Archive for October, 2008
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, …
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Madonna
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 …
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: Abe Lincoln on Beer & Politics
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…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bokbier Festival 2008
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…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in beer tastings, beer touring, Meet the Brewer, Upcoming Beer Events | Comments Off on Holiday Hop at Fearless Brewing Nov. 8th
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…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Belgian Beers: Belgian Beer no.281: Leffe Radieuse
From the Freakonomics blog:”Beer now cheaper than gas; Drink don’t drive”
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sybeeritic: Beer Now Cheaper Than Gas
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…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: Halloween Beer Costumes, Pt. 4: German Folk Costumes
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’…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: Anti ‘alcopop’ group takes fight to governor
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…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Thirsty Pilgrim: We Are All Jelly Donuts.
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…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Paris Hilton