Archive for June, 2008

RealBeer.co.nz: Beerly Writing – Around the Traps

From The Wellingtonian, the Malthouse gets Captain Cooker and Chimay White on Tap:
Captain James Cook was a sailor, a navigator, an explorer, a cartographer and a brewer. He personally made the first batch of beer in Australasia at Dusky Sound in 1773…

Beer Bits 2: George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure

George Carlin was a great Frisbeetarian. [www.msnbc.msn.com] Here’s to you George!

Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: YellowBelly Brewery & Public House: St.John’s NFLD – Part 1

Imagine my disappointment as I stood in front of such a lovely old building at the corner of Water and George street and noticed construction still taking place in the YellowBelly Brewery and Public House in St.John’s. I had come so far and was looki…

Seen Through a Glass: Join Me For A Firkin of Farmhouse!

There’s a nice old place not far from me, the Hulmeville Inn, that has been steadily improving their beer selection. I mean, a lot. Like, right now, they’ve got Southampton Secret, Weyerbacher Double Simcoe, Bell’s Oberon, River Horse Double White (wh…

Beer Bits 2: Fermentation Friday is THIS FRIDAY!

CNYBrew is hosting this month. The theme is…”What is the craziest concoction you ever came up with, on the fly or prepped, to brew with?”I’ll have to post mine early ’cause I’m tied up Friday night. Hope to see your contribution.Prost!

Confessions of a Beer Geek: InBev in bed with A-B?

A Belgian giant walks into an American bar, sits down and tries to order a Leffe Tripel.”Sorry, got nothing like that here,” the barkeep says.The Belgian giant, perplexed, asks: “How about a Hoegaarden?””A ho gardening?””Hoegaarden,” the Belgian repli…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Fields of Ever-Flowing Elysian

My planned trip for this week to NYC appears to be falling apart as we speak. Therefore, I leave it in fellow Tigerites hands to ably welcome Elysian Brewing (from Seattle, WA) into NYC on Wednesday night at the Blind Tiger. What a night I’m sure this…

Brew Blog – Beer Industry Market Analysis, News and Commentary: Brew News

Brew Blog’s picks of news from the beer business and beyond.

Busch family members are divided over InBev’s unsolicited bid for Anheuser-Busch, Bloomberg reports. While one of A-B CEO August Busch IV’s uncles has said A-B should talk to InBev, another…

Grizzly Growler: More breweries? Bring it on.

Since moving to Missoula a year ago last weekend, I’ve heard many comparisons between this town and it’s eastern counterpart. Eastern U.S. that is. Asheville, North Carolina is often on the lips of Missoulians who either hail from there or…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Pop goes the beer -sicle

The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control tried its hardest to ban them last year, but it failed when the Virginia General assembly intervened.And what was it the ABC attempted to prohibit?Beer popsicles, or Brew Pops, to be more precise.B…