Archive for August, 2008
South Bay Drugs will be receiving the following new beers very soon: Lost Abbey Ne Goeien Saison and Witches Wit, Green Flash Le Freak Belgian IPA and Grand Cru, and Coronado Saison by the Sea.
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South Bay Drugs has new beers coming soon
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on beernews.org: South Bay Drugs has new beers coming soon
This first picture is of Vered IPA, Wes’ (Vered’s uncle) tribute to Vered and winner of an Oregon homebrew competition earlier this year. It’s a solid IPA with intense bitterness. Very good. And a nice marker of our little girl̵…
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Make Mine Potato: Russian River Love
As a regular weekend feature, Lyke2Drink will visit some of the world’s great watering holes. This week we find ourselves in Milwaukee and making a stop at a brewpub founded in 1987.Water Street Brewery1101 N. Water StreetMilwaukee, WI 53202(414) 272-…
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I have a confession to make… I’ve never used a secondary. Yep, I’m that much of a hack newbie home brewing weenie. I’ve always been hesitant out of fear that I may contaminate the beer during the racking phase. Oddly enough, both home brew suppl…
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Home Brew Beer: I’m having “secondary thoughts”
A Haiku:
Labatt Blue Pilsner
You Are A Kanuck’s Bud Light
Tastes A Little Sweet
Thank you.
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SevenPack Beer Blog: Labatt Blue
Brewing with malt extract (liquid or dry) is the starting point for every new brewer. Today many homebrewers use malt extract as the dominant base for their beer.
I bought my first malt extract, a Muntuns and Fison’s Irish Stout kit in 1987 w…
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BeerSmith.com Home Brewing Blog: Malt Extract Beer Brewing
Leading up to this month’s Session and its theme of German Beer, I’m trying to drink more German styles, instead of my overly hoppy beers that I love so much. Nothing wrong with drinking German styles as there are a lot of very solid ones being made …
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Barley Vine: Steamworks Colorado Kolsch
Its trendiness among urban hipsters is no protection when a can of PBR goes head-to-head with a hollow point in today’s beer photo:
(via Gizmodo)
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: Beer Photo of the Day
According to Money, out of the UK, the recent credit crunch has residents of one Norfolk village farmers trading produce for Pints.
Thanks to the resourcefulness of their local pub, ‘The Pigs’, they can now barter fresh produce in return f…
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on It’s The Beer Talking: Offbeat News: English farmers trade apples for (not apples) beer
Head brewster Jana Hajniková . Bernard Rodinný Pivovar, CzechRepublic. Photo ©2008 Charlie PapazianEveryone has their own preferences about the sudsy foam called beer head. I’ll give you my perspective along with what&rs…
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer Examiner: How to pour a beer? Why foam?