Archive for October, 2008

Hoosier Beer Geek: KOTBR #57 – GABF – The Take-Home Game

A trip to Colorado isn’t complete without a trip to the liquor stores of Colorado. Our recent trip to Great American Beer Festival and the breweries around Denver has led to a kitchen overflowing with craft beer; Not a problem, but an opportunity.Beli…

Grizzly Growler: Bayern Brewing comes full circle

Jürgen Knöller, owner and master brewer at Bayern Brewing Co., remembers people visiting the brewery at its old location in the train station with their babies. Now, 21-years-later, those youngens are old enough to drink some of the finest German-s…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: That appendix thing is not nearly so simple as I had imagined.

The only involvement with my HMO I planned to have a week ago Friday was the flu shot I received at the medical offices early that morning.
How little I knew.
By early evening, I had a pain my lower abdomen and a suspicious, tender bulge there. I call…

The Best of American Beer & Food: spooky brews and cheese tasting

Jeffrey Glazer of the Madison Beer Review added this post de deux combining two interviews about Fromagination’s next beer and cheese tasting on October 29, with comments from store fromager Bill Anderson. Bill is also a dedicated home brewer in…

Beer Haiku Daily: Precious

Toast small victories
They can be most precious
Over the long haul
Written by Captain Hops.
References: Dedicated to Reed and Flynn.

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Whassup For Obama

Remember those iconic “whassup” Anheuser-Busch ads from almost a decade ago? Advertisers love it when a catch phrase works its way into public use outside the original advertising because it spreads the meme far wider than advertising alo…

beernews.org: Smuttynose to introduce new beer, offer Big Beer Series Subscription?

(Portsmouth, NH) – Smuttynose Scotch Ale is in stores now. Next up in the Big Beer Series is Really Old Brown Dog Ale which will be more in the style of an Old Ale/English Barleywine. It will be out in mid-December. More from the latest newsletter…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Halloween Beer Costumes, Pt. 2: Kegs

This is part two of seven days of beer-themed Halloween costumes. Today’s theme is kegs. Enjoy
 
Beer Keg

 
Kegger
 

 
Coors Beer Keg

 
The Beer Keg Hat

 
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BeerSmith.com Home Brewing Blog: Brewhouse Efficiency for All Grain Beer Brewing

Brewhouse efficiency is a term that causes some confusion for first time all grain brewers. I previously covered how to improve your brewhouse efficiency, but we frequently see questions on our discusssion forum from brewers who don’t understan…

beernews.org: New beers incoming from Olfabrikken

(Roskilde, DENMARK) – Olfabrikken is sending over from Denmark some new stuff to the USA. Olfabrikken Winter Porter, one of the top 10 Baltic Porters in the world, and two holiday seasonals, Olfabrikken Klosterjul and Olfabrikken Jule Ale are import…