Archive for September, 2008

Slashfood: Slashfood Ate (8): A Day in the Life (beer edition)

Filed under: Beer, Slashfood AteA great man — MC Paul Barman — once said of beer: “The liquid is ubiquitous and has such a hold; on all the strata, it’s just got to be government-controlled. Behind the bottle and the throne sits an unknown man wiser…

Slashfood: Slashfood Ate (8): A Day in the Life (beer edition)

Filed under: Beer, Slashfood AteA great man — MC Paul Barman — once said of beer: “The liquid is ubiquitous and has such a hold; on all the strata, it’s just got to be government-controlled. Behind the bottle and the throne sits an unknown man wiser…

Beer Bits 2: Over the last few days…

Dropping in to catch everybody up. I’m still working on cleaning out the brew basement. Of course that “little” oven problem I mentioned is getting more attention than the brewing related projects. Also looking to brew soon. It’ll probably be with dry…

Beer Bits 2: Over the last few days…

Dropping in to catch everybody up. I’m still working on cleaning out the brew basement. Of course that “little” oven problem I mentioned is getting more attention than the brewing related projects. Also looking to brew soon. It’ll probably be with dry…

Flying Dog Blog: And To The Victor Goes The Spoils

The People’s Republic of Flying Dog is now in session. It’s happy hour at Flying Dog Brewery, so here is your latest dose of irreverence.
Flying Dog’s Poet Laureate Is…
Reading this poem, remember one thought.
Brewers, we are. …

Seen Through a Glass: Blue & Gray Oktoberfest

A bit out of my local area, but a fun event at a chronically overlooked brewery:Blue & Gray Brewing in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is having their 6th annual Oktoberfest this weekend. We’ve been to this in the past, and it’s a great time: oompah, sa…

Hop Talk: Beer drinkers try to derail InBev / Anheuser-Busch deal

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Beer drinkers try to derail InBev / Anheuser-Busch deal
Just when I though I wasn’t going to write any more about InBev’s acquisition of Anheuser-Busch…
App…

Beer Examiner: Great Beers of Belgium, 6th edition by the late Michael Jackson. – Just released in the U.S.

The late Michael Jackson’s final words on Belgian brewing and Belgian beer.  500+ page plus new edition just released.Brewers Publications announced the release of The Great Beers of Belgium (6th edition) by the late Michael Jackson.  It is …

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Patent malt in the early 19th century

Back to malt again. It’s fun this, isn’t it? This time it’s turn of the controversial black or patent malt.Not all brewers were convinced about black malt. Nor everyone keen in the change it made to the colour and flavour of Porter. I love the descrip…

Rooftop Brew: Ancient Yeast

Something about using really old yeast scares me a little. It excites me too, but mostly scares.

Tags: yeast