Jay Brooks lights up the Today Show (and rightfully so) for yesterday’s less-than-stellar report on Autumn seasonal brews. Perhaps had they brought in a more knowledgeable “expert” and not pulled that douche bag Billy Bush from the v…
Slate.com published an article the other day, and, while it’s about wine, not beer, I thought it worth looking at because it shows an excellent opportunity for the craft beer industry.
One thing caught my eye: On the day it became clear that Lehman w…
2008 has been a good demonstration of the volatility of hop prices. It’s nothing new. The size of the crop, and consequently the price, varied widely 200 years ago, too.Take a look at this table:The lowest price was 73 shillings a cwt (112 pounds), th…
John Keeling of Fullers has kindly answered some of my questions on the mashing as recorded in the 1906 logs.What did “opened sluices” mean?J.K There is a gate at the front of the square. This was used to skim yeast off for either pitching or dumping….
Yesterday was, I believe, the first day this year I didn’t posted on the blog. Apologies for that. Factors beyond my control – not daring to go more than 2 yards away from a toilet -were responsible. Rather nasty stuff was coming out of either end of…
This is a beer that not only looks like a bottle of Heineken it also tastes exactly the same.Now anywhere else in the world that would be an insult but in Southeast Asia it is a quite favourable comment.The bottle makes some reference to Singapore but…
The week before last I was downtown with some time to kill. Often when that happens I suddenly find myself at Delirium, in the Taphouse upstairs, flipping through the book to see what’s on draft. Lots of American craft beer in there lately, and this t…
I just finished drinking this Dogfish Head Punkin Ale, and while I readily admit a lot of their beers don’t overly impress me (except that Indian Brown Ale, damn is that a great beer), this Punkin Ale was THE best pumpkin ale I’ve had to this date. G…
On Thursday during GABF week, we held a reception at the Falling Rock for SF Beer Week. We served several California beers and had available SF Beer Week t-shirts and postcards to spread awareness of our event next Febrewary. Given that it was the be…
Do you like ghost stories? I always remember sitting around a campfire. The story teller always said, “It’s really not that scary.” I knew better.