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Colbert Bashes Beerfest
2006-12-02 20:37:02 Stephen decided to take a cheap shot at Beer fest during his "The Word" segment. He was in the middle of doing a hysterical social commentary about the fact that people who purchased James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" prior to learning that he had lied in the book are able to get a full refund from the publisher - something that Stephen calls rediculous.He mocks the buyers of the book by saying that they should be more careful when they purchase things. He used Beerfest as an example by stating that people were fooled into seeing the movie by watching the trailer.A very funny segment as always! More About: Ashes , Colbert , Fest , Bash
Beer Stocks - Web 2.0 Style
2006-12-02 20:37:02 For all those business folks who enjoy beer culture this is for you. Motley Fool Caps is a new website which leverages it's community to give stock ratings and advice. I took the liberty of searching for beer stocks and got Anheiser-Busch Companies Inc (BUD), Quilmes Industrial SA (LQU), Boston Beer Company (SAM), and Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP). Only BUD and SAM had ratings so far; BUD was a 3 out of 5 stars and SAM was a 2 out of 5 stars. I think Motley Fool is really onto something here. They are using a Digg style ranking system for it's contributors whereas the ratings from those "players" whose portfolio performs best are weighted higher than those who perform poorly. This is a complete 180 from traditional stock rating systems. In the past only 1 person, the analyst, would rate a stock and everyone would believe it - now the community can decide. Head on over and check out the beer companies: Motley Fool Caps: Beer Tags. Cheers! More About: Stocks , Web 2 , Style , Stock
Men?s Journal Choices for the ?25 Best Beers in America?
2006-12-02 20:37:02 Thanks to The Brookston Beer Bulletin for posting the Men 's Journal 's "25 Best Beers in America " list. At least the Men's Journal gets it - I see no mass produced watered down crap on the list. Firestone Walker Pale Ale tops the list with one of my personal favorites, Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA coming in 2nd. Here?s the full list for your enjoyment: Firestone Walker Pale Ale: Paso Robles, CA Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA: Milton, DE Stoudt?s Pils: Adamstown, PA Russian River Temptation Ale: Santa Rosa, CA Avery Mephistopheles? Stout: Boulder, CO Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale: Boonville, CA Great Lakes Holy Moses White Ale: Cleveland, OH Full Sail Session Lager: Hood River, OR Rogue Brutal Bitter: Newport, OR Bell?s Expedition Stout: Comstock, MI Southampton Double White: Southampton, NY Smuttynose Big A IPA: Portsmouth, NH Penn Weizen: Pittsburgh, PA Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale: Cleveland, OH Ommegang Hennepin: Cooperstown...
Volunteers Needed for Beer Survey
2006-12-02 20:37:02 The title says it all folks. The University of Tasmania is seeking volunteers for it's socio-economic survey. They will be taking a look into the beer drinking habits of people from different "classes" and drawing conclusions. Here is the link to the original story from ABC News: Volunteer s needed for beer survey. 18/09/2006. ABC News Online More About: Survey , Beer , Need
How to Brew Your Own Beer
2006-12-02 20:37:02 I know most of my loyal readers are beer geeks and probably already know how to brew their own beer but for those of you participating in Problogger.net's group writing project this is an opportunity to learn a new hobby and drink the benefits. The first thing that you will need to do is pick up a homebrewing kit. Take a look at the Homebrewing section on the right nav for some good options. The next thing that you will need are ingredients. You can find links to ingredients on the right nav as well. Now that you have all of you equipment and ingredients it is time to get brewing! These are instructions for an Extract Beer Kit which is great for beginners. Before you get started make sure to sanitize everything with one-step. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Brew ing: Take your crushed grains and place them in a muslin grain bag. Heat 1.5 gallons of good quality water in a brew kettle. Steep the grains in the water until the water starts steaming (about 170 degrees F). Take the kettle... More About: How To , Your
My Favorite "How To" Articles
2006-12-02 20:37:02 As I mentioned earlier in my very own How To Brew Your Own Beer post I am particpating in Problogger.net's Writing Project. Below are some of my favorite lists so far: Corn Meal Beer by Ben How to Run a Red Light by Bill Ex-Car Salesman Tells All: How to Beat the Auto Dealerships at Their Own Game by David How Club Cricketers Can Train Like Professionals by David How to Destroy the Earth With a Coffee Can by Tony Take a look at that first link from Bill for a really interesting Corn Meal Beer homebrewing recipe - AWESOME!!! Cheers! More About: Articles , Article , Favorite , Artic
More of My Favorite How To Articles
2006-12-02 20:37:02 There weren't any more beer posts but there were a few about wine - even one about wine on Long Island. How to Buy Wines Whose Labels Confuse You! Exploring Long Island Wine Country Also, make sure to check out Loving Long Island's breweries page for a lot of information about breweries and brew pubs around the island. Cheers! More About: Articles , How To , Article , More , Favorite
Beer Blog = Stupid???
2006-12-02 20:37:02 Look at this coment made by Judith Robertson of Salem, Oregon in the Opinion - StatesmanJournal.com: "Of all the subjects in the world to choose from, why on earth would you choose 'beer' for a blog? Are there really that many people who care about these stupid comments? It's hard for me to believe that this subject deserves so much space in a newspaper of your size, or any other, for that matter." Ah Judith, you have so much to learn about both beer and blogging. First and foremost beer is AWESOME! Ok, now that I have gotten that out of the way I can get the more important points. Blog ging is about freedom; freedom to express opinions about anything that you find interesting no matter what anyone else thinks. It is also about bringing together a community of people with the same interests no matter how popular those interests are in the "mainstream". I blog because I love to write and I love the topic that I am writing about and you don't like it, don't read it! Cheers!... More About: Beer , Stupid , Fakta , Doof
Ravens fire offensive coordinator Fassel - Yahoo! News
2006-12-02 20:37:02 When does it become the player's fault that an offense can't score?read more | digg story More About: News , Yahoo , Rave , Fire , Nato
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2006-09-25 09:36:02 Pennington impressive as Jets down Bills Jets ride ‘D’ in win over AFC East rival Bills - NFL - MSNBC.com More About: Links , Link
How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot
2006-09-22 03:15:01 Inspired by my recent post on how to brew your own beer I decided to Google "how to brew beer". The second result was a story from November, 2002 in All About Beer Magazine about how to brew beer in a coffee pot. It looks easy enough to do - let me know if you have tried this before and if it works. How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot via All About Beer Magazine More About: How To
Harpoon Bohemian Pilsner - Hopmalt Beer Blog Review
2006-09-21 15:12:01 The Bohemian Pilsner is the second beer I have tried in the Harp oon 100 Barrel Series. The first was a Kellerbier Unfiltered Lager. Both of these brews were very light and crisp and easy to drink on a nice summer day. I figured that since the summer is almost over I would drink this Pilsner before the Oktoberfests start coming in (by the way I am drinking a Brooklyn Oktoberfest as I am writing this). The 100 Barrel Series is a really great way to put out a limited edition beer. The Bohemian Lager is session number 15, which I am assuming means it is the 15th beer in the collection. It was brewed by the President and co-founder of Harpoon, Dan Kenary. Stats: ABV: 4.7%IBU: 42OG: 12 Hopmalt Beer Blog Rating: 7.5 Overall a very light and crisp beer which went down really smooth in the summer heat. If you can still find one of these on the shelf anywhere I would suggest grabbing it and saving it for next spring, although I am sure it is not easy to get your hands on one of... More About: Review , View
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2006-09-21 15:12:01 Beer nut: Oom-pah, oom-pah: Gather round, it’s Oktoberfest time! In just three short days, one of the largest beer-drinking festivals will begin. But, like me, if you’re not one of the six million people expected to be in Munich, Germany, for the 173rd Oktoberfest, there is another option. Bourbon-tinged brew sometimes works There was a craze a few years ago in microbrewery circles involving the aging of imperial stouts in bourbon barrels. Good Beer Guide shows industry in rude health More than 80 new breweries and hundreds of pubs have been added to the new CAMRA Good Beer Guide, which is out today. Flash beer ad Flashbeer is the story of Kevin Kavendish and his dream of becoming a Carlton Draught brewer. More About: Links , Link
Beer Ingredient Alleviates Hay Fever Symptoms
2006-09-13 05:46:00 Check it out!!! We, the Beer Blogging Geeks of America, or NAMBLA have been saying this for years - BEER IS GOOD FOR YOU!!!! Look, the proof is in the pudding, uh, beer."Sapporo Holdings Ltd., one of Japan's four major brewers, said Monday it has found that hay fever symptoms can be alleviated by a flavonol extracted from hops, a main ingredient of beer."read more | digg story More About: Levi , Ever , Symptoms , Fever
Asahi Beer Pouring Robot
2006-09-12 19:50:00 Cheers!via Gadgetell More About: Robot , Beer , Robo , Asahi
Getting The Big Head is Good: Beer Foam Foments Flavor
2006-09-07 17:13:00 Getting the big head is good: Beer foam foments flavor: South Florida Sun-SentinelThis is a well written and concise article written by Barry Shlachter syndicated from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram quoting Jim Koch of Sam Adams, Grady Hull of Colorado's New Belgium, and Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head .Finally!!!! A good beer article about pouring beer in a "real" publication!!!! Rejoice fellow beer geeks as the Sun Sentinel spreads our message of how a nice frothy foam atop a beer in a pint glass is better than drinking straight from the bottle or, gasp, pouring with no head at all."A few years back, it was commonly thought to be sophisticated to pour beer from the bottle down the side of the glass to sharply minimize the head. Koch and Hull think this trend was partly consumer-driven, drinkers believing they were being cheated out of their full pour if the head was too tall.There could be another reason: Popular mega-brands such as Miller, Coors and Budweiser are highly carbonated, a... More About: Good , Flavor , Foam
Official Beer Blogger Seal
2006-09-05 04:24:00 Hello fellow beer bloggers. Let's try something new. A way to create somewhat of a brotherhood of beer geeks.All I ask is that all who would like to participate and be considered an official beer blog can simply place the seal to the left on their blog - it's as easy as that.via Presurfer More About: Blogger , Beer , Seal , Al B , Official
'Name that beer' competition launched
2006-09-05 04:06:00 I absolutely love what is going on in the Bahamas right now. The Freeport News is reporting that Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Co. is offering a local the chance to name their first brew as well as the opportunity to win $3,000. There is absolutely no better way to endear yourself to your community as a brewer then to allow the people to have some sort of input as to what they want. Jimmy Sands, said "'We are looking to find a name for the beer that we will be brewing in Grand Bahama and I would like to invite the residents of Grand Bahama to help us come up with the names for our locally brewed beers,' Sands said on Friday. 'When we open our doors and sell that first bottle of beer, we want it to have a locally suggested name. After all, we are an all-Bahamian and Grand Bahamian Company. We would like to have a local competition to 'Name That beer!' and give the lucky winner who suggests the name $3,000. This is a Grand Bahama company and I want Grand Bahama to be a part of wh... More About: Competition , Beer , Launch , Launched
Howard Stern All Request Weekend and Good Beer
2006-09-05 00:24:00 What a weekend! We traveled all the way to Syracuse with a quick detour in the Berkshires and then back down to the Island all to see Ween play at the New York State Fair and to stay overnight at the newly renovated Turningstone Casino in Oneida, NY. I would suggest that anyone within 3 hours should take a night to stay up at the Turningstone as I imagine it is rather similar to both Foxwoods and The Mohegan Sun which will sound familiar to most Tri-State area readers. Over the weekend we managed to drive over 700 miles all the while listening to The Howard Stern All Request Weekend on Sirius. It was the most entertaining radio I have ever heard even though, ironically enough, I had already heard a nice chunk of it already. Just hearing it all again completely uncensored made it sound so fresh and new again. We were laughing the entire car ride!While up in Central NY I figured that we should drink some local beer. Utica is home to one of the largest breweries in the country, Matts B... More About: Beer
TheCrocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead.
2006-09-04 07:32:00 I know that this is not about beer but I drank a lot of beer in college while watching Steve Irwin cheat death many many times on the television and I am saddened to here that he has past away. It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest. I have personally swam with sting rays before and I cannot believe that a man like Irwin, who makes a living out of swimming with crocs, could not avoid his own demise.It is being reported that he was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occurred.Drink a beer for The Crocodile Hunter on Labors Day.Cheers!read more | digg story More About: Steve Irwin , Dead
The U.S. Open Beer Selection - Poll
2006-09-01 01:39:00 I have been on vacation this week hence the lack of new posts and updated beer news. I went to The U .S. Open last night for the first time this year. I go every year at least a few times and was once a ball boy - yes - I really was a ball boy back when I was 15 and 16. Anyway, the purpose of this post is not to tell you all about my previous employment but to rant a little about the lack of quality beer at America's largest tournament.Obviously Heineken is going to have the majority of the taps since they are the main beer sponsor and afterall that is what they are paying for but honestly can't we at least have 1 American beer to choose from? There are so many great beers out there brewed in America and not 1 is showcased for all the foreigners to enjoy. Remember this is not only a tennis tournament, it is a huge tourist attraction. People from all over the world come to this event every year. It wouldn't be such a bad idea for a craft brewer to try to get in the door to showcas... More About: Beer , Poll , Selec
Hopmalt Beer Portal
2006-08-26 01:27:00 Announcing the Hopmalt Beer Portal on Zimbio. Zimbio allows users to create custom portals with 1 "guru" - that's me - who creates/controls/moderates the content but also allows everyone else - that's you - to add content. So, for all you bloggers out there go to my portal start page and add links to your latest blog posts, add your blog's feed, upload photos, and add links to your favorite sites. It's really easy and a great way to share all of our collective beer knowledge! More About: Malt
How to Pour A Draft Beer - Video
2006-08-25 20:08:00 Thanks to watchmojo.com for the excellent tutorial on how to pour a draft beer. More About: Video , Beer , Draft
Bluepoint Blueberry Ale - Hopmalt Beer Blog Review
2006-08-25 02:40:00 Bluepoint Blueberry Ale is a perfect compliment to any summer evening. As I commented in The Brew Lounge's post titled Choosing Beer : Trials and tribulations... I decided to bring this beer to a party where there were going to be some normal folk who don't like fancy brews. The Blueberry Ale went over really well, I would dare say it was a hit.Straight from the bottle: A delicious golden ale brewed with real blueberries and natural flavors added.Hopmalt Beer Blog Rating: 9Yep, a 9! Not only does this brew satisfy my need for flavor but it also gets thumbs up from the average Joe beer drinker, which in my book is most impressive. It's kinda like Jay-Z for all you hip-hoppers out there - he has street cred but is a commercial success at the same time. I can't believe I just used a Jay-Z reference in a beer review - lord help me.I don't usually do this but I would like to suggest that you all go check out Donovan's News & Brews' review of this beer - I like his style and I t... More About: Review , View , Point
Double-Walled Beer Glasses
2006-08-24 23:08:00 Double-Walled Beer Glass es | Uncrate: "Here's a classic beer glass with a twist — it's insulated to keep your beer cold and the glass from sweating all over you. Like the insulated iced tea glasses from last year, these double-walled beer glasses ($75/set of 6) are made out of a material that's used to make scientific lab glass and are way stronger than traditional glassware."Honestly folks, is this really necessary? Just give me a plain old pint glass and poor me a tasty brew!Cheers!via Uncrate More About: Double , Glasses
Samuel Adams - Pioneers In Public Relations
2006-08-23 03:56:00 As a student of public relations, you should understand that the profession has a history and a heritage. It has been shaped by men and women whose actions and ideas have made the difference. Following are notes about some of these figures important to an understanding of the development of public relations. (Prepared by R.D. Smith; updated Fall 2004)Public Relations , History: "SAMUEL ADAMS (right) orchestrated public relations for the Revolutionary War. He organized the Sons of Liberty, developed the symbol of the liberty tree, staged the Boston Tea Party, named the Boston Massacre, and developed a propaganda campaign which lasted for more than 20 years."He did all that and had time to brew a fine beer or ten - impressive! More About: Adams , Pioneer |
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