Archive for October, 2008

Sioux Brew: Beer review – Fireside Nut Brown

Fireside Nut Brown, the newest seasonal from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. of Chippewa Falls, Wis., is a beer that would be much better if it were brewed to allow its base beer flavors to show.
According to the label, this is “beer with nat…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Beer dot AG in NC: demystifying beer

Sean Wilson —past coordinator of a successful effort to unlimit the allowable alcohol levels for beer in North Carolina, Pop the Cap— is preparing to open his own brewpub in North Carolina.At Full Steam, Sean and his team have done a lot of thing…

blogaboutbeer.com: Get Yourself a Hooker: a Tour of Thomas Hooker Brewing

I was lucky enough to be able to pay a visit to the Thomas Hooker Brewery in Bloomfield Connecticut this past week and it was definitely a trip well worth the while. One I can recommend to anyone who finds themselves in the greater-Hartford area.

Out…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Halloween Beer Costumes, Pt. 1: Superheroes

A couple of days ago while searching for an image to use, I noticed a number of odd beer-themed Halloween costumes and became curious about what beer-themed costumes were out there. There are a lot of them and, not surprisingly, they’re for adu…

Brewed For Thought: It’s Starting To Look A Lot Like Christmas

One of my biggest pet peeves is the fact that the marketing of Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year. There’s ornaments for sale, Christmas lights and I even heard ads for Christmas tree farms during baseball games. While all o…

Pfiff!: Been too flubbered lately to post…

But there’s always time for Photoshop. And for brewing. And now, alas, for twitting, too.Many updates coming soon, most certainly.

Summer of Beer: College Football Saturday at Home… A Long Day

My game doesn’t start until 7:15 pacific time tonight, so I have all day to kill and nothing to do. Just sitting around watching some of the early games this morning, went for something light- a Port Brewing Panzer Imperial Pilsner at only 9.5% ABV. …

Beer Haiku Daily: Not the Time

Now’s not the time for
Delayed gratification.
It’s time for a beer.
Written by Dave Undis.
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Brookston Beer Bulletin: The Debate Beer Tent

As I wrote about last week, one of the biggest sponsors of the presidential debates via the Commission on Presidential Debates was Anheuser-Busch. The Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank does both columns and video for his Washington Sketch. He ma…

A Good Beer Blog: Testing: YOUR ALE IS A THIEF!!!

I just love the bloggers that steal all their content like the loser at “Your Ale”. Just look at this post and the one below on this page. Reaping where they do not sow.Should be called “Your Ale Posts”.