Archive for July, 2008

Flossmoor Beer Blog: Brewmaster’s Dinner Moved to August

Same Food, Same Beers, Same Time, Same Guests, just a new date.August 26th. 6 p.m. Welcome, 6:30 First CourseAppetizer. Grilled Beef & Mint Summer Rolls With sides of Wasabi Teriyaki Sauce and Mango Chili Sauce paired with Replicale Belgian Pal…

A Good Beer Blog: The Real Implications Of The A-B Buyout By InBev

I am reluctant to share my thoughts on the recently announced merger of AB and IB (hey, that makes “ABIB”…but they’ll always be “IBAB” to me) as I am all too aware, despite them not being exactly craft brewers, that there are careers and family live…

blogaboutbeer.com: A Drinking Club With a Running Problem

My dad emailed me the link to a video on CNN.com today detailing a running club from Tuscon, Arizona who have planned a “30 Pack Marathon” in which every runner must “run a lap, drink a beer; run a lap, drink a beer…”
Des…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Day 1, more Pictures

The Lass was present for the ride-off and sent along these pictures to add to Chris’s first diary entry of the trip to Ommegang.

Hedonist Beer Jive: THE HBJ DISHONOR ROLE

Here are the ten lowest-rated beers in Hedonist Beer Jive’s 2.5-year history. All have earned their shame through a combination of tastelessness, poor balance, absurd flavors and/or complete & utter lack of distinction.1. PEAK BREWING – Organi…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: OBF Thursday

Whoops, I forgot about Thursday evening and posted Friday first. After the parade and ceremony was over, the Oregon Brewers Festival officially began.

The Beer Tent North just after the festival started.
 

For more photos from Thursday during …

Grizzly Growler: “An unfair restriction of commerce and detrimental to the consumer”

I think that kind of sums up the problem for craft breweries in Montana.
Here’s the rest of a comment I found to be right on the money:
I’m tired of this. The so-called “complaints” were not made by police but by members of th…

Sioux Brew: Beer review – Shiner Bohemian Black Lager

Almost everyone is familiar with Shiner Bock, the Texas brew that reigns supreme in the the Longhorn state. But what about Shiner Black?

Brewed by the Spoetzl Brewery of Shiner, Texas, Bohemian Black Lager pours a dark brown with a medium tan head. …

Rooftop Brew: Poll: My best homebrew

I’m not fishing for compliments here, but as part of August’s Fermentation Friday, I have to figure out “What, in the opinion of others, is tFhe best beer you have ever made and why?”
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Stonch’s Beer Blog: Cain’s – it’s a wind-up

Cain’s – it’s a wind-up