Archive for August, 2008

maeib’s Beerblog: The Next Wetherspoons Festival

Those of you who have received September’s issue of What’s Brewing, may have been drawn to the advert on page four for the next Wetherspoons International Real Ale Festival. The festival is set to run from October 30th to November 16th and will featu…

Kasper On Tap: Just in time for football season: the Beerbelly vessel

Recently I checked out the web site of an hilarious product, the Beerbelly.It is a polyurethene bladder that can hold 80 ounces of beer. A sling over your shoulders holds the device in place on your stomach. A tube running from the "storage tank&…

Sybeeritic: Bottle Cap PSA

An interesting anti-drunk driving ad on Flickr, via Digg.

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Which Beer to Pair with Watermelon Gazpacho?

At Blind Tiger, this was at first a daunting question. The watermelon gazpacho sounded so appealing that I just had to order it. But, which beer to choose to go with it?

Turns out the cask-conditioned Cape Ann (of Gloucester, MA) Fisherman’s Greenhor…

Sioux Brew: South Dakotan plans his first commercial hop harvest

Date: 08/26/2008 12:26 PM
By DAVID KESMODEL
The Wall Street Journal
Last fall, South Dakota businessman Steve Polley was scouting for ways to make some extra income when he saw a news headline: The price of hops was surging because of a global shorta…

Realbeer.com Beer Therapy: Wildfire Brewery Name Doused

Bend, Oregon’s newest brewery is Wildfire Brewing, or at least it was, because Chicago-based restaurant chain Wildfire Steaks, Chops & Seafood recently sent a cease and desist letter to the fledgling brewery giving them six-months to change …

Monday Night Brewery : Atlanta, GA: A successful night of brewing (without the brewing)

Thanks to everyone who came last night. We had a good crowd, in spite of the weather. The rain made it difficult to brew (we didn’t want any of Atlanta’s acid raid infecting our beers), so we actually just hung out and drank. It was amazin…

Fresh Hop Tastival – Oct 18th at Hopworks

Better yet: in the new and improved Hopworks “Back 40” Beer Garden… There’s an acre of room out back for parking, beer festivals, concerts and the deck, which will be perfect for watching West Hills sunsets from…this shot was taken…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Fresh Hop Tastival – Oct 18th at Hopworks

Better yet: in the new and improved Hopworks “Back 40” Beer Garden… There’s an acre of room out back for parking, beer festivals, concerts and the deck, which will be perfect for watching West Hills sunsets from…this shot was taken…

Seen Through a Glass: Wow. My world is expanded

I know you guys don’t really care — I hope you don’t! — but I just hooked up a new monitor, a 22″ flat-screen. Wow. It’s not quite as ‘wow’ as the 19″ I got two years ago, which seriously changed how I worked (I was on a 15″ before that, and editing…