Archive for October, 2008

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Unhand our Fred, Houstonians!

The latest in a series of Dixie Cup t-shirts honoring our own Fred Eckhardt We have a pretty good claim to the one and only Fred Eckhardt, right? After all Fred has spent most of his adult life in Portland,…

Beer Haiku Daily: Blues

my soul has a hole
russian river redemption
fills the void nicely
Written by scubarex.
References: Russian River Redemption
Thing of the Day: Beer and Philosophy: The Unexamined Beer Isn’t Worth Drinking (Epicurean Trilogy)

Kasper On Tap: Oktoberfest at the Fairgrounds: Perhaps too successful

Was it just me or did anyone else who attended Saturday’s Oktoberfest in Timonium feel crowded?The event, sponsored by the Brewer’s Association of Maryland, was well-run, with plenty of good beer. I counted 58 beers on the list of Maryland brews….

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Finding God At A Beer Festival

There was an interesting AP story by Eric Gorski, the Religion Correspondent for the Associated Press, giving his take on the Great American Beer Festival, which from the article it sounds like he attended. The article is called Finding God at a Beer…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: Lupulin Land Harvest Hopcoming omnibus preview: PR, beer descriptions, links and schedule.

We’ll again be exceeding OSHA’s legal limits on IBU’s per square foot of floor space when Lupulin Land Harvest Hopcoming 2008 begins on Friday, October 17. It is our seventh harvest hop celebration, and the occasion for Kentuckiana’s hopheads …

Fresh Hop Tastival beer list

Rain did not deter determined beer sampling at the recent Hood River Hops festival; In Beervana, the Saturday forecast is partly sunny and very hoppy… Hopworks hosts the Oregon Brewers Guild Fresh Hop Tastival featuring more than 25 fresh hop…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Fresh Hop Tastival beer list

Rain did not deter determined beer sampling at the recent Hood River Hops festival; In Beervana, the Saturday forecast is partly sunny and very hoppy… Hopworks hosts the Oregon Brewers Guild Fresh Hop Tastival featuring more than 25 fresh hop…

Draft Magazine Feed: Winners of The Samuel Adams Employee Homebrew LongShot competition

The Samuel Adams Employee Homebrew LongShot competition is one of the coolest perks in corporate America: Each year, every Sam Adams employee (besides those who work in the brewery) are placed in random teams and asked to craft an outstanding homebrew…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: Bitter Like Us: 2008 Lupulin Land Harvest Hopcoming begins this Friday, October 17.

With Fringe Fest put to rest until 2009, I’ve finally had the time to organize our seventh annual Lupulin Land Harvest Hopcoming, which rolls out of the gate on Friday, Oct. 17.As always, the idea is to tap roughly 11 of the kegs at once, then bring o…

Hoosier Beer Geek: Big Red Beerfest Beer Listing

John at Big Red Liquors (Bloomington) just dropped the list of beers at the Big Red Beerfest (Thursday 10/16/08 and Friday 10/17/08 at the Bloomington Convention Center).Here we go (nevermind the random table numbering):Table 1World Class Beverage1. T…