Archive for October, 2008
I’m still holding the line in my financial and mental tug-o-war. No new purchases. Not on Friday. Not even last night during the Phillies game. I’ve passed up invitations to more than one outing. Its been tough. As my daughter says. “Yay me!”I …
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer Bits 2: Beer money and mead…
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Shipyard Brewing Company’s Pugsley’s Signature Series to launch with two new products: Barley Wine and Imperial Porter
PORTLAND, MAINE – (October 27, 2008) – Shipyard Brewing Company announced the release of two produc…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on 2beerguys beer blog: Shipyard Brewing Company’s Pugsley’s Signature Series to launch with two new products: Barley Wine and Imperial Porter
It ain’t all Lost Abbey and Russian River and off-the-charts-amazing Belgian beers here at Hedonist Beer Jive, you know. Like you, we have to slog through a few hog troughs to get our hands on the elixirs we love. Because the beers we drink are self…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Hedonist Beer Jive: A PLUNGE INTO THE MEDIOCRE
Leinenkugel has a lot of history in the 141 years it’s been brewing beer in the Wisconsin Northwoods. Jake Leinenkugel, the fifth generation brewer, decided to bring some of it to the forefront with the release of Leinenkugel 1888 Bock. From Jan…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: Leinenkugel tests the archives
I mentioned on my website that a brewpub called Old Forge is planned for Danville, PA (282 Mill Street). I got in touch with founder Damien Malfara a while back, and here’s what he had to say.We are still in the preliminary stages (scraping plaster of…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Seen Through a Glass: Big Iron arrives in Danville
I’m not sure what I’d do in Chicago if it wasn’t for beer and some sort of athletic event. Sometimes all at once.
This tradition started for me when my friend Jeff moved to Wrigleyville four years ago. I remember celebrating the occa…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Draft Magazine Feed: Beer Runner Travels: Chicago
Our company’s home owner Christmas party is December 7 and my boss always buys the ingredients for a Christmas beer for me to brew. For the last couple of years I did Charlie’s Holiday Cheer. This year, I am using a Randy Mosher recipe called Abbey …
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Wort’s Going On Here?: Randy Mosher’s Abbey Wiezen
BC Brews has a link to an interesting-looking Russian Imperial Stout Cheesecake recipe on their blog. They give a list of suitable beers:
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter, Moylan’s Ryan O’Sullivan’s Imperial Stout…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BeerDinners.com: Dessert fans – make this Russian Imperial Stout Cheesecake
This week we have beer news, including a discussion of presidential candidate’s beer baskets and the end of Zima, as well as part one of our interview with Chris Colby, the editor of BYO Magazine, discussing the hop shortage and other challenges facin…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Madison Beer Review: Madison Beer Review Presents Beer Talk Today
Talk to any author for more than ten minutes (and if you ask them about their work, you’ll be there for at least that long) and you can be pretty sure that at some point they’ll unintentionally use language that compares writing to giving birth. No ma…
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Second-Best Beer Drinker in Britain: The fruits of labour