Archive for October, 2008

Eagle Rock Brewery: More Equipment (pt.1)

Yesterday I took one more trip to San Diego to pickup the remainder of the equipment we purchased from Alesmith.  This time it was a small load, so I was able to do it all with my 4-Runner and a small U-Haul trailer.  Two pumps, a filter, and a big …

The Beer Brotha: Beering in Charlotte: The Sauce

Back at the Flying Saucer but now in Charlotte CAROLINA! I hit up ol’ girl again, but brought along the baby. I decided I’ll go with two flights as opposed to just sampling three beers. So I did the Carolina flight, then did another flight of beers…

Michigan Beer Buzz: Michigan Beer Events – November 1-9

Saturday, November 1st
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Craft Beer in Michigan – Pre Holiday Pub Crawl
12-7 p.m.
noon – Ashley’s
2:00 – Bar Louie
4:00 – Arbor Brewing Co
6:00 – Gr…

Sybeeritic: Beer Photo of the Day: Dubrovnik

Croatian Tomislav and Ozujsko beer, in Dubrovnik:Thanks to Admiral for the photo.

Musings Over a Pint: Beer Run Find – Not your average gas station

I was driving through downtown Fredericksburg recently and spied a “Microbrews” sign hanging in the window of the William Street Market, a Shell gas station and convenience store. I decided to stop in and see what was inside. I was very surprised by w…

Sioux Brew: A beer for every season

Date: 10/31/2008 04:00 PM

A selection of seasonal beers is seen in this Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 photo.  The seasonal beer offering at the local market is getting bigger and more popular but the origin of these limited time specialty beers even predate…

Beer Haiku Daily: Scary

A terrible fright
As a Halloween blackout
Cuts the fridge power
Written by Captain Hops.
References: The power’s been out all day. I had to drive my laptop to another neighborhood and steal someones wireless internet just to get this haiku up. T…

Rooftop Brew: Inverting sugar: cheap candi sugar

I’m going to be brewing a Belgian-style Dubbel this weekend, and the recipe calls for Belgian candi sugar. (I don’t know why they insist on the i) A pound of the rock candy costs around $8, which is rather expensive. I’ve spent most …

Beer Activist: The Audacity of Hops

I wrote about the Kenyan “Obama Beer” right here back in February. But now we have a new one dedicated to our next president called “The Audacity of Hops.”
It’s brewed by a fellow right here in my own town of Washington, …

Beer Bits 2: Apologies and futher explanations…

Something has come over me of late. My attempt at soul baring and writing from the heart is but a symptom of this. The night sky is clear and the moon a waxing crescent. When the time is right I will explain myself.