wednesday night at 6PM.There’s that word again, firkin! For those who are not aware as to why this is a big deal, cask conditioned ales are the next step in beer. I’m sure most of you are fa… [...]
99 posts about beer on the blog, 99 posts about beer! Thanks to everyone who has choosen to waste their perfectly good time reading about my thoughts on beer. [...]
Cerveza Artesanal Valenciana, esta cerveza está hecha con mimo. Las maltas que se han utilizado, Pilsner y Caramel, en justa proporción, han sido seleccionadas por expertos malteros a partir de cebada de primavera (dos carreras) procedentes de territ… [...]
One day last week, my in-state travels brought me to the town square of Monroe, Wisconsin. And on that town square is quite a Wisconsin beer & cheese treasure: Baumgartner’s Cheese Store and Tavern. Baumgartner’s has been open since… [...]
This weeks episode focuses on the Oktoberfest brews. Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat brewed by Boulevard Brewing Co Style: Unfiltered Wheat Availability:Year Round ABV: 4.6% What we thought of Unfiltered Wheat Nick: Adam: Ben: Overall: Monty PythonR… [...]
This is an announcement to announce that I will be making an announcement tomorrow. But, if you are reading this tomorrow, the announcement will be announced today. Stay tuned……for the announcement. [...]
Seems I’ve managed to grow up a nice colony of yeast from a bottle of Fullers Bengal Lancer! Next step is to try an brew something with it… [...]
Thought I’d have a go at getting a Lambic style beer on the go for this time next year, I love these but rarely get to drink them so given that half the point, at least to me, is to make stuff I like but can’t get I thought I’d have a go.It was the fir… [...]
TweetTexto e imagens retirados do Jornal AMA Bigorrilho – Curitiba – PRAutor: Denize Ernlund MetynoskiErnesto Bengtsson, imigrante sueco, após seu casamento com Krestruna natural da Islândia, fixou residência em Guajuvira, PR e ali nasceram seus qua… [...]
If you have been following my posts, you might be led to the conclusion that I’m not drinking much beer in London, and that those beers sampling have for the most part been cheap inport lagers… That has simply not been the case…The truth is closer … [...]
Today’s brew comes to us from Smuttynose Brewing Co. out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, just a hop, skip, and a jump north of us. Portsmouth is a pretty funky town: it fosters one of the more robust artistic communities in New England, has an awesome … [...]
Brewery: Dogfish Head Location: Milton, DE Style: Witbier ABV: 5% Sold in cases of 12-750 ml bottles Recently some friends and I decided to split a case of Dogfish Namaste. Mr. Hop Princess and I were game since we’re… [...]
Cocktails have never really been my thing. I’ve had too many that were overpriced or over liquered. So they aren’t usually on my drinks radar, unless I find myself at a time or in a place where a beer just isn’t appropriate (yes there are such times), … [...]
I’m really excited to tell you about Colorado’s first organic brewery. Ya, that’s right, organic brewery. Asher Brewing Company in Boulder, Colo., has it going on. At first I was a little hesitant to try Asher due to an aunt and… [...]
With summer barely behind us and the hectic holiday season ahead, the Great American Beer Festival in Denver offed a welcome weekend of relaxation and the best beer you’ll find.The Denver Convention Center hosted the 29th annual Great American Beer F… [...]
Sculpin IPA Ballast Point Brewing Co. 10051 Old Grove Rd. San Diego, CA Aroma: (11/12) Amazing citrus and grapefruit leap out of the glass. I swirl the glass and the aroma hits me in the f… [...]
Besök i Bryssel förra helgen alltså.Jag orkar inte länka nu men ni vet säkert vem Johan från femkommanoll.tv, Einar the Brewmaster och Jonas från Öl i Stockholm.Vi drog alltså ner till Bryssel för att ragga luder.Fast det blev ju självklart … [...]
Belgian Beer weekend 2010 & Frank Boon. Denna veckan testar vi lite belgisk öl och sänder ett ljudcollage från Belgian Beer Weekend i Bryssel. Intervjuer med ett par olika bryggerier, bla. Frank Boon från Brouwerij Boon. Frank berättar om Lambicbryggning … Läs mer → [...]
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Soup and Whiskey
Cream of Asparagus soup, Breuckelen Whiskey on the rocks, Anthony Bourdain on the TV. All served on a Wine Spectator placemat. [...] Read more →
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Ölvokabulär
Hur bra är vi på att beskriva ett öl med ord som faktiskt berättar något om hur det smakar. Att kunna använda fler ord till att beskriva ett öl gör det lättare för oss hembryggare att bla. återskapa smaker vi … Läs mer → [...] Read more →
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Jacksonville will be on final ballot for BeerCity USA 2012
Jacksonville got enough nominations to make it on the BeerCity USA 2012 ballot. As we blogged last week, despite the fact that Jacksonville is an up-and-coming craft beer powerhouse, the city wasn't on the official list of nominees for this year's... [...] Read more →
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Breaking Laces
Breaking laces is a threepiece rock band out of Brooklyn, New York and their current tour led them all the way down to Birmingham to play at The Nick last Tuesday. I'd like to say that it wasn't a waste of gas, but gas is pretty pricey these days and ... [...] Read more →
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The Vegan Experience, Day 13: The Halfway Mark
The question I keep asking myself is whether or not it's really the veganism that has led to my weight loss. Would any shift in diet affect the same end result? I'm guessing yes: the vast majority of my weight loss is due to a huge cutback in my tasting and snacking. [...] Read more →
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EZ-Belief, Take 2
In the post below this one I provided a fun little flow chart to help find what religion you should be. Ha! Enjoyment! Snark!But then I read this article and wonder how Santorum fits on that flowchart. Based on hi... [...] Read more →
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This Week in Beer: December 12 – 18, 2011
Wednesday, Dec. 14th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm – Beer Tasting at Marty’s Hops and Vines Wednesday, Dec. 14th at 6:30 pm – Great Lakes Beer Dinner at Teller’s of Hyde Park This 7 course beer dinner is $50 plus tax and gratuity. Partial Menu: Dortmunder Gold Lager with Fish and Chips, Eliot Ness Amber [...] [...] Read more →
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The western front
Once upon a time, you'd never pour a Flying Fish beer hopped with Cascades.When the brewery first started sending beer out the door back in 1996, ESBs dosed with Cascades were the rage and found all over as the craft beer market started taking hold in ... [...] Read more →
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L.A. City Council OKs power-shifting remap
Jan Perry loses much of downtown and Bernard C. Parks sees three black-dominated neighborhoods go to Herb Wesson, among other changes.The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved a sweeping plan to redraw the borders of its 15 districts, disregardi... [...] Read more →
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How to start a nano brewery
There's an interesting book on Amazon about how to start your own nano brewery. It's free right now, so you'll want to get it while you can! Related posts - Beer Book Ideas for Christmas
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Ice-T, Ultra and Other “Lifestyle” Beer
Beer companies have, since at least the invention of beer, tried to link their beer to fun, exciting, cool times. This is old hat. Beer (or at least corporate beer) has always been sold on the basis of lifestyle fantasy rather than flavour. But I just watched, in quick succession, new ads for Coors Light [...] [...] Read more →
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Local Events Calendar 4/11/12 The Markets Are Getting Greener!
The markets are beginning to get greener, and thanks to the warm weather all these harbingers of spring are arriving earlier than usual. Nichols Farm had these huge bunches of green garlic on their table at the Green City Market this past Saturday. They also had bundles of winter leeks and lots of different lettuces. The [...] [...] Read more →
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Call Yourself a Beer Blogger ?
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then is's a duck. But if it doesn't keep its blog up to date with regular postings, then it's not a blogging duck. One blog post in nearly two months is inexcusable. Admittedly, I was... [...] Read more →
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Why UBC microbrewery is a win-win idea
Terrific news last week about the University of B.C. unveiling plans to create the world’s first microbrewery run by students, for students. Set to occupy a 1,000 square-foot space in the basement of a planned new Student Union Building, …  [...] Read more →
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Bulldog ESB
When I made the Red Rooster for a second time, I had 3 ounces of hops left over from a half pound of Willamette pellets that I bought from Midwest Supplies. I think it was for $6, which is a great deal!I thought about what kind of style of beer I coul... [...] Read more →
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Cincinnati Craft Beer Interview: Lindsey Bonadonna the CraftBeerMaven
In my first of a series of interviews involving Cincinnati craft beer folks, I was able to score an interview with Eastern Region Vintage Ale Market Manager for Goose Island, Lindsey Bonadonna, aka the CraftBeerMaven. You may recognize her from one of ... [...] Read more →
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Ölhelg i Köpenhamn del 3; Morgon och Copenhagen Beer Celebration
Utvilade och pigga vaknar vi tidigt dagen efter utan att känna några speciella värkar från dagen före. Nåja, jag var iallafall pigg och glad, Balder fick lite mindre sömn än vad han räknat med då jag har en tendens att snarka lite när jag ha... [...] Read more →
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Beer Miles
I was round Dave's house the other day and he handed me a parcel containing several beers he was planning to mail in a trade arranged with a remote beer drinker."Do you think this will be OK to send?" he asked.What Dave meant was "are my bubble-wrappin... [...] Read more →
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Investors flip over Highland Park homes
Renovators are giving makeovers to distressed Highland Park properties, then reselling them to young professionals priced out of nearby Echo Park and Silver Lake.Much of the real estate market is still stuck in deep winter, but Highland Park is showin... [...] Read more →
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Midnight Session Lager
Midnight Session Lager = 6/10 Ratebeer 3.69 98th percentile Beer Advocate B+ This beer is as dark as my heart. You can probably guess what it smells like. You're right; roasted chocolate and pale grass. The sip has that roasted astringency... [...] Read more →
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