Archive for October, 2008

stlhops.com: It Mashes! It Juices! It Eats Fingers!

Local homebrewer Anthony Harvey is nothing if not creative. When he was searching for a way to quickly make cider from apples he had collected from around the area he came up with a solution. No fingers were harmed in the video, but there is a high …

Nebraska Beer: Which is better East or West?

I was forwarded this article from Tyson at Nebraska Brewing Company. While NBC didn’t place any beers at GABF this year they did get some good pub both in this article and in conference buzz. They also helped raise the beer queue for Nebraska, which…

Sybeeritic: Take a Cab to Oktoberfest

While there may be better ways to get there, it’s somehow reassuring to know that you can just hop into a cab in the U.K. and be driven to Oktoberfest:Hogan, 54, was sitting at a rank when the customer called Dave ran up and jumped in the back of his …

Sybeeritic: Beer Coming to Burger King?

Burger King may soon be selling beer at scaled-down “Whopper Bar” locations:Whopper Bars are going to be smaller than regular Burger Kings and only sell Whoppers, “grab-and-go” products, and possibly beer.Seems along the same lines as McDonald’s attem…

Draft Magazine Feed: Singapore Beer Festival in pictures

DRAFT dispatched freelance writer and photographer extraordinaire Gary Hayden to report on the inaugural Singapore Beer Festival. Okay fine, he was going anyway, but his photos tell the story of the first global Asian beer festival. Start making your …

Draft Magazine Feed: Found at the GABF: Peanut butter beer

We tasted plenty of rarities at the GABF: a bacony marzen-rauchbier, tangy sour ales, a still-in-the-works Michelob kolsch. But our biggest surprise came from the Blue Moon booth. Everyone was abuzz about the brewery’s peanut butter beer, and th…

Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: TAPS: Fall Issue Review

When invited guests of the 2008 Canadian Brewing Awards departed the Richmond for the evening they were provided with a gift bag that included the newest issue of TAPS: Canada’s Beer Magazine, the fall issue.This was the second issue that featured the…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: InBev hiccup.

InBev has hit a bit of a financial bump in the road on its takeover of Anheuser-Busch but says the deal with still go through by year’s end. You often hear that sort of thing in this situations but that really seems to be the case this time.
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Barley Vine: GABF 2008 Roundup

Before I get into the meat of this post, I have to say that I am a lucky lucky man. For my first wedding anniversary, what did my wife do? She flew us to Denver, and got me tickets to Saturday’s GABF session! How awesome is that? An amazing woman …

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: A Couple of More October Events in Philly’s Western ‘burbs

A couple of late additions here that hadn’t made the original October calendar and look to knock me off my post-GABF wagon after a few well-deserved days off.

Wednesday 10/15 – Phillies Game at Victory Brewing – 8pm-??? – PAYG

Thursday 10/16 – Pumpk…