Archive for August, 2008

Pacific Brew News Blog: Sacramento: Vote for SNR’s Best Of 2008

Sorry I didn’t get this up sooner, but the Sacramento News and Review’s annual “best of” voting is underway now. This is a pretty big deal in the region and to get awarded from this means a bit more than some other local honors. If you’ve got a few mi…

Muddy Boot Festival – Sept 5-7th

Muddy Boot Festival – Sept 5-7th, St. Philip Neri Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave The annual city-wide festival celebrates local organic foods and sustainable living with live music, wine, and food. Booths, workshops, speakers and walking tours of local sustainable…

2beerguys beer blog: As heard on The Herd

2beerguys.com Gets National Attention!
Colin Cowherd plugs 2beerguys.com on his nationally syndicated ESPN Radio talk show “The Herd”
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978-609-0336
(BYFIELD, MA August 26, 2008) This morning on &#…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: When you go to Denver, look for Yards (but only tonight).

Regardless of your political persuasion, I’d have to guess that each and every one of you would rather be in Denver tonight than Minneapolis-St. Paul next week.
(Comes to that, and both beer preferences and politics aside, I’d guess that w…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: The hop business is a good business

David Kesmodel of The Wall Street Journal reported this morning how the ‘hop shortage’ has create some good business opportunities.
Last fall, South Dakota businessman Steve Polley was scouting for ways to make some extra income when he sa…

Seen Through a Glass: Mayor Nutter Scores (for beer) Again

I just learned (from a friend at a PR agency, to be scrupulously fair) that Yards Philadelphia Pale Ale is going to be pouring at the Democratic National Convention tonight. Philly is one of six cities (or maybe 8: I found that number in a Boston bit)…

It’s The Beer Talking: Home Brewing: A delay in yeast arrival

My local home brew shop was out of wine yeast and I turned to the Internet. A site was recommend to me so I checked them out and placed an order this past Saturday. This morning I received this e-mail:
 
Dear Jerrod,
We are waiting for a fresh suppl…

Belmont Station Beer Forum: The Russians Invade Portland

No, not THOSE Russians, I’m talking about Russian River Pliny The Elder and Blind Pig IPA from Santa Rosa, CA. We’re only getting 3 cases of each. Yes, 3. That’s a mere 72 bottles, and given the ridiculous number requests we’ve gotten (don’t forget…

Hoosier Beer Geek: Guest Post | Roger Baylor of NABC and The Potable Curmudgeon: “Murketing” Makes the Pabst Seem Fonder

The Potable Curmudgeon, a blog written by New Albanian Brewing Company headman Roger A. Baylor, is a frequent read for the Knights of the Beer Roundtable. We became smitten with Roger’s beers in 2007 at the Phoenix Theatre Brew-Ha-Ha and the Indiana M…

Seen Through a Glass: Oktoberfest is coming…

…which makes this too cool not to share. A Google map of the beer gardens of Munich (with a couple little bonus bits). I may have to get a color printer after all.