Archive for July, 2008

Beer Haiku Daily: Homebrew

Weigh, mash, boil, pitch
All good fun, but happiness
Is smiling friends
Written by TrojanMan
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Thing of the Day: Starter Home Brewery With Organic 7 Bridges Red Ale Ingredients
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Musings Over a Pint: Merger Humor

News of the takeover of Anheuser-Busch by InBev is well-reported and commented on by other bloggers. I don’t think there’s much I could say that hasn’t been said already. I personally feel fairly nonchalant about it, and I see a lot of irony in many o…

beernews.org: Sierra Nevada Chico Estate joins Harvest Ale Series next month

(Chico, CA) – Sierra Nevada Chico Estate Harvest Ale will become the latest to be bottled as part of the brewery’s Harvest Ale Series, a batch of beers known for the inclusion of wet hops. This one will feature hops grown at Sierra Nevada&#821…

Seen Through a Glass: Where I’ll Be This Week

It’s a busy week coming up for me. After writing about 8,000 words worth of stories this week (plus some blog posts), it’s all about events.I’m doing an interview for a video documentary on River Horse this Thursday, the 24th, and then, in a nice bit …

A Good Beer Blog: What Do You Drink When It Is Stinking Hot?

When I was a wee laddie back in Halifax and it was pushing 90F…or 33C…one pal inevitably declared “it’s a drinker!” The undergrad group I hung out with – now doctors and lawyers and such as Waylon put it – considered drinking beer an activity in i…

Summer of Beer: Firestone Union Jack IPA

I usually don’t have 6-packs stocked in my fridge, it’s usually a few beers of this, a couple bombers of that… mostly stuff I get in trades (plus all the boxes I come home with from Lost Abbey releases, heh). But the other day while I was out picki…

Flossmoor Beer Blog: TimeOut Chicago Blog says we have Hoppy Beer

http://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/?p=5661We were at the Green City Market Chef’s Summer BBQ on Thursday. It was totally awesome just like last year.It was time for a drink. Death’s Door Spirits mixed up a refreshing Ramos Gin Fizz?…

CNYBrew.com: Red Face V2

It’s been a few weekends now, but we brewed up our second round of the Red Face Ale and all went well. Nick and Byran were at my place bright and early for the brew day. This was Bryan’s second time really brewing the all-grain way and he seems to b…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: The Tiger was taken by a Sly Suprise

(The kids were all obediently lined up for roll call; this was only 1/2 of the Sly Fox offerings, paired with 6 from Arcadia of Battle Creek, Michigan)

(The house was filled with the most balanced male/female ratio I believe I’ve ever seen at the Ti…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: “Drink Indiana”? I believe I did, thank you.

Indiana Beer Week made the Indy Star today, and the article was reprinted in the Louisville Courier-Journal:Last call for Hoosier beer weekMark Zelner and his wife, Kit, crowded with 150 others around the bar at the Rock Bottom Brewery. They were awai…