Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 19

Week 19
9 May 2010 - 15 May 2010

• 2010.05.15
  Photos of last flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, on Flickr: http://bit.ly/ais8hY
• 2010.05.15
  The 'Machete' Beer Project: cutting beers down to session strength. http://bit.ly/bvWzBS
• 2010.05.15
  Senator Kerry's beer excise tax reduction bill S3339 now has 4 co-sponsors. http://bit.ly/aUz3w9

• 2010.05.14
  The Washington City Paper interviews Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery about the late, great Michael Jackson, the beer writer. http://bit.ly/cpCwOz
• 2010.05.13
  Lost Abbey's brewer Tomme Arthur suggest why 'collaboration' beers matter. http://bit.ly/doq8LZ
• 2010.05.13
  Beer Education: The physics of beer (and soap) foam. http://bit.ly/b7iVp0
• 2010.05.13
  Pairing wines to grilled and barbecued foods. From the Washington Post: http://bit.ly/9fVeGO
• 2010.05.12
  So, you want to open a brewpub? There may be at least 17 taxes and fees you'll have to pay. http://bit.ly/aOiHF5
• 2010.05.11
  Happy 65th birthday to Jack McAuliffe, the US microbrewery pioneer. http://bit.ly/9h1iUO

• 2010.05.10
  Fred Eckhardt's 1989 book Essentials of Beer Style remains a classic on what defines a beer style. Today is Fred Eckhardt's 84th birthday. http://cli.gs/p5qYb
• 2010.05.10
  On Mother's Day, a story from the Washington Post on the Pink Boots Society: women in the beer industry. http://bit.ly/bvrYbQ
• 2010.05.10
  A great lady, a great singer, and a great musician. Lena Horne has died at age 92. http://bit.ly/97A6gU

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• Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories  not posted at Yours For Good Fermentables.com. Most deal with beer (or wine, or whisky); some do not. But all are brief, and many are re-posts from my Twitter account: twitter.com/cizauskas.
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