Archive for September, 2008
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…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Corvallis holds first Heart of the Valley Septembeerfest on Sept. 27th
I saw today that MillerCoors has shut down the Brew Blog, which Miller launched roughly two years ago.
The Brew Blog was written by Jim Arndorfer, who had previously written for Ad Age. I just met him in person for the first time at the…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: MillerCoors Shuts Down Brew Blog
In this photo provided by Anheuser-Busch, the new Budweiser American Ale is shown. The new ale, hitting bars on draft this week and in stores soon in bottles, is a hoppier, more amber-colored version of its older sibling. The nation’s largest b…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: A-B to roll out Budweiser American Ale
An announcement of the end of the Brew Blog, funded by MillerCoors, was just posted.
The announcement says in part:
“You’re reading the last post from brewblog.com. If you’ve come to rely on this blog to contribute to your perspective on the…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: MillerCoors ends its industry news blog
Austin’s Independence Brewing Company will celebrate their fourth anniversary on Saturday, October 4th, from 5pm to 9pm.The event and the beer are free, with brewery items available for purchase and local bands playing live.
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on TEXAS BEER: Independence Anniversary Party
Ah, harvest time. The air gets cooler. The leaves start changing. The food tastes delightful. The beer is… fresher? Courtesy of Sierra Nevada comes Harvest Ale, some of the freshest beer you’ll ever taste. The company uses a brewing proces…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: A beer with your harvest
Everyone should do it. Whether you’re reading a Michael Jackson classic or rolling through the newest blog posts from your favorite beer bloggers, keeping up with your beer reading is important.
I found a blog today that is enlightened, fun and …
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Grizzly Growler: Beer Reading
On Wednesday I went through some tips regarding traveling and finding good beer: 1) Do Research Ahead of Time, 2) Plan Ahead, 3) Be Flexible, 4) Bring Beer With You, 5) Carrying Beer on a Plane is a Pain in the Ass, 6) Make It An Adventure. The first …
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Madison Beer Review: Hey Barkeep! Where Can I Find A Good Beer?
I need to apologize to the homebrewing community. I’ve left you out of this blog far too long. Part of that is because homebrewing is so rich in things to talk about it can overwhelm the simpler world of buying craft beer from a brewery or store…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Grizzly Growler: Homebrew column
I know! Twice in one year. That’s asking a lot.The 4th annual Falldo Waldo Crawldo is tomorrow, Saturday, September 20th. It is almost exactly like the earlier Waldo Crawldo, except now with more Falldo. And the music on the site was cool in 1997. So…
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on a beer sort of blog: Down on your knees