Archive for October, 2008

On the House: On Keeping Bottled Beer

In pouring the beer from the bottles, it is the bartender’s or waiter’s duty to select a proper and clean glass. All this applies with equal force to both domestic and imported beer. At the present time, bottled beer has…

Beer Me! Blog, The: A vote for beer over politics

…[Terry] Heckler, who knows something about selling beer and something more about selling an idea, never plied his hand in political advertising. The man responsible for some of Seattle’s most famous ads — the run of delightfully offbeat Rainier B…

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Scotch Ale 1815-1850

Back to book extracts. I have a feeling that the 1815-1850 chapter will need some serious editing. It’s currently almost 25% of the total book. And I want to add more to it. There are just too many sources for the period.Scotch Ale. A topic I’ve alrea…

Kasper On Tap: Congrats to Maryland winners at Great American Beer Festival

Hats off to the Maryland brewers who garnered medals over the weekend at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.Here, in alphabetical order, is the list of medal winners:Clipper City Brewing Co., Clipper City MarzHon, Bronze, Vienna-Style Lager Cl…

Hoosier Beer Geek: Bell’s Batch 9000 Release Date

Don’t get too excited, I don’t have any official information about Bell’s next 1000 batch celebration beer. I’ve just decided to simultaneously wear my beer geek hat and my regular geek hat while attempting to determine when Bell’s Batch 9000 might c…

Nebraska Beer: Congrats Upstream

Congrats Upstream for winning a silver medal for their Gueuze-Lambic at GABF this year. Wait to represent with a sour beer. See, we do drink more than Miller Lite in Nebraska. Go get-em Zac [feeds.feedburner.com]

beernews.org: Struise, Allagash team up on Fedeltá

(Portland, ME) – This has flown under the radar for well over a month. When Struise came to the States in late August for Ebenezer’s Belgian Beer Festival, they not only paid a visit to Tod Mott and Co. down at Portsmouth Brewery in New Hampsh…

Thom’s Beer Blog: 866. Old Chub

866. Old ChubJadyn and I had dinner at Bukowski’s in Boston sometime in late August. Theyy had Old Chub on tap so I bit.Beer Stats:Brewery: Oskar Blues Grill & BreweryAlcohol: 8.00%Serving: TapStyle: Scottish Ale, BJCP Style GuideAppearance: 4.0 …

Potable Curmudgeon, The: BBC’s Kick in the Baltic triumphs at the ’08 GABF.

A hearty pat on the back (he’d prefer the rump) goes to Bluegrass Brewing Company’s brewer of record at the original Shelbyville Road location.Jerry Gnagy scored a gold medal at the recently concluded Great American Beer Festival for his Kick in the B…

Draft Magazine Feed: DRAFT Uncapped: 2008 GABF with the Boulder Brewing Company

DRAFT’s Jessica Daynor talks with Tess McFadden from the Boulder Beer Company during the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Check out Zane Lamprey host of “Three Sheets” on the Mojo network.