Archive for September, 2008

Utah Beer: Help Make It A Cold Day in Hell

Consumption of liquor, wine and beer is up in way-up in Utah and to accommodate imbibers the states is building bigger and better outlets at a record pace. Two new state stores are among 10 remodeling or building projects along the Wasatch Front and s…

Sybeeritic: Dealing With the Election

Jonah Goldberg has found a way to deal with election cycle stress:I have concluded the best way to deal with the election roller coaster is to commit yourself to cocktail hour.Or, if you prefer, grab a beer.

Beer Culture: More Czech Ales — Yes, Ales!

The big news this year has been the profusion — if you can call a handful a profusion — of ales produced by Czech brewers. This is Lagerland, after all, and 99.9% of production here is composed of bottom-fermented lagers. As I wrote earlier, top-…

beernews.org: Nogne O Dobbel IPA (W-IPA): where Norwegian and Japanese Craft Beer meet

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(Lillesand, NORWAY) – The brewers of Nogne O recently worked with Toshi Ishii of YoHo Brewing in Japan on a double IPA or W-IPA (as it is referred to in Japan). Most of the cases will ship over there though Head Brew…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: An Interesting Development Presents Itself on Saturday

Below, this is from Jeff, half of TJs, in Paoli, PA. They’ve already got a FallFest/Oktoberfest event going Saturday night. Now he’s given yet another reason to stop by somewhere between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning (if one of this country’s …

Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… anyone who worked with Bill Leinenkugel

Today we’d like to buy a round for all those working with heavy hearts at Leinenkugel in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The beer world stopped for a moment this week as we learned of the passing of their long-time champion, Bill Leinenkugel, who too…

Madison Beer Review: Big Article on Small Brew

MBR has published its first non-this-site article over at the cultural criticism magazine PopMatters. Typically a site featuring music criticism, I think this might be the first article about craft beer they’ve published.

Called “Small Brew”, my arti…

Sioux Brew: Beer Review – Budweiser American Ale

Budweiser American Ale marks a rare brand extension for Anheuser-Busch, the 52 billion dollar – ahem pound – gorilla of brewers.

The St. Louis, Mo., brewery is trying to show they are serious about their ale. Witness the following: Instructions on th…

Relentless Thirst: Father of the Year

So maybe this whole Amethyst Initiative thing has…

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SevenPack Beer Blog: Chow.com interview with Vinnie Cilurzo

Chow.com has an interview with Russian River Brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo, which people may find interesting. Though short, the interview does discuss his use of Brett in his beers.
We have two Russian River beer reviews here at sevenpack, Salvation and…