Archive for October, 2008

Brookston Beer Bulletin: A Critique of Duff Beer

Although written in 2003, I just happened upon a lengthy analysis of the Simpsons’ use of Duff Beer at the Simpsons Archive to critique the then big three American beer companies on Fox’s animated television series.

It was written b…

Draft Magazine Feed: We’re buying a beer for… Richard Branson

You’re currently in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on some damn fool quest to cross from New York to London in record time (less than six days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 39 seconds, to be exact). You’ll be running into some of the worst w…

Sioux Brew: British pint may get downsized

Date: 10/24/2008 01:20 PM
By ELLE MOXLEY
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s beloved pint may be facing a downsizing.
The office that sets measurement standards said Friday that its proposed two-thirds pint measure for draft beer and…

Draft Magazine Feed: Buy beer company stock. Seriously.

Hey, the stock market’s plummeting again! Awesome! Happy Friday! But there is a silver lining (if you look really, really hard). Apparently, beer company stock might be a good buy, at least according to one mutual fund manager.
Kim Scott, who ha…

Knut Albert’s Beer Blog: Well, I’m back..

Anyone out there still?

      

stlhops.com: Weekend of 10/24/08 Retail Beer Tastings

A few quick beer tastings to tell you about.The Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton has moved their weekend tastings to Friday which is a great way to start your weekends. Today, from 4PM to 6:30PM will be having a tasting featuring Achel EXTRA, Bink Tr…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Surly and Proud of It

Nice little video over at Pioneer Press…

Kasper On Tap: Shoot the messenger: Spinning beer bottles predict Ravens loss

What do you do when you don’t like the message ? You blame the messenger.That is what I did today when the spinning bottle of Wild Goose IPA , which had correctly prognosticated the last two games, now predicted that the Oakland Raiders would defeat t…

Brewed For Thought: Karma and Beer

Carson Daly is a wise man.  Karma is a powerful force.  A few weeks ago, I shared my pizza bites at Russian River’s brewpub with some fellow pub visitors. I wasn’t going to eat them all.  During my next visit, the person next to me at t…

Draft Magazine Feed: Beer Runner Travels: Albuquerque

Welcome to a new recurring Beer Runner feature called, you guessed it, Beer Runner Travels.
Each segment focuses on beer and fitness (obviously) with the additional element of travel. I think you could figure that out from the title.
On to New Mexico….