Archive for October, 2008

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Where will you be when The Phillies end our quarter-century championship drought?

IF the Phillies can win it all tonight….
and IF I were in the city….
and IF I was even close to healthy…
THIS is where I’D be.
How the Westvleteren Was Won
On the night the Phils WIN the the whole thing, Memphis Taproom will be…

maeib’s Beerblog: Silverstone Brewing Co – Ready For The Off

The Milton Keynes Beer Festival this week sees what appears to be the launch of the Silverstone Brewing Company. This may, or may not be a brand new Northamptonshire brewery as, at this stage the actual brewing address appears to be a mystery.I have …

Science Pub tuesday, Oct. 28th

Science Circus – The Physics of Fun with Rhys Thomas and Stanley Micklavzina 7 – 9:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 28th, Mission Theater & Pub, 1624 N.W. Glisan St.; Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Mongo say physics good; beer and physics better……

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Science Pub tuesday, Oct. 28th

Science Circus – The Physics of Fun with Rhys Thomas and Stanley Micklavzina 7 – 9:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 28th, Mission Theater & Pub, 1624 N.W. Glisan St.; Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Mongo say physics good; beer and physics better……

Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: Monday beer musing: What’s ahead in Italy?

Last night we ate in a restaurant in Florence that, like plenty others in Italy, boasts it serves “products of the region.”
More than half the customers were American tourists — it’s Florence — but if you didn’t lis…

Hedonist Beer Jive: BEER DORKS, START YOUR ENGINES: BROUWER’S IMAGINATION 2008

This whole trend of elite brewers making single batches for specific bars seemed to start about a year ago when MONK’S CAFÉ in Philadelphia teamed up with Browerij Van Steenberge from Belgium to make MONK’S CAFÉ FLEMISH SOUR ALE. That seemed to …

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Dylan On Alcoholics

Today is the birthday of Dylan Thomas, one of the modern world’s greatest poets. Thomas was born in Wales, but wrote all of his poems in English. He was a lifelong beer drinker, though developed a taste for hard alcohol later in his life. He al…

Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Philadelphia’s police force

With the Philadelphia Phillies just one win away from a World Series Championship and staff ace/wonderboy Cole Hamels on the mound tonight, the city of Brotherly Love is the on the verge of exploding. This is a city that hates its teams when they play…

Musings Over a Pint: BJCP Style Guide for iPhone

Finally, a useful beer-related application for the iPhone. BJCP Styles is an application that brings the full Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) Style Guidelines to the iPhone. The contents are fully searchable. You can search for a style, a part…

Grizzly Growler: Is beer recession proof?

According to a news report from Sky New, which I find suspect simply because the website is owned by Rupert Murdoch, people are drinking 1.8 million less pints of beer this year than last in the UK.
Read the article here.
If that’s the case, tha…