Archive for September, 2008

Thom’s Beer Blog: 864. Petit Mort

864. Petit MortI had this with lunch at the CBC in early August (yes I’m that far behind).Beer Stats:Brewery: Cambridge Brewing CompanyAlcohol: 8.00%Serving: TapStyle: Tripel, BJCP Style GuideAppearance: 3.5 | Smell: 4.0 | Taste: 4.5 | Mouthfeel: 4.0 …

Sioux Brew: Take the Sioux Brew weekly quiz #69

 
This is the 69th of a weekly trivia quiz on beer and all things beer related.
 
Why is the 1810 marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese Von Sachsen-Hildburghausen of significance to beer drinkers?
 
Answer by posting a com…

Hedonist Beer Jive: 10 COMMANDMENTS: THE LOST ABBEY NAILS IT AGAIN

Would you believe me if I told you I had a new favorite beer? My most favoritist beer since the last most favoritist? It’s called 10 COMMANDMENTS, and not surprisingly, it’s from the brewing magicians at LOST ABBEY down San Diego way. These guys a…

Hoosier Beer Geek: Random Beer Roundup – I Forgot About Random Beer Roundup Edition

Slow news week.From Mike at J. Gumbo’s (15 E. Maryland Street, Indianapolis):We have 3 Floyds Munsterfest and Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale on draft now. They are the only kegs of those in Central Indiana. The Sierra was made with hops…

Wort’s Going On Here?: National Brewery Museum opens

For several years, the American Breweriana Association has been working on opening a National Brewery Museum in Potosi, Wisconsin, in the former home of the Potosi Brewing Company (1852-1972). The museum features a collection of beer bottles and cans…

Musings Over a Pint: Weekend Beer Events

It’s a busy weekend. The 6th Annual Fredericksburg Oktoberfest put on by the Blue & Gray Brewing Company kicks off Friday evening and runs through Sunday. I plan to be there Friday evening. You can see the full event schedule here. On Saturday I’l…

Madison Beer Review: What Would Joe Microbrewer Do?

Before we get into today’s topic, Madison was named the Number 5 beer town in college football. Strangely, the thing that put us over Number 6, Columbus, OH was the Great Dane. Ahead of Madison: Fort Collins, CO (Colorado State? Seriously? That counts…

: All Hopped Up For The Cure!

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This past weekend we had a team of 25 from the brewery participate in the Race for the Cure in San Francisco! Abbey was very helpful with organizing and getting cat hair all over the team shirts and sharing her love!  We finis…

Entertainment: Joe Sixpack — Philly.com: Joe Sixpack: Oktoberfest beer goes golden

A COUPLE of years ago at the World Beer Cup in Seattle, a contingent of judges from Germany found themselves scratching their heads at the evaluation guidelines for their country’s most revered quaff, Oktoberfestbier.

The Beer Nut: Darkness falls

And so to the far end of the colour chart at the European Beer Festival: those lovely black beers. Of course, I’ve already written about a fair few of the good ones in with my posts about Mikkeller and the US breweries, but there’s always room for mor…