Archive for October, 2008

BEERJANGLIN’: Beer and Politics

We here at Beerjanglin’ prefer to remain apolitical — at least as far as this here site is concerned — and yet we were intrigued by an October 15, 2008, article on the free-market advocate Reason.com called “How Your Beer Bought John McCain’s $500 L…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Beer Musings

As a fellow reader noted, David Turley has gone legit.David is the author of an informative beer blog called Musings Over A Pint. Based in Fredericksburg, Va., he covers the Virginia beer scene, but ‘muses’ on the world of good beer in general.His bl…

SevenPack Beer Blog: Modelo Especial

Sometimes a beer falls through the cracks here at SevenPack – often it’s one of those beers that is so commonplace in the fridge that we simply assume that someone has reviewed it when, in fact, everyone else was assuming the same thing (and you…

Hedonist Beer Jive: “LES DEUX BRASSEURS” – ALLAGASH & DE PROEF GET FRIENDLY

Oh man, I’m actually writing about a beer called “LES DEUX BRASSEURS”. I must be in my friggin’ forties. This marvelous concoction comes to us from the brewing masterminds at DE PROEF BREWING in Belgium (the geniuses behind the incredible KERSTMUSTKE …

Seen Through a Glass: Holy Crap II: Old Dominion to be shut down

In a move that’s probably not so shocking, Coastal Brewing has announced that they will be closing the Old Dominion brewery in Ashburn, VA, not that long after closing the pub there (while assuring us that the Virginia brewery would remain open). From…

Barley Blog, The: Coastal to Close Old Dominion Brewery

Dang. Edit: The Old Dominion bran will live on, but the Ashburn, VA location will close.

A Good Beer Blog: BMP 3.0: Beer and Music Cross-Referenced At Last.fm

Here’s an experiment. When I was at Zap Your Pram 2008 over the weekend, there was a very nice representative from Last.fm, the internet music social network thingie. I’ve been playing with it ever since, loading music into the library, figuring out w…

Zythophile: Reasons to be a cheerful beer drinker, part 16645

There has never been a better time to be a beer drinker: and I’d like to submit as just one plank in the platform that supports this claim Fuller’s new Brewer’s Reserve, its 7.7 per cent abv whisky cask–aged ale.
Why is this the be…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: 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,…

Flossmoor Beer Blog: Tap List 10/21/08

The Curse IPA (7.3% a.b.v.)Matt’s beloved Cubs proved their worth again this year. Let’s drink to forget with a big American IPA made with Columbus, Simcoe, Cluster, and Cascade hops.Collaborative Evil (10% a.b.v.)Oktoberfest (6.3% a.b.v.)I think we …