Archive for August, 2008

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: A Belgian Answer to the French Dip

On to my next great food and beer pairing. Today at NYC’s Ginger Man I found the Ommegang Rouge. This was the inspiration for me trekking to Whole Foods on the Bowery before heading to Blind Tiger before heading to Amtrak before heading to TJs before …

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: A Belgian Answer to the French Dip

On to my next great food and beer pairing. Today at NYC’s Ginger Man I found the Ommegang Rouge. This was the inspiration for me trekking to Whole Foods on the Bowery before heading to Blind Tiger before heading to Amtrak before heading to TJs before …

Pacific Brew News Blog: Mayor’s Marzen

Often it seems that whenever a politician is associated in a story about beer it’s of them taking a stand against the beer industry, or just saying something stupid about alcohol in general – sometimes it’s nothing more than a politician getting caugh…

Pacific Brew News Blog: Mayor’s Marzen

Often it seems that whenever a politician is associated in a story about beer it’s of them taking a stand against the beer industry, or just saying something stupid about alcohol in general – sometimes it’s nothing more than a politician getting caugh…

Pub Crawlin’: New York Craft Beer Week Tickets & Details

I received the quoted section below in an email, and also noticed a rise in hits to my blog entries on this event. September 12 is fast approaching – make plans to attend this week of extraordinary beer!
At the website, you will find the terrific dinn…

Barley Vine: Another Blog in the family

Just a quick post and a little bit of in family advertising. My amazing wife, the one that has not only endured, but encouraged my love of craft beer has her own blog. This one not on beer, but our other love, eating local, growing local. This will…

Barley Vine: Beer News

A couple of good Beer related articles in the main stream news today. – First is this article from the New York Times on lower alcohol beers. As I’ve stated numerous times, one can not live on extreme beer alone. I love session, or lower alcohol bee…

lootcorp 3.0 – a brewing blog: The Belgian Box – Part 1 of 6

The Belgian Box

So I found this interesting-looking box-set of Belgian beers in the liquor store last week. It was pricey ($17.99), but I decided to take the plunge in the name of journalism. Don’t say I never did anything for you.
I was origi…

blogaboutbeer.com: BrewSocial: Social Networking Application for the Beer Geek in all of Us

There seems to be a real social media theme going on in the world of blogaboutbeer.com this week – first all of the new beer-related iPhone applications, then the “crowdfunding”-based brewery BeerBankRoll. And today, to cap it off, a buddy…

Pacific Brew News Blog: Hop Harvest Pics and More

Today I was in attendance as the first crop of hops were harvested from Penryn’s (California) Jordan Family Farms. I was invited by owner Scott Jordan as well as Auburn Alehouse owner/brewer Brian Ford to take pictures, lend a hand and hang out for th…