Archive for September, 2008

Sioux Brew: Take the Sioux Brew weekly quiz #66

This is the 66th of a weekly trivia quiz on beer and all things beer related.
 
Just what the heck is a gruit?
 
Answer by posting a comment.
 
And as always, no Google cheating!
 
Past questions and answers can be viewed by click…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Kellerbier kraziness – Session #19

Today, being the first Friday of the month, is the day for ‘The Session’.The Session is a monthly event for the beer blogging community which was started by Stan Hieronymus at Appellation Beer. On the first Friday of each month, all participating blog…

Summer of Beer: Some People Would Kill Me For Calling This A Drain Pour

Marin White Knuckle DIPA. Yep, another highly ranked beer bites the dust. I do like the vast majority of highly ranked beers I try, but this one was not worthy of stomach space. It joins Three Floyds Dark Lord and Southern Tier Jah-Va as grossly ove…

Make Mine Potato: Friday Tastings

Tasting notes. No Netflix. The windows open. A mediocre football game on.
Stock photo time. Nothing wrong with the camera. Nothing wrong with my camera finger. I just didn’t snap any pictures. Apologies to the image owners. The age of copyright …

Year of Beer: #366 Delirium – Tremens

This is the beer entry in the Year of Beer. Somewhere along the way the count got off but I know this is the 366th beer because I started on September 6th and with the leap year I got one extra beer in the middle to reach the goal a day a short of a …

Lyke 2 Drink: Drinks & Taxes 2008 v12: Manchester, Vt., Hopes Alcohol Taxes Closes Budget Gap

Officials in Manchester, Vt., are counting revenue from the first quarter of a new tax on meals and alcohol sales in the community. Local residents vote 61-53 at a special meeting in December to add a 1 percent tax to these items to raise $200,000 to …

A Good Beer Blog: Session 19: One More New Beer From Germany

I think this is just gold. Today, The Session, the monthly celebration of one theme by beer bloggers all around the globe…was forgotten by The Barley Blog:I need to pay attention to my own blog announcements — I forgot that today was Session #19. …

Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: A Pub Conversation to Remember

A while ago I sat at the bar of a pub I’ll leave unnamed, and listened unintentionally to the bar staff talk about stuff behind the scenes, things patrons don’t necessarily hear everyday. I’m not sure why the bar staff continued discussing the negati…

The Mad Fermentationist: Brewing Lambic 2.0

It has been a couple weeks since I did a post about beer, so I thought it was about time for something aimed at my chief demographic. When I took a vacation up to Massachusetts in August to visit my parents I got in my only brew of the summer. I wan…

The Mad Fermentationist: What season do you do you start the most fermentations?

Summer 3 (5%)Fall 17 (28%)Winter 10 (16%)Spring 8 (13%)About even 21 (35%)Like a plurality of you, for me it is about even, but I definitely ferment different things based on the season. This year I’ve been taking the summer off from brewing bee…