Archive for October, 2008
Kasper On Tap: On the trail of the missing beer, but the spinning beer bottle predicts bad news for the Ravens
We are getting closer to finding the missing beer, Kronenbourg 1664.Randi Settleman, general manager of Bond Distributing, the distributor of this beer, called me today and told me it is available at these area liquor stores: North…
All-Grain Evangelist: A Beer Brewer’s Blog, The: Happy Halloween, Everyone
“Boys and girls of every ageWouldn’t you like to see something strange?Come with us and you will seeThis, our town of Halloween”This is Halloween, this is HalloweenPumpkins scream in the dead of night”This is Halloween, everybody make a sceneTrick or …
Ninkasi brings the party to Portland on Halloween
GROOVEYARD 2008 — The crew and friends of Eugene’s popular Ninkasi Brewing are chartering a bus to bring their Halloween mojo to Portland and Henry’s 12th Street Tavern with a party that sounds like a proper wang dang doodle,…
Knut Albert’s Beer Blog: The 4-6 law
Well, it’s not a law, perhaps. It’s a rule of thumb.
I was in New York a month ago, and I still have ambitions about blogging from my stay. I have even promised Alana contribution. But that’s not the point. What I am trying to get to…
Hops: No longer one-use crop, USDA says
Hops Extract May Reduce Clostridium in Chickens By Sharon Durham October 29, 2008 Hops contain substances that control pathogenic bacteria in the intestines of chickens, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have reported… The hop plant (Humulus lupulus)…
The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Hops: No longer one-use crop, USDA says
Hops Extract May Reduce Clostridium in Chickens By Sharon Durham October 29, 2008 Hops contain substances that control pathogenic bacteria in the intestines of chickens, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have reported… T…
Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Mashing with raw grain 1880 – 1914
I’ve not finished with the late Victorian/Edwardian period yet. Oh, no. Which is probably what you’re saying to yourself. What I’m going to describe today, I can’t imagine any of you homebrewers having a go at. Why on earth would you want to use raw g…
Confessions of a Beer Geek: Living, loving and writing the Beer Life
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelI started this blog because I’m passionate about beer. I love everything about the “elixir of the gods” — the culture, the history, the camaraderie… …
Pfiff!: Fermentation Friday – The monster mash
“Scalability” quickly entered the pantheon of flak jargon when companies like Oracle and PeopleSoft were dominating business technology news back in the early 90’s, thanks to its futuristic-sounding yet moron-friendly ability to insinuate a system you…