Archive for October, 2008

My Beer Pix: GABF – Denver we’re having problems

Sorry for the lack of regular posts here from the GABF. I dropped my phone and cracked the faceplate and messed up the camera, so it’s a lot harder to blog from the phone. To make matters worse, the Denver convention center only has reliable wireless …

beernews.org: 2008 Great American Beer Festival Winners Live Blog

Starts at 3pm or 3:30 or 4pm EST (1:30pm in Colorado). Check back then!
VIDEO & CHAT: Go to [www.justin.tv] and sign up for a free account. I will be in there chatting with people closer to the time things kick off. There will be a live video feed…

Drinking and Writing Brewery Radio Show: The Drinking & Writing Brewery Radio Show October 2008

The Drinking & Writing Brewery Radio show explores the connection between creativity and alcohol. Hosted by Neo-futurists Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda, this episode focuses on Oktoberfest! Hear an interview with Pete Crowley, Radio Brewmaster,…

The Thirsty Hopster: GABF Part 1: Oaked Beasts, Pink Boots, and Pumpkin Caps, oh my!

It’s finally here!  GABF!  My sister and I have been waiting for this for 6 months now and I’ve been so excited and antsy the last few days that I’ve started taking it out on her as if we’re still two children trapped in the …

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: GABF—Two for Two

I’ve got two solid sessions under my belt just as the Phillies put away game 2 on the way out to Los Angeles for 3 games.

– first up for Friday’s agenda was a quick trip to Boulder and a way-better-than-expected stop at Mountain Sun. I’ve heard of th…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: Fringe Fest and Harvest Homecoming views from Friday.

We’re trying to have things rolling by 12 Noon today. To be honest, I’ve not had time to organize the cheese tasting, so Sam — if you’re reading this — it may be the two of us having a nice lunch.Not to forget the other venues around downtown … t…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: GABF 2008—One down, three to go

Thank you Coors! Why, many of you ask, am I starting off this post with props to Coors? Because if it not for the two flat screens that they had at their tables (behind some beer games that they also constructed), I and 50 (or more?) other baseball fa…

Sybeeritic: Custom Tap Handles

A nice gallery of custom tap handles made by Mark Supik & Company:(via Kasper on Tap)

Lyke 2 Drink: GABF Medals to Be Announced Later Today in Denver

Shortly after 1 p.m. today in Denver they will start calling names and handing out Great American Beer Festival medals.These sought after awards will be given out for beers in 75 different categories. A total of 477 breweries from across America enter…

The Mad Fermentationist: Duck Breast Prosciutto

Here is the process (adapted from Charcuterie by Polcyn and Ruhlman) that I went through to make a simple and tasty cured meat, duck breasts that taste amazingly like an aged ham. The great think about using duck breast instead of a hog’s leg is that …