PATRIOTISM, THE LAST refuge of scoundrels, is apparently the first line of defense against Belgium-based InBev’s $46.4 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch. Somehow, an otherwise run-of-the-mill international corporate-takeover proposal has exploded into an…
Beer and cooking are two of my favorite things (I also like long walks on the beach and don’t like mean people). My cooking has been nonexistent lately but The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook by John Schlimm may fix that. I haven’t h…
Brewmaster John Harris and Brewer Phil Roche from Full Sail’s Brewery at Riverplace in Portland.
Hood River, – June 27, 2008 — This year Full Sail celebrates 21 years of doing what they love, brewing beer. As a continuation of their 21st birthday c…
The arrival hall of any airport is not the place where you’d choose to spend time. You’d be there waiting to pick up friends or relatives, hanging around waiting for delayed luggage, that sort of thing.
There is one airport where your wait…
OREGON BREWERS GUILD CELEBRATES OREGON CRAFT BEER
MONTH WITH KICK-OFF EVENT AT THE HORSE BRASS PUB
What:
It’s official, with a proclamation from Governor Ted Kulongoski, July is Oregon Craft Beer Month. The Oregon Brewers Guild is ready to get the …
My buddies ensure
My glass is never empty
As hard as I try
Written by Captain Hops
Thing of the Day: Libbey International Beer 12-pc. Glassware Set
The day after the EBCU reception, I had 6 hours in the Brussels. Before catching my train back to Amsterdam. A chance to correct my neglect of the city.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place. And, due to me being an idiot, the maps I’d printed ou…
Art by Steve Lawing from Complete Joy of Homebrewing Excerpted from, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (link to Amazon) Who would have thought that the bees, the moon and the magical brews of man could combine to add to the bliss, luster an…
Philip McClary posted this:
A little diddy for the cause
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I would have saved it for the 4th of July, but it’s too good to hold on to.
“Have a drink with Mother Freedom and tell InBev to kiss your glass.”
GG
Yet another Bavarian method of decoction from Otto ((“Handbuch der Chemischen Technologie: Die Bierbrauerei” by Dr. Fr. Jul. Otto, published in 1865, page 128).
As soon as the water in the kettle reaches 50º C, as much as is needed is put into the m…