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Entries from November 2007

Price of craft beer going up

November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Price of craft beer going up

The Savanna Morning News has an article on something I think we knew was coming, the cost of our favorite refreshment is going to go up. Driven by diminished supply, the price of hops has gone through the roof. Barley prices are also on the rise. Customers at Moon River Brewing Co. on Bay Street […]

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Tags: Beer · Hops

Expensive Beer

November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Expensive Beer

The Philadelphia Daily News’ article this week is on expensive beer. The most expensive sixpack in America Samuel Adams Utopias (Massachusetts), $140 for 24 oz. ($5.83 per ounce). Lost Abbey Cable Car (California), $30 for 750 ml ($1.18 per ounce). Russian River Supplication (California), $14 for 375 ml ($1.10 per ounce). Avery Mephistopheles (Colorado), $12 […]

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Tags: Allagash Brewing Company · Avery · Beer · CA · Church Brew Works · CO · Lost Abbey · MA · ME · NY · OR · PA · Rogue · Russian River Brewing Company · Sam Adams · Sly Fox · Southampton Ales · Stone · weyerbacher

Craft Brewing in Colorado

November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Craft Brewing in Colorado

Colorado’s Daily Times Call has a piece on craft brewing. I would love a chance to go on the bus tour mentioned. On the eve of the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Horst Grieger and more than 100 other beer enthusiasts boarded buses for a daylong tour of area breweries. They mention Samuel Adams […]

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Tags: Beer · DE · Dodfish Head · Sam Adams

Drinking responsibly

November 9th, 2007 · Comments Off on Drinking responsibly

The Register is reporting that a Glasgow man suffered a 6 month hanover after downing 60 pints. Just gald he didn’t drink and drive after 60 pints.

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Tags: Beer

Mixing beers

November 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Mixing beers

The Chicago Tribune is running a piece about mixing beers. The first part of the story kind of grossed me out. Since his experiments began, his spending on beer has doubled and, he admits, only half of his combinations are drinkable. “I’m learning that you don’t mix an ale with a lager,” Klem said. “I’ve […]

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Tags: Avery · Beer · Russian River Brewing Company

Its official beer is better than water

November 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Its official beer is better than water

The ever irreverent The Register is running a piece about beer being better than water A Spanish boffin has proved that the golden grog is also better at rehydrating the human body after excercise. A quick straw poll at Vulture Towers reveals a beer before exercise to be a popular option, although avoiding the risk […]

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Tags: Beer

Beer Philosophy

November 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Beer Philosophy

The Philadelphia Daily news is running a piece on Beer Philosophy If you have a limited amount of money should you drink more cheap beer or less of the more expensive but better quality beer? They go on to quote John Stuart Mill a 19th Century British philosopher and formulator of the “greatest happiness” principle. […]

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November 1st, 2007 · Comments Off on

Wine Magazine has a good article about US Brewers taking on the challenge of brewing Belgian wheat beers and winning. I have tried Allagash White and Brooklyn Local 1 and can recommend them. I need to keep an eye out for Captain Lawrence Brewing Company Xtra Gold American Tripel Ale, Dogfish Head Festina Pêche, Samuel […]

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Tags: Allagash Brewing Company · Beer · Brooklyn · DE · Dodfish Head · ME · Sam Adams · Southampton Ales · Unibroue