Archive for June, 2008

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Sensible Journalism

I swamped with way too much to still do before bed tonight, but I feel compelled to pass this along to you. I believe that it was Lew that said something like….”spread the word.”

All I’ll add to this for the time being is that it’s about time that …

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Sailing A Schooner On Butterscotch Seas

Last night, the beers of Schooner’s of Antioch, California — and brewer Craig Cauwels — were featured at a Beer Chef’s Dinner with the Brewmaster held at the Cathedral Hill Hotel. It was another terrific beer dinner with good food, go…

Beer, Maine & Me: 5 Maine Beers I Still Haven’t Tried…

I can’t believe there are still beers in this state that I’ve yet to try. Since I started this site about 5 months ago I’ve hardly drank the same beer twice. I feel compelled to try as much different beer as I possibly can and that goes double for tho…

A Good Beer Blog: More Vital Information On Third-Category Beer

I suppose that if I ever tried it or if it had a name that did not sound like something out of Blade Runner I would have less of a facination with that fluid in Japan that is called “third category beer.” This article in the The The Daily Yomiuri, ho…

Beer, Maine & Me: Old Rusty’s Red Rye Ale (Harpoon Brewery)

I finally was able to find a bottle of this stuff. Not only do I love beers brewed with rye but this one also has my name (well, nickname) in the name! When it comes to your name there are three things you can never pass up:1 ~ If a pub bears your nam…

Rooftop Brew: Not that wide an audience

I just got a call from a market research company looking for beer drinkers to participate in a survey. I passed the first few set of questions, and I had hoped to pass muster. Then the question came up about whether or not I’ve purchased any of …

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Another encouraging note

Catching up with e-mails and other material from the past week as also revealed this happy nugget of news from the west coast. It’s extremely gratifying to hear that a compromise has been worked out with regard to the rent increase situation at Iron S…

Lost Abbey Brewer’s Log: Congratulations

This past Saturday, they announced two very important set of awards for excellence in brewing.  Yesterday, we had the distinct pleasure of attending the 2nd Installment of the San Diego County Craft Brewers Festival and Competition.  It was an amazi…

blogaboutbeer.com: Announcing the official BlogAboutBeer.com Store

Well, it was a rainy, lazy Sunday ’round these parts and while I should have been writing a review of yesterday’s inaugural Grains & Grapes Festival (which I’ll get to very soon, I promise), instead I decided to create a …

Flossmoor Beer Blog: Two jewels in Michigan

No pictures yet, but not only was the rafting trip a success(great weather, great friends, and good beer in cans-well the Wittkirke was, but the Sclitz was well…the beer that made Milwaukee famous, right?), I found two awesome places in Grand Rapids…