Archive for September, 2008
One southern bar chain is creating election frenzy this decision year with its 2008 Presidential Poll. The Flying Saucer, a series of beer venues throughout Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and the Carolinas, recently kicked off its rendition of p…
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: A saucy Presidential poll
The details were posted on the Surly Brewing site this morning. The Surly Darkness release takes place on Saturday, October 25th at 12pm. First 700 people in line can get up to six bottles so I am presuming that at least 4200 bottles have been prod…
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on beernews.org: Surly Darkness Day 2008 Details Revealed
My life is far too deadline-driven. Fortunately the unexpected is always to be expected. On Saturday Jay Brooks, one of California’s top beer writers and beer bloggers, booted my schedule off course with an email saying he was flying in to Londo…
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Zythophile: Why the man from Firestone was deservedly tired
I am agog at the news coming out of the Czech republic from the beer blogosphere’s correspondents there — Evan, Velky Al and Pivní Filosof. It seems that the overweeningly lagered Czech market is starting to expand in fascinating new directions, and…
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Nut: Czech, mate
A while back I promised to get into the beers of the old world a little more and widen my appreciation of beers that don’t fall into the more extreme vein of American, or more specifically, California brewing. While I haven’t been as stea…
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brewed For Thought: Fool Me Twice
Back in the day, one of my dreams was to visit Munich during Oktoberfest. This year, Oktoberfest runs September 20 until October 5. I still want to attend, but now I just want to check out the German girls in dirndls.
Prost!
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Wort’s Going On Here?: Oktoberfest!
Following up on recent reports of East End Ugly American coming out next month and the release of Brewer’s Art Resurrection in bottles, more news comes for the Mid-Atlantic crowd, more specifically Pennsylvania!
Straight from Carol Stoudt, here…
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on beernews.org: Beer notes PA: Terrapin Beer incoming, Stoudts Barrel-Aged Scotch-Style Ale, Troegs Scratch 14
This Thanksgiving weekend why don’t you come out and join the staff of the Abbot on the Hill as they launch, for the 1st time in Ontario, the Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest Marzen at their Oktoberfest Olympic fundraiser.The Abbot on the Hill will only be …
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: Olympic Fundraiser: Abbot on the Hill
Tuesday Tasting is a regular feature of Lyke2Drink that explores some of the best beers, wines and spirits on the market. This week we taste six different unique spirits.My magazine writing means that I get a steady stream of samples connected to the …
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Lyke 2 Drink: Tuesday Tasting: Recent Arrivals from the Spirits World
Dragline: Nothin’. A handful of nothin’. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin’. Just like today when he kept comin’ back at me – with nothin’.
Luke:Yeah, well, sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand….
September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Michigan Beer Buzz: Events: Week of September 28th to October 4th