Archive for September, 2008

LIQUID DIET: the blog: This is pretty sad.

Uninformed.
Condescending.
Essentially treating the readers like boobs.
One might call it the foodie version of the McCain Campaign, were one the sort to do that.
One hopes, in any case, that perhaps Craig LaBan, a very good restaurant critic who has …

Home Brew Beer: Generic Craft Beer at Your Local Grocery?

Do they make generic “craft” beer? You betcha! I remember when it was common to see rows and rows of generic products at the local grocery store when I was a kid back in the 80s. I’m talking about those “no-name brand” versions of products. For exa…

SevenPack Beer Blog: Lagunitas We’re Only in it for the Money

I’m out the loop on this one, in multiple ways.  First olf all this was a summer seasonal and I didn’t see it until mid-September and secondly who the hell is Frank Zappa?  A quick google search lead me to wikipedia and while there is a …

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Is there an even better reason to enjoy a world-class craft beer today than that the Phillies won their second straight National League East pennant? Well, yes.

Yeah, they won it yesterday but it’s still sweet today.
Hell, it’s even sweeter.
How about the fact that the second straight Phillies win is matched by the second straight New York Mets choke?
And that they lost ignominiously again in the …

Summer of Beer: The Bruery Hottenroth Berliner Weisse

It’s interesting that the only two Berliner Weisse style beers I know in any of the Western states (after a bit of research) are being brewed about 30 minutes from each other. Craftsman, in Pasadena, makes one on a limited basis, and The Bruery, in P…

RealBeer.co.nz: Beer – The only known cure for a case of the “Mondays”

Here is the full report on the latest tasting session at the Backbencher:
The theme for the September session of the Cellar-Vate beer tasting club was the unique “Dark and Ducky.” This moniker was devised to cover a combination of dark beers and t…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Philly Oktoberfest.

The first Philly Oktoberfest yesterday clearly did not draw the crowd–not nearly the crowd–that the organizers had hoped it would. A lot of that, I suspect, had to do with starting late and then holding it on a weekend when there were cons…

Beer Activist: Atlanta’s HotoberFest Combines Beer and Sustainability

If I lived in Atlanta I’m sure this is where I’d be next weekend: the HotoberFest, Atlanta’s first beer and sustainability festival. Check out their website right here. The beer flows from Noon to 7pm on October 4th in Glenwood Park….

Beer Activist: Homemade Soda

Until now, the only times I’ve ever been much of soda drinker have been when I’ve been living in hot places in Africa and soda has offered a cool burst of sugary energy and refreshment in the midst of a long, hot, sweaty day of traveling o…

TheBrewClub.com: Weyerbacher Autumn Fest Beer

As part of our ongoing Oktoberfest beer reviews here at The Brew Club, we’re buying and trying as many Oktoberfest/Autumn Seasonal Beers/Pumpkin Flavored Beers as possible!  There’s really a lot out there to choose from, and it’s re…