Exploring Breweries

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Jan 292011
 

Though I was all ready to go with a different kind of post today, The Brother-in-law passed along something to me (many thanks to you sir) that was too interesting to not share as soon as possible.  So any posts that might have been about my brewing or recent beers consumed will just have to wait a few more days.

There is a bit of reading involved, but there are also many excellent pictures of the old breweries mentioned.  For your weekend enjoyment . . .

7 Abandoned Breweries “Open” for Exploration
Stella Artois Brewery Abandoned 41 Exploring Breweries

Stella Artois Brewery (via http://www.nileguide.com/)

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Turning It Around

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Oct 212010
 

Everyone should well know by now that I am a sucker for beer related lists and they very often catch my eye for beer news fodder each week. However this time I am turning it around a bit as I am curious to hear what your opinions are on each. Onward we go . . .

  • Putting fruit in a beer is not something I do or even endorse at any level so it is funny to read a story about a medical condition resulting from putting chunks of lime in Mexican beers. I wonder when and why that became the popular thing to do anyway?
  • Apparently (according to RateBeer) there is a new title holder for “The Worst Beer in the World.” I have not put much thought into what is the worst for me, but I am sure a few from this list would be in contention. What is the worst beer you have ever had?
  • Since Full Sail is already on the shelves down here this will have no effect on me, but Syracuse Rob and Boston Jim could probably use this information to prepare for future beer shopping.
  • It must be an impossible task to narrow down the best brewery tours in America, but here is one list to consider. I don’t think that I have gone to nearly enough to put together a proper list, but that is certainly something I will continue to work on. Do you have any favorite brewery tours?
  • Having not used enough variations of this beer pouring implement I really don’t know if it is any better than the next, but I would definitely be willing to give it a try and sample a few of my tests.
  • Though I am pretty sure that I will have a shot to try this on draft very soon, it will certainly be on my shopping list in the near future for home consumption as I don’t want to miss out on a year. Then again, doing a vertical tasting when the 8-pack comes out sounds like a great idea also.
hebrew jewbelation 14 Turning It Around

He’Brew Jewbelation 14 (via http://beernews.org/)

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There Was A Time

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Oct 072010
 

There was a time where I would limit the news items to five because it seemed like a nice round number and it fell in line with my weekly list random thoughts. As of late I am taking the easier way out, not bothering to whittle the group to five and just passing along whatever I find of interest. I see no reason to restrict myself with made up parameters. With that . . .

  • Though I have no plans to travel to England anytime soon (not that I don’t want to), I found this article about beer prices pretty interesting. Based mostly on what I see here locally, I am pretty sure that the results they found apply to more places than just the UK.
  • The Artist Known as Ken spoiled the surprise by showing me what I will be getting from him for Christmas. He apparently knows what a long, exhausting walk it is to my kitchen from the couch.
  • Brewery expansion news is good news in my book, so here a little from Texas and then some from Michigan. Since I actually get Bell’s down here, I am especially happy about that one.
  • Also falling in the “I actually get it down here” category, here is a new Terrapin offering that I am very much looking forward to sampling.
  • This is a good read about the judging process for the American India Pale Ales at the Great American Beer Festival this year and also just some good information on the style.
  • Of course I am not going to be in Baltimore this week, but since I do have such fond memories of multiple trips to Max’s, I wanted to share the schedule of good times over the next 11 days.
  • If they are going to take away your ability to get some exercise while drinking on vacation, what will they take away next!?
Tourists cycle as they dr 006 There Was A Time

The only way to ride a bike. (via http://www.guardian.co.uk/)

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