Archive for October, 2008

Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Bob Bradley

Bob Bradley
With a dominant 6-1 defeat of Cuba over the weekend, the United States men’s national soccer team advanced to the final round of qualification for the 2010 World Cup. At the helm of the juggernaut that’s allowed only one goal i…

stlhops.com: Hops Art 2008

Art St. Louis will be holding Hops Art 2008 this Saturday, October 18th from 6PM-9PM. According to their website, Art Saint Louis helps to create exhibitions, while supporting growth opportunities for emerging and established contemporary artists w…

Grizzly Growler: GABF 2008

Last year was a banner year for Montana breweries participating in the Great American Beer Festival. Besides the four medals, three for Montana Brewing Co., and one for Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co., Travis Zeilstra won Small Brewpub of the Year honors.

Sybeeritic: Oktoberfest in Iraq

In his own attempt to bring the peace-bringing powers of beer to bear in Iraq, a German entrepreneur in Irbil is hosting Oktoberfest celebrations at his German restaurant:A beer hall in Iraq has held its own version of Munich’s famous Oktoberfest part…

Draft Magazine Feed: Great American Beer Festival winners

Over the weekend, 127 judges labored (we use this term lightly) to award 222 medals at the Great American Beer Festival. In all, 2,902 beers were judged, with the cream of the hops rising to the top. A list of all the winners are here and here, but th…

Brewed For Thought: We’re On a Mission From Paso Robles

In case you didn’t know, the Great American Beer Festival was this weekend. While thousands of people were drinking some of the best beers from around the country, I stayed at home. I did do my part and read the list of winners when it was rel…

It’s The Beer Talking: Review: Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

A Sour Ale brewed by
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Dexter, Michigan USA
ABV: 7.2%
Glassware: Snifter
This offering from Jolly Pumpkin is an artisan amber ale brewed in the Flanders tradition. Pours a cloudy (unfiltered) yellow or almost grapefruit-pulp…

BeerDinners.com: An easy catfish dish made with Road Dog Porter

We’re still decompressing from GABF here at beerdinners.com, but we came across an interesting dish. Here’s more proof that cooking with beer can be easy. Straight from Frank Barret’s Brain, nonetheless. He’s got a recipe for F…

The Beer Brotha: Tailgating Beer: Michelob Beers

Oh yes. The Texans were back in action after the crusher last week. My family were tailgating this time, though they forgot to tell us. So we got to the tailgate kinda late. It was all good as I grabbed a few of our Michelob beers left over from the D…

beernews.org: Goose Island Mild Winter, Bourbon County Stout, and Juliet Updates

(Chicago, IL) – These updates come courtesy of Brewmaster, Greg Hall.
On the new Goose Island Mild Winter at BA: “It will be released in mid to late November. We call it an American Mild. I spoke with Roger Protz and he agreed with my interpre…