Archive for August, 2008
The Baron von Steuben Oktoberfest is now available from Blue & Gray Brewing Company. Brewed in March and cold lagered over the Summer, this limited beer is for sale in September and typically sells out by the end of the month. I shared some of thi…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Musings Over a Pint: Blue & Gray Oktoberfest
For my first attempt at “real” cheesemaking I tried the provolone recipe out of Ricki Carroll’s Home Cheese Making. She is to home cheesemaking what Charlie Papazian is to homebrewing. I say that not only as a great compliment but also to suggest that…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Mad Fermentationist: Making Provalone… Ending Up With Feta?
Please don’t look at the photo above and think, “That jerk really is determined to stump the readers. Where’s the beer connection? Heck, where’s the beer?”
I picked this photo because I’ve been wanting to pass alon…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: #7 – Where in the beer world?
Chad Dukes, co-host of the Big O and Dukes program on WJFK-FM in northern Virginia, holds a bottle of Clipper City Brewing’s Small Craft Warning Uber Pils.Listen here to the Friday interview with Hugh Sisson, General Partner of the brewery.Caveat: I s…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Big O and Dukes
[Note: The views expressed in this post is that of the writer only and is not intended to represent those of the rest of the Beerjanglin’ stable.]When I think of the Party Source in Syracuse, NY, I think of the film “Gladiator” from the year 2000. The…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BEERJANGLIN’: Whither Party Source
Now here’s a bit of brand dilution I can’t understand for the life of me:
Not only do I not see the connection, but I see some overzealous regulator crying foul on “targeting children” as well!
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: Stella PSP Brand Dilution
Not much need of an introduction. The title says it all. The kids had already visted De Molen a couple of times, but it was Dolores’s first time.We started not at the brewery itself, but the fermentation and packing department. It’s in a former cheese…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Family trip to Bodegraven
Kasteel Cru beer in its little pretend champagne bottle
Marketing magazine brings news this week of a new pink version of Kasteel Cru, aimed at women. They’re calling it a ‘rose’. Where does the idea that women will only drink pink b…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on boakandbailey.com: More pink beer for the ladies?
Via Maureen Ogle, The Wall Street Journal has a story on new farmers of hops. Following the laws of supply and demand, these entrepreneurs are responding to high prices with more production:
Mr. Polley is among a small but rising number of newcomers t…
August 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: High Prices Lure New Hops Farmers
Suggest more pimps! Win beer!
August 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BrewDog Blog: Pimp the Brewery Part 1. Completed