Archive for September, 2008
What matters to you when you buy beer?
Participate in this beer survey.Discussion continues about whether beer drinkers really care about where their beer comes from.Does it really matter that Blue Moon is made by MillerCoors?Does it matter that Pil…
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer Examiner: Does it matter who makes the beer you buy?
It’s no secret that several of the KOTBR are fans of The Beautiful Game. I wouldn’t call us soccer snobs, though. In other words, we don’t hate on American sports like other soccer fans I’ve met. Heck, Mike is even a Cardinals fan, as misguided as …
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Hoosier Beer Geek: So what’s on the telly? Football, you say?
Just-arrived from importer Merchant du Vin: the first new Pinkus beer I’ve seen in a while. Jubilate is a dark lager, also organic, like their other beers. It’s not the best dark lager I’ve ever had, but it’s a fine beer: drinkable, full-flavored, no …
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Seen Through a Glass: Pinkus Jubilate
The Society for the Preservation of Beer from the Wood is preparig for the Fifth Annual Chespeake Real Ale Festival. This cask ale bash promises 27 firkins from 25 brewers.
The deets:
Saturday, October 18th, 2008; Baltimore’s Wharf Rat across fr…
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer Activist: Chesapeake Real Ale Festival
An epic beer in today’s photo:
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: Beer Photo of the Day
(This is an update for the participants in the 2008 Fermenting Revolution course at the Omega Institute.)
Fermentation slowed down to an occassional bubble this evening, so I racked the beer off into a bottling bucket, clean and sanitized a slew of bo…
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer Activist: Omega Octoberfest: It’s In the Can (er, bottle)
Rugby players are a tough bunch, and at least in the antipodes they love their beer. A survey of players in the National Rugby League, which is considering an alcohol ban at its sporting events, found that only 21 of the 40 players surveyed would cont…
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: Rugby Players Like Their Beer
I don’t usually put the whole name of a windily-named beer in the post name: let’s just identify the beer and move on, eh? But in this case, every word actually means something.Sierra Nevada: still the biggest brick-and-mortar microbrewery out there,…
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Seen Through a Glass: Sierra Nevada Chico Estate Harvest Wet Hop Ale
Napa Valley College has harvested grapes from its vineyard since 1987. Now students in the school’s Viticulture and Winery Technology program have the federal and state licenses required to bottle and sell wine.Napa Valley College 2008 Chardonnay will…
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Lyke 2 Drink: Napa Valley College Graduates Vintage
September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Stonch’s Beer Blog: I like mine mature