Archive for October, 2008

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

First, you announced you were getting a divorce from hubby Guy Richie. Now your spiritual leader is demanding a quick and quiet settlement to the proceedings, negotiated by the religious group.
Rabbi Berg, the most senior member of the kabbalah sect, …

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Abe Lincoln on Beer & Politics

With a week to go before the U.S. Presidential election November 4, I thought I’d share one of my favorite quotes by our 16th President: Abraham Lincoln.

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon …

Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bokbier Festival 2008

I always go to the Bokbier Festival. Unless I’m out of town, which has happened a few times. Though not with Mike, my usual festival companion. He’s away in New York. Not that he would have gone, anyway. He can’t stand the festival.I’d arranged to mee…

Holiday Hop at Fearless Brewing Nov. 8th

Fearless Brewing Co.’s Fifth Annual HOLIDAY HOP includes beer sampling, brewery tours and talks, an appetizer buffet and live bluegrass/old time music. The maltmeister, Fearless Brewing owner/brewer Ken Johnson at the 2008 Brewers Guild barbecue. The event gives participants a…

Belgian Beers: Belgian Beer no.281: Leffe Radieuse

You know what this blog is missing? Mainstream beers. The ones you find in every bar. All the time. The standard beers.Should we start? I would guess that somewhere somehow I touched upon standard beers, but not many.Voila – la Leffe Radieuse. A very…

Sybeeritic: Beer Now Cheaper Than Gas

From the Freakonomics blog:”Beer now cheaper than gas; Drink don’t drive”

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Halloween Beer Costumes, Pt. 4: German Folk Costumes

This is part four of seven days of beer-themed Halloween costumes. Today’s theme is German folk costumes. These are the Dirndls and Lederhosen usually associated with Oktoberfest in Munich. While we think of Oktoberfest as a beer festival, that…

Sioux Brew: Anti ‘alcopop’ group takes fight to governor

Date: 10/27/2008 07:06 PM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A group fighting to keep flavored malt beverages out of the hands of underage drinkers has asked the governor and attorney general to take action.
Members of Project Extra Mile on Monday say they aren&#8217…

Thirsty Pilgrim: We Are All Jelly Donuts.

I was physically in Berlin 10 years ago. From the train I saw a skyline packed with cranes, so I continued on to Hamburg instead. At the time I only wanted to party and see pretty things, not hang out in a massive construction site.

So, that was a mi…

Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Paris Hilton

The poor heiress or actress or whatever. Never one to miss a publicity opportunity, Ms. Hilton wanted to go up on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space cruiser, but she might be afraid to fly, uttering a classic explanation: “I’m v…