Archive for September, 2008

Summer of Beer: School Is Always Getting In The Way Of Beer

Yep it’s back to studying, but I’m trying my best not to let it interrupt the occasional beer during the week.Plus, hops are naturally a mild sedative and also help in the digestion process. Hopefully Pliny comes through and puts me to sleep sooner t…

beernews.org: Sierra Nevada Imperial Stout a first for the brewery

(Chico, CA) – Sierra Nevada Brewing will come out with its first run of an Imperial Oatmeal Stout though it will be draft-only. I am not yet privy to production level details but expect this to see cross-state distribution. Despite the popularity o…

lootcorp 3.0 – a brewing blog: Private Tastings 2: Denny Conn

Denny Conn

I am extremely happy to announce the second in the Private Tastings interview series: Denny Conn! Denny is an extremely well-respected homebrewer, well-known for both his award winning recipes and his enthusiastic promotion of the batch s…

Home Brew Beer: Hippity-Hoo Tap-A-Brew! Franken-Beer is bottled

Franken-Beer’s transfusion, err… I mean bottling is now complete…Yesterday was yet another chapter in the ongoing saga that is Franken-beer. Bottling day! If you recall, this was intended to be an Oktoberfest inspired Ale, based on a poorly chos…

Mississippi Brew: Listen to Lazy Magnolia interview on the MS Arts Hour show

Mark & Leslie Henderson’s interview with Malcolm White is now available for download from the Arts Commission website or the iTunes feed for “Mississippi Arts Hour””Mississippi Arts Hour” Radio Show & PodcastEvery Thursday afternoon, members o…

Nebraska Beer: New Smokestack beers

So it appears my friend over on KC Beer Blog scooped a couple new releases coming from Boulevard and their Smokestack Series of beers. A Saison-Brett (“George Brett”) and a Bourbon Barrel Quad (“BBQ”). Besides great names they sound like interesting…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: Steak & Beer, it’s what’s for dinner

Tonight in King of Prussia, PA, join Tröegs (Chris Brugger, Nick Johnson, and Whitney Thompson) at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse from 6pm-7pm. Then do the steakhouse thing again at Morton’s Steakhouse in Center City Philly two weeks from tonight on 9/22 wh…

Monday Night Brewery : Atlanta, GA: Why We’re Not Starting a Hop Farm

Last week we harvested our first hops from our vines, and were quite pleased with the yield. I was thinking we’d get 1-2 lbs of hops based on the amount we pulled off. But after a few days of drying, the final weight was just about 8 oz. But my d…

Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: Canadian Brewing Awards Judging: Sept.6th

Saturday was a long day. A fun day. An interesting day.While most people were still in bed sleeping off the effects of Friday night, I was on my way to Markham to work the bar for the Canadian Brewing Awards judging. I arrived shortly after 9:00am to …

Utah Beer: Obama Beer

Well these photos say it all. And that’s good enough for me. And I’m pretty certain they’re not one of Cindy McCain’s Budweiser’s.