Archive for June, 2008

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Beer Contains “No Evil”

Good news from Texas. Apparently beer contains no evil after all. I guess it must be lost in the boil. A former Baptist minister, Greg Methvin, said the following during the Dallas Uptown Church’s Theology Live lecture series held at — where …

Brewed for Thought: A Beer Drinkers Guide To The Forest

Don’t Panic. It’s vacation time. The wife and I are going camping. We’ve never done this before, so who knows if we’ll make it back. So you can send a search team, we’re headed north to Humboldt County and the Redwood…

Pub Crawlin’: 11 Years Later – He finally got the Hat!

On our weekend away, I anticipated sufficient Internet access to catch up on the blog. I have so many things to talk about (beers we’ve had, beers we’ve made, people we’ve met, places we’ve been), but have so little time to wri…

Zythophile: Lessons from blogging 1: most people can’t spell Allsopp

It’s been a year since I started beer blogging, and the big lesson I have learnt is this: a majority of the population thinks Kirstie Allsopp’s surname has only got one ‘p’ in it.
One of the coolest wrinkles available from good…

Pacific Brew News Blog: Kevin Pratt: Brewer at Greenhouse Restaurant

In an earlier post about Greenhouse Restaurant I mentioned I didn’t know who the brewer there was. Turns out it is none other than Kevin Pratt, one of the world’s few Grand Master Judges for the BJCP and manager at Folsom’s homebrew shop, Brewmeister….

Belmont Station Beer Forum: Craft Beer Month Preview

A month of beer drinking, liver straining, palate bending fun is almost upon us. In addition to the NAOBF this weekend , there are over 120 beery happenings scheduled for the Month of July.

Roll Out the Barrels!

We’ll be kicking things off one day …

Beer, Maine & Me: Schneider Weisse (Brauerei G. Schneider & Sohn)

Georg I. Schneider created the original Schneider Weisse recipe back in 1872. Little did he know that the beer he had brewed would one day represent the benchmark for the style. 136 years later Georg Schneider’s great-great-great grandson Georg VI. …

stlhops.com: 06/27/08 Friday Round-Up

Sorry about the late Round-Up, I’m currently in Kansas City for the Cards/Royals series. I plan on making a trip over to Boulevard and the Flying Saucer while I’m out here. Should be a blast. I’ll take lots of pictures. On to the…

Musings Over a Pint: Blue & Gray Virginia Hefeweizen

“Sic Semper Fermentue Terribilis”

The slogan on the label translates to “Death to Bad Beer Always”. Virginia Hefeweizen from Blue & Gray Brewing Company is the Summer seasonal from the Fredericksburg brewery. The brewery uses German Weihenste…

Beer, Maine & Me: Schneider Weisse (Brauerei G. Schneider & Sohn)

Georg I. Schneider created the original Schneider Weisse recipe back in 1872. Little did he know that the beer he had brewed would one day represent the benchmark for the style.

According to the Schneider site:
The wheat beer pioneer rented the Weiss…