Archive for September, 2008

LIQUID DIET: the blog: The pictures (Thompson-Horwitz, take two).

In this exchange in Comments, Lew and I discuss some artful property defacing which went on at the Holiday Inn during the after-party for the Thompson-Horwitz wedding celebration at Stoudt’s Saturday night (while I slept peacefully in my room). …

beernews.org: Deschutes Hop Trip, Founders Harvest Ale, and the 2008 Fresh Hop beers

[The September calendar and other months have again been updated. Too many fresh hop beers and other fall seasonals are coming out in order to let it sit too long without an update. I ran out of time before I could get to updating pictures. The ca…

Beer Bits 2: Brew Basement update…

Its still looking like a plain old basement down there, but, we are sorting and trashing stuff. The storage half of the basement is reallying moving along. My goal was to throw away half of what was there. I’m not sure that’s happening, but, we’ve …

Hoosier Beer Geek: KOTBR #54 – MacNivens Broken Promise

We originally set out for MacNivens with the promise of Brooklyn’s Grand Cru and Magic Hat #9 on tap – but upon arriving there was not a drop to drink of either, and so we set our sights elsewhere.Matt R (profile photo next time): I usually don’t care…

Barley Blog, The: Session #20 Announced

Bathtub Brewery has announced the theme for the 20th Session. We’ve been asked the questions, “Is there a beer that reminds you of a specific memory?” Sounds like a good one to me.

Thirsty Pilgrim: Upcoming Belgian Beer Fests. New! With Unasked-for Commentary.

There were many beers drunk, T-shirts sold, and glasses broken. Lovely ladies played music and manly men kissed each other on the cheek. After two days of festifying, my friends and I marveled at the feat of offering so many good brews from so few bre…

Belgian Beers: Belgian Beer no.267: Caracole

Moving on to one of our favorite bars in Brussels, the Poechenellekelder, drinking beers on their terrace. The Caracole. Brewed by the Brasserie Caracole, this beer is their ‘flag’ beer so to speak. A somewhat orangey beer, wheat, and spicy sweet arom…

Beer Culture: UPDATE: Czech Beer Guide Finally Available in U.S.

There’s good news this week for Czech beer lovers in the U.S.: Good Beer Guide Prague and the Czech Republic is finally available from Amazon.com.
Since its publication in the UK last May, many Czech beer lovers have emailed to ask when the boo…

Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: Session #20 announced: Beer memories

Bathtub Brewery has announced the topic for Session #20 (meaning that in November it becomes “legal”):

Is there a beer that reminds you of a specific memory?
If you’re thinking, “Huh?” then you might want to craft your response alon…

BrewDog Blog: Vblog Episode 3: Tasting Rip Tide

in the office with our twsited stout