Leaning on Email

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Sep 302010
 

When I have to put together a beer news post in as little time as possible it is nice to be able to lean on my email account where family and friends have passed along enough to fill out a well rounded list of beer related articles and the like. So a big thank you is order to The Wife, Cousin Adam, Seattle Jeff, and The Artist Known as Ken! I don’t think I left anyone out.

  • If you take a look at this map of winners from a few years ago and compare it to the breakdown of the list of winners from this year you can see that the distribution is pretty much the same. Sorry West Virginia!
  • This is a good one to print out poster size for your bar area as a quick reference.
  • Even knowing that hops has a very close cousin that is not exactly legal did not make me think I would ever see the beer industry and a pot legalization initiative in the same story.
  • This one is to help remind me of one of the places where Seattle Jeff and I will have to get to next time I can get myself out there. It will have to be a long trip because the list continues to get longer. It is always good to have a lot of options.
  • Now I do not own a bicycle, but if I did and certainly if I did and lived in Portland I would have to have one of these to go pub and brewery hopping with.
  • Waiting about a hundred years to be able to try a beer sets some pretty high expectations for it and I will be sure to give it a try.
  • An article that combines a summary of the brewing process with one of my favorite breweries is a no-brainer to share here.
  • I do not see any on this list that I am likely to get to, but if you are in the area or can travel to any be sure to let me know about the fun you had!
t1larg.beer.gi Leaning on Email

Beer festivals across the US (via http://www.cnn.com/)

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Not Cutting Down

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Sep 162010
 

There are weeks where I struggle to come up with my self-imposed minimum of five beer stories for the week, but there are other times where I have to cut a few to get down close to five.  Today I decided not to cut the list down, but I did stop looking for news to keep the rundown somewhat reasonable.

Now on with the show . . .

  • Whether you are thinking of grabbing a last minute flight to Germany in the next week couple of weeks or if you are just thinking of enjoying a beer in Munich someday this is a good peek into what you can expect when you go.
  • I probably could have guessed that Dogfish Head and Brooklyn would have made a top three list like this, but I do not think I would have ever guessed who landed the top spot despite really enjoying their beers.
  • This is a little rundown of new beers coming from a handful of breweries, but I admit that I really am posting it here in support of the brewery that is an hour and a half down the road.
  • Now to follow up that with some good news from a brewery that I wish I could get beers from down here, but I will just have to make trips north to enjoy again.
  • If you will be making a trip to Maine anytime in the near future, this is probably an article that you will want to have a copy of in your pocket to help direct your beer stops along the way.
  • If you are making a trip for any reason that will involve a few beer stops along the way, it is a good idea to keep up what Gerard is doing and where he is going.  That makes two CFL shout outs for today!
  • Though I cannot fathom drinking that many Pacificos for any reason, this is a form of art that I think I can get behind.
  • There is a long, long, long way for me to go to even consider brewing beyond the confines of my home, but it is still very enjoyable for me to read stories about those who did start brewing in their back yard.
Not Cutting Down

Strange Brewing Company (via http://www.denverpost.com/)

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The Most Time

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Sep 092010
 

Surely there have been other posts that take me longer to put together, but on a week to week basis I would say that the news involves the most time.  That is not so much because it takes me extra time to type things up and provide the proper links, but because of having to read through all of the articles that are included and the handful that I pass on.  Fortunately I do enjoy the process.

Now onto the reading . . .

  • It is always interesting for me to hear what the beer situation is in other countries.  After reading about some of the lack of variety available from breweries in the UK, I realize how spoiled we are here in the US.  He does say that it is not all a bad thing, but I am one who loves having abundant options for domestically made beer.
  • I may have mentioned that there is a beer pairing for everything, but I did not know that included mustaches.  The food pairings for this event sound very interesting and the mustache contest puts it over the top as a can’t miss.
  • The headline is what drew me into this one, but the article is very fascinating.  Maybe it was the part where a politician said that he would not “impose his own religious beliefs on others” that I found to be so refreshing.
  • Of course the answer is yes, but it is always nice when another person comes over to the canned side of craft beer.
  • While I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with his suggestions for light beer substitutions, I do agree with the spirit of his article.  Light beers have long ago left my world and now only provide commercial agitation for me.
  • Though the growth in popularity of a craft brewery is a good thing, it does often bring some complications of distribution into the mix.  I would say there is no more appropriate example of that than what (RateBeer determined to be) the world’s top brewery is dealing with.
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Growing too fast? (via http://beernews.org/)

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