Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 17

Week 17
25 April 2010 - 1 May 2010

• 2010.05.01
  Be kind to your neighbors today. One might be brewing beer. It's National Homebrew Day. http://bit.ly/9c0sjw

• 2010.04.30
  After 2 decades of importing Scottish (& English) beer, Sherri & Patrick Casey —founders of Legends, Ltd.— retire. http://bit.ly/dAOnWV
• 2010.04.30
  Map of cask-conditioned beers in Boston and New England. http://bit.ly/9fzI9h
• 2010.04.30
  British National Brewing Museum opens... and they serve Champagne??!! http://bit.ly/aqhOgu
• 2010.04.30
  Twitter #FollowFriday. For whisky: @the_nose Richard Patterson of Whyte & Mackay. For whiskey (and whisky): @JohnHansell of Malt Advocate.
• 2010.04.30
  Brookston Bulletin interview with new owners of Anchor Brewing: My Lunch With Keith Greggor. http://cli.gs/s270n
• 2010.04.29
  The 'official' announcement: Baltimore, Maryland brewpub The Brewer's Art to contract with Sly Fox Brewing in Pennsylvania to can its Resurrection Ale. To be available in late May 2010. http://bit.ly/d6UtFL
• 2010.04.28
  In 1984, Apple ran a famous ad about overthrowing Big Brother. Now, "Look in the mirror, man,” says Jon Stewart: http://tcrn.ch/bTa2GI
• 2010.04.28
  In defense of Marmite: http://n.pr/9BnzMW
• 2010.04.28
  Baltimore, Maryland breweries Stillwater Ales and Pratt Street Alehouse brew a 'collaboration' beer. http://bit.ly/cfjklK
• 2010.04.28
  In Pakistan, a brewery's recipe for 150 years of survival amid alcohol restrictions. http://bit.ly/9PwMcp
• 2010.04.28
  Reviewed: Drink Local Wine 2010 exposition (held in northern Virginia, 25 April). http://bit.ly/9kYeAY
• 2010.04.28
  Congratulations! The Brewers Art wins Restaurant Association of Maryland 2010 award for Favorite Bar and Tavern. http://bit.ly/c5fXEB
• 2010.04.28
  Mead and homebrew: "American Abbey Project" at a Washington, D.C. monastery. http://bit.ly/cFMIFI
• 2010.04.27
  Tickets now on sale for the Great British Beer Festival, London, 3-7 August 2010. http://bit.ly/hTVHL
• 2010.04.26
  'Nitro': Good or bad for craft beer? http://bit.ly/9nfBbk
• 2010.04.26
  North Carolina farmer Joe Thompson to use a brewery's spent grains to feed —not cows but— prawns. http://ow.ly/1D3G0
• 2010.04.26
  For environmental commitment and outdoor activity, New Belgium and Alaskan Brewing among Top 50 best companies to work for. http://bit.ly/aK4TMw
• 2010.04.26
  Over the next 5 years, China to account for 50% of beer sales growth, 33% of wine sales growth. http://is.gd/bIhXx
• 2010.04.25
  Drink much? Asparagus' amino acids and minerals ease hangovers and protect liver cells. http://bit.ly/bHwJM
• 2010.04.25
  How to pronounce "Eyjafjallajokull," the Icelandic volcano: "(H)AY yah FYAH tlah YUR goolkh": http://su.pr/1Kinoq
• 2010.04.25
  Cask Ale Tradition - Imbibe Magazine: http://bit.ly/bxiAUS
• 2010.04.25
  The 1st 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational: http://bit.ly/K1Gp

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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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