Archive for August, 2008

A Good Beer Blog: Did Frankling Know That Much About Beer Goggles?

I doubt not that moderate Drinking has been improv’d for the Diffusion of Knowledge among the ingenious Part of Mankind…drinking does not improve our Faculties, but it enables us to use them.Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood, No. 12, 1722.Franklin w…

Stonch’s Beer Blog: Fullers buy The Lewes Arms

Fullers buy The Lewes Arms

Musings Over a Pint: More Photos of Devil’s Backbone Construction

Nelson County Life, a print and online “lifestyle magazine” covering events in Nelson County, VA, has been keeping local residents up on the progress of the Devil’s Backbone Brewery.Check out the articles linked below for pictures from the brewery.Pro…

Brew Blog – Beer Industry Market Analysis, News and Commentary: Brew News

Advertising Age takes a look at promotions Diageo’s Captain Morgan spiced rum and MillerCoors’ Miller High Life are running that play off this year’s presidential election.

“Crown Imports is, for the first time in its history (even when it was Barton…

Bad Ben’s Brewing Blog: Gute Träume Kölschbier

Well, I had a good little brew day last Sunday. I decided to brew at the last second, after running with some buddies on trails in WyCo Park.I decided to brew a simple version of my Kölsch recipe. I think a homebrewer should always have a Kölsch or …

TEXAS BEER: Texas Brewers in the News

More Texas brewers and retailers have appeared in various media throughout the state, including several video segments. Austin’s Fox television affiliate (Channel 7) covered the grand opening of the new (512) Brewing with the piece, “New Austin Brewer…

Seen Through a Glass: Harvest Time

I drove over to Honey Brook Farm to pick up our CSA share today. It was a great morning, cool like September or even October, and the bounty was huge. Here it is, spread out on the counter: 18 lbs. of heritage, cherry, and slicing tomatoes; four eggpl…

Hoosier Beer Geek: Six Pack Interview with Ben Russell of Crown Liquors

As a South sider I am very happy bringing out this edition of the six pack interview with Ben Russell. I’ve been shopping at his store, Crown Liquors on the corner of 31 and Shelby, for many years, and in the last six months the stores selection for c…

Michigan Beer Buzz: Why is the drinking Age 21

Just one more thing that I found on the Mental Floss website. One of their bloggers Ethan Trex wrote a great blog on why we have the drinking age set at 21 . The link is below. [www.mentalfloss.com]

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Hell on Tap

Linda over at Cafe 28 asked me to let you all know that they have added Surly Hell to their tap line up, joining Cynic and Furious.
Anyone else serving a little Hell yet?
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