Beer Haiku Daily: You Wanna Piece of Me
What an ugly mug
Staring at me from the bar
Always Provoking
Written by Captain Hops
Thing of the Day: “Don’t fight with ugly people, they have nothing to lose” – Coffee Mug
Archive for July, 2008
MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Local hop growing efforts highlighted in Strib.
Great story in today’s Strib about local hop growing efforts, with tons of insight by Minnesota homebrewers. Thanks to Don for bringing this to my attention.
Brewers hop to it.
The grow-your-own movement now extends to hops, as a worldwide sho…
Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Philly’s Cyclists Go To Cooperstown, Day 4
Interesting bunch of pictures from Chris yesterday where they wound up in Hancock, NY. Sounds like the light is at the end of the tunnel with just two days to go and some fresh clothes on their backs. Today, they’re off to Andes, NY. Couple more 50 mi…
Yours for Good Fermentables ™: What I’ll miss
It was my final official event as a representative for the Clipper City Brewing Company last evening: a cask tapping at Fireworks, a pizzeria in Leesburg, Va.Several friends stopped by:Kim Ross and Chef Mark Marrocco of Magnolias at the Mill; Dean La…
Sioux Brew: SABMiller sees lager consumption fall
Date: 07/31/2008 10:09 AM
LONDON (AP) – Brewer SABMiller PLC recorded a 1.6 percent drop in lager consumption from existing businesses in the first quarter as consumers cut back spending in some countries, Chief Executive Graham Mackay said Thursday….
Hoosier Beer Geek: The Beer List (so far)
Have we mentioned that we are having a second anniversary party in one week?Along with the wonderful Brugge standards of White, Black, and Triple, there will be New Albanian’s Mt. Lee, New Holland’s Barrel Aged Dragon’s Milk, Two Brothers’ Domaine DuP…
Belgian Beers: Belgian Beer no.254: Deux Nigauds
You will not believe this. But it is SO hot in Brussels at the moment, that drinking (Belgian!) beer is not really on our mind. Problem with the Belgian beer, besides being plenty of, is that it tends to be on the heavy side. Hops and alcohol don’t mi…
beernews.org: Dogfish Head collaborates with Norrebro Bryghus on Old Odense Ale
(København, Denmark) – Delaware-based Dogfish Head posted a press release yesterday on its website detailing a new beer to come out on which it collaborated with Danish brewers, Norrebro Bryghus. According to the release, the brew is based on a …
Yours for Good Fermentables ™: 2008 Craft Beer shipments up 6.8% over 2007
During the first six months of 2008, American craft beer sales rose 6.8 % in terms of volume (to 4 million barrels) and 11% in terms of dollars, according to figures released by the Brewers Association.Price increases due to increased ingredient cost…
Barley Blog, The: Dominion Octoberfest
Is it really that time of year already? I can’t believe I’ve been seeing Octoberfest brews and Fall seasonals so soon. I also can’t believe that this beer has been around for 10 plus years and this is the first time I’ve had a …