Archive for June, 2008

Beer Examiner: Fresh hops and seasonal beer

Hops on the vine ready for harvest
Hops are the flower-like cone of the hop vine used in beer brewing.  They contribute bitterness, flavor and aroma to beer depending how they are used in the brewing and fermenting process.   There …

stlhops.com: Expanded Selection at Rock Hill Wine and Cheese

I was over at the Rock Hill Wine and Cheese Place on Friday and was pleasantly surprised to see a whole new expanded beer selection now available. I emailed Paul to find out the details and he informed me that they added about 150 beers at Rock Hill …

stlhops.com: Expanded Selection at Rock Hill Wine and Cheese

I was over at the Rock Hill Wine and Cheese Place on Friday and was pleasantly surprised to see a whole new expanded beer selection now available. I emailed Paul to find out the details and he informed me that they added about 150 beers at Rock Hill …

Hop Talk: Franconia banking on beer

Beer is recession-proof, or so the conventional wisdom goes. People will cut down on a lot of things, but not their beer. Heck, without beer what would you have to cry into?
Dennis Wehrmann of Franconia Brewing Company is certainly banking on this. He…

Hop Talk: Franconia banking on beer

Beer is recession-proof, or so the conventional wisdom goes. People will cut down on a lot of things, but not their beer. Heck, without beer what would you have to cry into?
Dennis Wehrmann of Franconia Brewing Company is certainly banking on this. He…

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: What a relief

Watch the football over the weekend? My family were greatly relieved by Holland’s defeat. They’d read my plan for a Dutch semi and final.”Dad, is it safe to drink that much jenever?””Perfectly. I’ll be able to use that glass you bought me.” Andrew bro…

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: What a relief

Watch the football over the weekend? My family were greatly relieved by Holland’s defeat. They’d read my plan for a Dutch semi and final.”Dad, is it safe to drink that much jenever?””Perfectly. I’ll be able to use that glass you bought me.” Andrew bro…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: SYLB California Action Alert Reminder

Consider this a friendly Monday morning reminder that California bill AB 1245, the “trash and trinkets bill,” will be heard in committee tomorrow June 24, so there’s not much time to let your state Senator know how you feel. To read…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: SYLB California Action Alert Reminder

Consider this a friendly Monday morning reminder that California bill AB 1245, the “trash and trinkets bill,” will be heard in committee tomorrow June 24, so there’s not much time to let your state Senator know how you feel. To read…

Portlandbeer.org :: Brew > Drink > Repeat: Photos – Behind the Scenes at Rock Bottom Brewery

Here is the next set in our series of Portland Brewery photography. Last week, we hit Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Portland. Thanks to Van Havig and Vasili Gletsos for letting us poke around the brewery and step on their toes!

The whole Rock Bot…