Archive for September, 2008

Beer Haiku Daily: Decision

Which beer will be next?
An important decision.
One that’s best made soon.
Written by Dave Undis.
Thing of the Day: Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions
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LIQUID DIET: the blog: Coming soon to a nuclear plant near you….

Among the beer geeks locally, even the ones who work (hopefully sober) in the nuclear plant there, Limerick has always been the antithesis of a beer destination.
Limerick is the place where, when the sirens go off and the towers explode over there and…

IHB Blog: Abbey Dubbel Release Party Friday

It’s Dubbel Season!  Yeah, baby. Yeah! If you haven’t noticed we’ve changed our house beer line-up. We’ve done a bunch of magic, but the single biggest sucess has been the addition of a full time Belgian House beer that change…

Realbeer.com Beer Therapy: Brewers Turn To Hop Farming

According to a AP Story today, Small Brewers Become Hop Farmers Amid Shortage, many craft brewers are beginning to grow their own hops to combat shortages and price hikes. Perhaps most interesting is that many are looking to the National Clonal Germpl…

The Beer Babe’s Brew Reviews: Woodstock Inn Brewery – Autumn Ale Brew

Pumpkin flavor, whether it be in pie, beer, chai, whoopie pies or what have you, is one of my favorite flavors of all time. This time of year, it’s everywhere. In a few weeks I’ll be reviewing a series of pumpkin beers together in a similar fashion to…

Fifth Annual Hood River Hops Festival Sat., Oct. 4th

Tap into the best of fresh hops brewing, plus a lineup of longtime favorite craft beers during the Hood River Hops Fest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Celebrating its fifth year as the premier fresh hops beer-tasting event in the Pacific…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Fifth Annual Hood River Hops Festival Sat., Oct. 4th

Tap into the best of fresh hops brewing, plus a lineup of longtime favorite craft beers during the Hood River Hops Fest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Celebrating its fifth year as the premier fresh hops beer-tasting event in the Pacific…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Remember the Next Session

Trying to catch up from the NBWA Convention earlier this week in San Francisco and shooting a TV show yesterday (more about that later), I’m a little late with this news. Ray Merkler at Bathtub Brewery has announced that the next session’…

Grizzly Growler: Beer Mapping Missoula

This is one of the coolest features I’ve found in a while. Actually, I knew about this for some time, but I’m just getting around to playing with it now. It’s a mapping program from The Beer Mapping Project.
You’ll notice that …

Corvallis holds first Heart of the Valley Septembeerfest on Sept. 27th

This new festival is coordinated by the Heart of the Valley Homebrewers and was formerly known as the Oregon Homebrew and Microbrew Festival. After 25 years, the club decided to split the competition and festival, which features beers from Mid-Valley…