Archive for August, 2008

beernews.org: South Bay Drugs has new beers coming soon

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

Make Mine Potato: Russian River Love

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 girl&#821…

Lyke 2 Drink: Weekend Watering Hole: Water Street Brewery, Milwaukee, Wisc.

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-…

Home Brew Beer: I’m having “secondary thoughts”

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…

SevenPack Beer Blog: Labatt Blue

A Haiku:
Labatt Blue Pilsner
You Are A Kanuck’s Bud Light
Tastes A Little Sweet
Thank you.

BeerSmith.com Home Brewing Blog: Malt Extract Beer Brewing

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…

Barley Vine: Steamworks Colorado Kolsch

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 …

Sybeeritic: Beer Photo of the Day

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)

It’s The Beer Talking: Offbeat News: English farmers trade apples for (not apples) beer

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…

Beer Examiner: How to pour a beer? Why foam?

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…