Archive for September, 2008

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: More malt 1815 – 1850

Not quite finished with malt yet. Here’s something about malt made from something other than barley. At least one thing has become clearer: why oatmeal Stout appeared at the end of the 19th century.As a bonus, there’s a little about sugar. Essentia bi…

boakandbailey.com: Beer Exposed

You may remember we were a bit wary about Beer Exposed. A beer festival with a dresscode? £20 entry? Tsingtao exhibiting?
Well, we went on Friday and had a pretty good time.
The entrance area was a Shepherd Neame-sponsored education zone where you…

beernews.org: Ninkasi Oatis Oatmeal Stout to debut in bottles in ‘08

(Eugene, OR) – Ninkasi Brewing will release its fourth bottled beer later this year. Ninkasi Oatis Oatmeal Stout will join Tricerahops Double IPA, Total Domination IPA, and Believer Double Red, already sold in bombers. It is not yet known if this w…

The Thirsty Hopster: Pubbin’ in Portland

Greetings from Beervana (aka Portland)!  I’m here for the weekend with my sister and Melissa (of new-found cider fame).  In fact, I may or may not have a pretty convoluted itinerary ahead of me.  The original plan was to drive from SF to LA, …

My Beer Pix: Tucson roadtrip – beerfest readying

Matt and Ryan setting up the booth. Matt is taking this very seriously.

SevenPack Beer Blog: McAuslan St-Ambroise Pale Ale

It was a sad day at sevenpack.net when our Beer of the Month Club (BOMC) membership ran out.  One day out of every month an angel would come to our house as Ben and I waited with bated breathed to accept that beautiful brown box of liquid goodness. …

The Mad Fermentationist: Alderwood Smoked Imperial Porter

I’m getting ready to really jump back into brewing beer after taking most of the summer off, so I thought I’d post one from the archives that turned out well. This was my first attempt at a smoked beer, and it certainly lived up to my expectations.It …

My Beer Pix: Tucson Roadtrip – Old Tucson Studios

We’ve taken a break from craft beer to tour Old Tucson Studios and have a beer and shot in the saloon

Sybeeritic: Beer Photo of the Day

A classic combination in today’s beer photo:

Sybeeritic: German Teen Causes Flood of Beer

A German teen is in trouble for flooding a Dusseldorf arena with beer:The now 15-year-old allegedly broke into the LTU Arena with a friend and opened three taps in the VIP seating area in October 2006, when he was just 13-years-old.Some 1,400 litres o…