Archive for June, 2008
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 …
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: Beer Contains “No Evil”
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…
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brewed for Thought: A Beer Drinkers Guide To The Forest
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…
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Pub Crawlin’: 11 Years Later – He finally got the Hat!
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…
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Zythophile: Lessons from blogging 1: most people can’t spell Allsopp
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….
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Pacific Brew News Blog: Kevin Pratt: Brewer at Greenhouse Restaurant
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 …
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Belmont Station Beer Forum: Craft Beer Month Preview
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. …
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer, Maine & Me: Schneider Weisse (Brauerei G. Schneider & Sohn)
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…
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on stlhops.com: 06/27/08 Friday Round-Up
“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…
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Musings Over a Pint: Blue & Gray Virginia Hefeweizen
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…
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer, Maine & Me: Schneider Weisse (Brauerei G. Schneider & Sohn)