Archive for September, 2008
It’s The Beer Talking: News: UK pub Wetherspoon’s annual profit drops 24 pct
J.D. Wetherspoon PLC, a British pub chain, said Friday that annual profit fell 24 percent as food, beer and labor costs rose and a government ban on smoking in pubs discouraged business.
Net income for the year ended July 27 was 35.5 million poun…
Belgian beer and travel: Rudi Ghequire at Foeder 132, Brouwerij Rodenbach
Photo of Rodenbach brewmaster Rudi Ghequire
Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Late 19th century beers
It’s the weekend. Last night, though very enjoyable, has taken its toll.I led a lively group of enthusiastic drinkers from Detroit on a crawl of some of Mokum’s best boozers. So excuse me if I’m a little slow today. I’ve said in the past “Outdrink me,…
Beer Haiku Daily: Civilized
In the beginning
We came together for beer.
It still sustains us
Written by Captain Hops.
Thing of the Day: Beer: A History of Suds and Civilization from Mesopotamia to Microbreweries
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Beer Activist: GonzoFest – Drink Crazy Beer In Frederick, MD
I’ve lived in the Washington D.C. area off and on for twenty years and even though the Frederick Brewery is only 45 minutes away and has been there most of that time, I’ve never visited. That will change next weekend when I attend GonzoFes…
Beer Activist: Beer Bears Through the Bad Times
The front page of today’s Washington Post features a photo of a hundred or so craft beers on the shelves at Total Wine & More, and the headline reads: Cold Comfort In Hard Times.
With a headline like that I thought this was going to be a sto…
A Good Beer Blog: Apparently Beer Is, In Fact, The Affordable Luxury
Last December, I suggested that we may see a bump of sorts in beer sales in response to the recession in the US. In another in a series of events that prove that, yes, if enough monkeys used typewriters one could write sonnets, it appears I may well h…
Confessions of a Beer Geek: Craft Beer… and Sargento cheese!
Beer and cheese go as well together as wine and cheese. Maybe even better. I mean come on… cheese and beer go together like milk and cookies. Think about it. What’s a burger without cheese? And beer. Cheese goes on pizza. And you can’t have w…
Lyke 2 Drink: Two Pints for Prostates Events Taking Place in Charlotte, N.C.
Pints for Prostates will be holding two events in Charlotte, N.C., during the next two weeks. All of the money raised by these events goes directly to Us TOO International, a 501(c)3 charity that works to support, educate and advocate for men with pro…