Sideblog

• Bad news at Selin's Grove 6 Jan 2009, 8:56 pm
  Selin's Grove's website has announced an end to growler fills for the foreseeable future. "Due to a serious production equipment failure, we must preserve our beer supply for restaurant use only."What. […]
• Super Bowl: Raise A Toast To Those Who Cannot 6 Jan 2009, 8:21 pm
  Beer. Military. It is an odd concern and a natural connection. As my pal John at Castle Argghhh noted a few years ago, Frederick the Great believed that "many battles have been fought and won by soldi. […]
• Why We Drink: Not just me 6 Jan 2009, 5:22 pm
  I just saw that Maureen "Ambitious Brew" Ogle linked to my "Why We Drink" post with a thoughtful post of her own. She's good at that: the thoughtful part, that is, though she's very good about linking. […]
• The World's Largest Brewers: ups and downs 6 Jan 2009, 3:52 pm
  Just saw some interesting numbers: change in stock prices over the last year on the world's largest brewers from a regular e-letter from www.e-malt.com. Rolling down from the year's best performer to. […]
• LewBryson.com Troubles 6 Jan 2009, 12:46 pm
  If you happened to come here after finding my "name site" down -- http://www.lewbryson.com/ -- well, my apologies. It's been a long morning already at 9:30 AM. My domain registry expired yesterday, al. […]
• Best of the Best of the Beer Year: Our Suz 6 Jan 2009, 12:35 pm
  Belatedly -- because it left me slack-jawed with admiration and rolling around laughing -- I'd point you to Suzanne Woods' Best of 2008 post on her excellent "I'll Have Another Stout" blog. She's a fa. […]
• The Bruery Saison Rue 6 Jan 2009, 10:47 am
  Wow. I kind of regret having this after a particularly hoppy bottle of Alesmith X as I'm sure it affected my palate a bit, but this beer was still incredible.As you can see from the pic, they nailed t. […]
• More on bourbon barrel size... 6 Jan 2009, 9:38 am
  In reference to the earlier post, Larry Kass (of Heaven Hill) forwarded this from a contact at Independent Stave Company, the big barrel-making outfit in Lebanon, KY:I found in a circular, distributed. […]
• Great Summing Up Of The Shadowy Portman Group 5 Jan 2009, 7:15 pm
  The news last week of the shadowy Portman Group's abandonment of its efforts to "remove interestingness caused by the more clever smaller competition"¹ from beer shelves of Britain at least in re. […]
• Problem Drinkers: can you spot them in kindergarten? 5 Jan 2009, 2:53 pm
  Have you ever heard or read a statement something like this?“Children who begin drinking before age 21 are more than twice as likely to develop alcohol-related problems. Those who begin drinking bef. […]
• Strange reasons people make drinks choices 5 Jan 2009, 1:16 pm
  It’s Monday, so muse on this link from Parade magazine. Two bits of drink related information in the same story: - The birth of the Corona-and-lime ritual. Did this trend really become a trend b. […]
• Pike Auld Acquaintance 5 Jan 2009, 11:03 am
  The game goes on: still 16-14, though McNabb is ripping off an exciting series of mid-length passes and marching up the field. So time for another beer, something also PNW but completely different: Pi. […]
• Off topic: Songs of conviction 5 Jan 2009, 9:11 am
  Well I used to run from the past But the world got to spinnin’ so fast I run from the future now I run as fast as I can Tryin’ to be a simple man I just want to slow down.   . […]
• Session #23 roundup and #24 announcement 5 Jan 2009, 8:47 am
  Beerme (Mike) at Beer and Firkins has posted the roundup for The Session #24, a round of looking back and forward. And February host David Turley has picked what some of us would consider a romantic t. […]
• BridgePort Hop Czar 4 Jan 2009, 7:38 pm
  I'm watching the Eagles/Vikings game, it's just after the Vikings went up 7-6. I decided to pop a sample: BridgePort Hop Czar, an imperial IPA at 8%. (And in the time it took me to get that picture an. […]