Archive for October, 2008

stlhops.com: Weekend of 10/03/08 Retail Beer Tastings

A few quick beer tastings to tell you about.
The Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton has moved their weekend tastings to Friday which is a great way to start your weekends. Today, from 4PM to 6:30PM will be having a tasting featuring Jolly Pumpkin Bam B…

Grizzly Growler: Great American Beer Festival 2008

It’s on, and I’m stuck in Missoula.
Well, with how bad the newspaper industry is, I guess I should just be glad I have a job.
Last year’s visit to the GABF was phenomenal. You can find all my reports from it here, here, here, here, h…

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Whitbread’s last Porter

It’s quite sad, seeing the log of Whitbread’s last Porter. I wonder if they realised that when they were brewing?Like I said, brewed 9th September 1940. Which was during the Battle of Britain. The log has this note written on it in red ink:”Air raid w…

The Thirsty Hopster: Oregon Part III: Steelhead

[Disclaimer – this was written two days ago and should have posted on Wednesday, but I didn’t get it up on the site before hopping on my plane to Denver and have been internetless ever since… until I found this Starbucks]
I’m about to fly to D…

It’s The Beer Talking: Column: The fires of fall have been stoked

 
In my opinion fall and winter are the best times of the year for a beer drinker. As food flavors deepen into fall, you need a change of pace from summer’s cheerful pale lagers. The stouts, barley wines, browns and some great seasonal brews all ma…

Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio

The French author won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday. It’s quite an accomplishment for the 68-year-old, who wrote a whole bunch of books we’ve never heard of, much less read. The committee called him an “author of new d…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: The Great American Beer Festival is open

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Great American Beer Festival has started. If you are lucky enough to be out there or are going you can find all of the events here. The Brewers Association set a new record this year by selling out a…

Beer Haiku Daily: Ruined

Stone’s Ruination
IPA could ruin you for
other IPAs.
Written by Dave Undis.
References: Stone’s Ruination
Thing of the Day: Inflatable Skeleton Party Drink Cooler

Brewed For Thought: Haiku For Brew

As Americans, we are inately drawn to competitions.  Who doesn’t like free stuff?  This time the competition involves poetry and Westvleteren Tripel.  Basically, write a haiku and see if you win a beer.  Not just any beer, but a beer that so…

Hoosier Beer Geek: Random Beer Roundup

Bars/Breweries/Brewpubs/Restaurants:Patrick at new Zionsville restaurant Patrick’s Kitchen and Drinks (47 Boone Village, Zionsville, IN) wrote us about their beer list: we opened a restaurant in Zionsville and we are fortunate enough to be able to sel…