Archive for August, 2008

Knut Albert’s Beer Blog: Liverpool fans call for Carlsberg boycott

Carlsberg could be facing a mass boycott by Liverpool pubs and football fans over a controversial giveaway promotion in The Sun newspaper, according to the Publican.
Licensees and supporters are stunned the drinks company, which sponsors Liverpool Foo…

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Royal Brewhouse Dinner

Hello. Welcome to the first installment of my new thread of posts. Major London breweries. Or something like that. The title may need a little work.On June 7th 1807, one of the partners in Combe and Co. held a Royal Brewhouse Dinner in the Woodyard Br…

stlhops.com: Homebrewing Demonstration This Weekend

If you’ve ever been interested in homebrewing, all-grain brewing or if you’ve never brewed a lager this weekend provides you to get a firsthand opportunity to see brewing in action. Dave from St. Louis Wine and Beermaking will be hosting …

Stonch’s Beer Blog: Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: How to Read Beer more Efficiently

How do you get your Daily Fill Up at The Brew Lounge, or any of the other myriad beer sites out there in the big wide world of the Internet? Well, if you go through a list of favorites, or try to remember to visit them all on a regular basis hoping th…

Musings Over a Pint: Shooting Creek Brewery – Virginia ABC Hearing Update

At a three and a half hour hearing on Wednesday, neighbors and a Baptist “minister” expressed their objections to the plan by Ray Jones and Brett Nichols to open Shooting Creek Brewery at an existing organic farm in Floyd County. The Roanoke News rep…

Beer Haiku Daily: Feeling Blue

A blueberry beer
that tastes like real blueberries:
Bar Harbor Blueberry.
Written by Dave Undis.
References: Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale by The Atlantic Brewing Company
Thing of the Day: Acadia: The Complete Guide: Mt. Desert Island & Acadia National…

Knut Albert’s Beer Blog: Good news on a rainy day

The Norwegian (Dutch-owned) supermarket chain ICA is going down the drain, with market shares, shops and money evaporating. Their local branch isn’t up to much, either, but there had been a minor revolution on their beer shelves while I was on …

Thirsty Pilgrim: Around London in 1 Book.

I’ve never been to London. Well, that’s not exactly true. I was once there for two days. But my mission then was not to pub crawl, crazy at it may seem. So that doesn’t even count, does it?

Now I’m ready. The other day I got my copy of Around London …

Grizzly Growler: Video Blog: Blackfoot River Brewing Co. Tour

We’ll postpone Olympic coverage for one night in order to bring you a tour of the what’s going on at Blackfoot River Brewing Co. in Helena, Montana.

Prost,
GG