Archive for September, 2008
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…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Utah Beer: Help Make It A Cold Day in Hell
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.
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: Dealing With the Election
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-…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer Culture: More Czech Ales — Yes, Ales!
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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…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on beernews.org: Nogne O Dobbel IPA (W-IPA): where Norwegian and Japanese Craft Beer meet
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 …
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: An Interesting Development Presents Itself on Saturday
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…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… anyone who worked with Bill Leinenkugel
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…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Madison Beer Review: Big Article on Small Brew
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…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: Beer Review – Budweiser American Ale
So maybe this whole Amethyst Initiative thing has…
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September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Relentless Thirst: Father of the Year
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…
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SevenPack Beer Blog: Chow.com interview with Vinnie Cilurzo