Archive for September, 2008

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: At Morton’s, hold the A-1, pass the Chimay

The Jim & Jim show (Wiggins and Meiers from Origlio, in case you wondered) moved on from the Duvel Green unveiling at Monk’s Cafe (check out Lew’s wrapup) and made its next stop at Morton’s Steakhouse on Walnut Street.

Morton’s was introducing th…

Madison Beer Review: The Flexibility Mantra

I apologize ahead of time if this ends up off-topic. This is the third part of the Traveling Series. As you’ll recall, last week we posted some hints to keep in mind while traveling, and we looked at some of the more useful beer-related travel sites. …

Mississippi Brew: Jacktoberfest 2008 (Beer List)

When: Friday, October 17, 2008Where: Downtown Jackson, MississippiJacktoberfest is a FREE downtown festival benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.This years beer list will include:Paulaner HefeweizenWarsteinerSam Adams OktoberfestSouthern Pec…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: The Art of Homebrewing

Brewers United For Real Potables is a homebrewers’ club in the Washington, D.C. area … with the impish acronym of B.U.R.P.Bud Hensgen is a longtime member in good standing, and a repeat winner of awards for his beers.Not only a homebrewer, Hensgen,…

Beer Culture: Czech and Slovak Porters

Lew Bryson had a funny story about trying to taste Pardubický Porter a few years ago while traveling around the Czech Republic under the guidance of Honza Ko?ka, whom Lew correctly identified as a “Czech beer demiurge.” The comments, na…

The Beer Nut: Pale ale parade

I mentioned yesterday how Danish craft brewing seems to have followed, to begin with, an American model. The number of Danish pale ales and IPAs at the European Beer Festival reflects this to a considerable extent. And yet it’s not like they were all …

The Thirsty Hopster: A meta-note about beer blogging

On this site, I usually like to stick to talking about beer.  Sure, there are huge digressions about the context in which I drink beer or the people I meet along the way, but generally I try to make sure that beer or beer-related activities of some k…

beernews.org: Dieu Du Ciel Rigor Mortis ABT and Solstice dHiver bottles coming to the U.S.

(Montreal, Canada) – An email is out to Shelton Brothers reps for a timetable on two beers shipping from one of the, if not the most, respected craft breweries in Canada. Presumably, Dieu du Ciel Solstice dHiver and Rigor Mortis ABT will arrive in th…

beernews.org: Lost Abbey Ten Commandments, More Deschutes the Dissident

Lost Abbey Ten Commandments is probably the biggest new release of the past week. Both South Bay Drugs and Liquor Max have it for sale on their sites. This year’s version has a more noticeable Brett profile in it. Only a handful of reviews ha…

Sybeeritic: Beer Photo of the Day

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