Archive for October, 2008

Drinking and Writing Brewery Radio Show: The Drinking & Writing Brewery Radio Show October 2008

The Drinking & Writing Brewery explores the connection between creativity and alcohol. Hosted by Neo-Futurists Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda, this episode features OKTOBERFEST in Chicago!!! Hear interviews with Pete Crowley, radio brewmaster, a…

beernews.org: Dieu du Ciel may change plans for new U.S. beers

(St. Jerome, QUEBEC) – Tough breaks happen from time to time, especially in the case of small artisanal brewers. Dieu du Ciel had planned to import two new beers to the U.S. this year, Rigor Mortis Abt and Solstice d’hiver, with the possibilit…

Beer Examiner: Chocolate and beer is a taste match from heaven – No tricks, just treats

Varieties of cacao pods displayed at Steve DeVriesChocolate micro production facility in Denver, ColoradoI love exceptionally good chocolate.  I’m not a snob about it – it’s just that I like the taste of the complex and intricat…

Free Our Beer: Ultimate Source? Part One

The Beer Store and its claim to be “The Ultimate Source for Beer in Ontario” is one of the most ridiculous statements imaginable.  Refuting this claim is not a difficult task, but it is a lengthy one.  Hence, this post is entitled &#822…

SevenPack Beer Blog: There and back.

I have recently returned from a few different trips. One trip was car camping in Mount Desert Island, Maine (think Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor), the second trip was a vacation up in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada and the third trip was an overnig…

beernews.org: River Horse Double Wit redux, Oatmeal Milk Stout coming soon

(Lambertville, NJ) – Some news on the River Horse Brewing front…

Courtesy of the New Jersey’s Brewers’ Guild site: “The next release is Batch #003 in our Brewer’s Reserve Series (an Oatmeal Milk Stout) which will be ava…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: I believe in beer, too.

Our friend and regular pub patron Amy posted this essay this morning, and I hope she doesn’t mind my reprinting it here.It’s ironic. I regularly read accounts about how non-believers like me constitute a threat to peace of mind, Christian conscience a…

Stonch’s Beer Blog: Happy Hari

Happy Hari

Monday Night Brewery : Atlanta, GA: The Decatur Beer Fest did not disappoint

Jeff and I found ourselves in Decatur yesterday for the annual Decatur Beer Fest. What a great time. The weather was perfect, there were a ton of great beers, and we actually bumped into a bunch of people we knew.

Before we get into the beers, I woul…

Beer Haiku Daily: Hindsight

Come to think of it
I probably shouldn’t have
Told the goat story
Written by Captain Hops.
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