Archive for October, 2008
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…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BEERJANGLIN’: Beer and Politics
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…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Beer Musings
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…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SevenPack Beer Blog: Modelo Especial
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 …
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Hedonist Beer Jive: “LES DEUX BRASSEURS” – ALLAGASH & DE PROEF GET FRIENDLY
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…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Seen Through a Glass: Holy Crap II: Old Dominion to be shut down
Dang. Edit: The Old Dominion bran will live on, but the Ashburn, VA location will close.
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Barley Blog, The: Coastal to Close Old Dominion Brewery
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…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on A Good Beer Blog: BMP 3.0: Beer and Music Cross-Referenced At Last.fm
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…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Zythophile: Reasons to be a cheerful beer drinker, part 16645
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,…
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Ninkasi brings the party to Portland on Halloween
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 …
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Flossmoor Beer Blog: Tap List 10/21/08