Archive for August, 2008

SevenPack Beer Blog: Rothaus Tannen Zapfle Pils

Unlike Ben I have never been across the pond and thus have never had the opportunity to enjoy a truly authentic German beer.  Of course I have drank many international brews but not without the assistance of an American distributor.  Well folks my g…

beernews.org: Struise Pannepot and Earthmonk go on sale at Liquid Solutions

It appears as though Liquid Solutions was able to land a highly coveted pallet of Struise Earthmonk. The beer, along with Struise Pannepot, is now available for sale as a part of a pair of 330 ml bottles. Despite the lore of Earthmonk, Pannepot is ac…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: A Nationals beer

It was a hot August Sunday afternoon at Nationals Ballpark in Washington, D.C. The beer vendors were shouting “Get your Miller Lite, water.” With no real pause between the two liquid mentions, maybe the beer vendors were revealing the secret of light…

It’s The Beer Talking: Review: Speakeasy Double Daddy IPA

An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
San Francisco, California USA
ABV: 9.5%
Glassware: Tulip
Pours a light orange or slightly cloudy yellow. It smells of hops and more hops. I also pulled some light citrus fruit aromas; very ni…

Year of Beer: #347 Fort Collins-The Kidd Lager

This beer has a roasted malt aroma with a hint of smoke. The color black with a bit of red highlight shining through. The foam is moderate with low retention. The taste is malty with a rich roasted taste and only a hint of coffee flavor. The roaste…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: As The Teamsters Ask That InBev Keep Its Promises …

Yesterday, hundreds of Teamsters marched in downtown St. Louis, concerned that InBev might renege on their promises to not close the twelve Anheuser-Busch Breweries throughout the country. InBev employees were also there, presumably to mitigate the T…

Brewed for Thought: A Bridge Too Far

Portland is an interesting city when it comes to beer. It’s full of small breweries and pubs, the citizens drink more beer than anywhere else, and many people consider it the best craft beer town in the country. Yet, if you live outside of Por…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: Buying beer online made easy, kind of

Now this has some good promise: Beernews.org has added a beer buying guide to their site. Why didn’t I think of this? Oh, I suck at HTML.
Anyhow, the online guide seems to be off to a neat start and I only hope that it grows. I find it to be use…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: Flying Dog adds a virtual suggestion box to site

 
The Flying Dog Brewery News blog has added a virtual suggestion box for fans to write in.
In the post regarding the virtual box they write:
One of the things we like best about Flying Dog drinkers is that you’re not afraid to share your opinion.?…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: I’m not kidding now… if you want Autumn Brew Review tickets, you should really get then NOW!

Slackers take note: Jeff tells me that as of 4:00 pm today, there are only about 200 tickets left. Go get them!