A bi-weekly, non-comprehensive roundup
of news of beer and other things.
Weeks 24/25
8 June - 21 June 2014
- 2014.06.21
"In 2012, the New York State Legislature adopted a 'farm brewery' law. The bill mandates that small breweries will need to use a minimum 20% of a New York-grown barley product to officially be dubbed a New York beer. The requirement will increment over the years, up to 90% by 2020."
As a result, Cornell University is attempting to develop "New York-friendly" malting barley. The USDA, as well, is conducting similar experiments, near Raleigh, North Carolina.
—Via Mashable.
- 2014.06.21
“Musical composition should bring joy." The great 'hard bop' jazz pianist/composer Horace Silver has died at 85.
—Via New York Times.
- 2014.06.19
Montgomery County, Maryland, one of the few alcohol 'full control jurisdictions' in the United States, will now allow small brewery self-distribution.
—Via DC Beer.
- 2014.06.16
"Some players are in the Hall of Fame. A few are Hall-of-Famers." Tony Guinn —arguably the greatest hitter in Major League Baseball of the last 50 years— has died at age 54.
—Via New York Times.
- 2014.06.14
The United States flag was officially adopted 14 June 1777. The day is now observed as Flag Day.
—Via Wikipedia.
- 2014.06.13
Did Anheuser-Busch InBev and Miller Coors really 'cave in' to the ingredient-listing demands of the 'Food Babe'? Historian Maureen Ogle calls out Vani Hari's process over product specious bait-and-switch.
- 2014.06.11
21st century racketeering. Feedly, a widely-used RSS reader website, was temporarily taken down by a distributed denial of service attack by unknown perpetrators demanding ransom.
—Via Yahoo News.
- 2014.06.10
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a 'clarification' seemingly backing down from its earlier ban on using wood shelving in 'artisanal' cheesemaking.
—Via Forbes.
- 2014.06.09
A Virginia brewery uses yeast cultured from a fossilized whale bone to brew beer.
—Via Washington Business Journal.
- 2014.06.08
The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) —the agency of the U.S. government that oversees breweries— exempts over thirty beer ingredients and brewing processes, such as barrel-aging, from reporting requirements.
—Via Brewbound.
- 2014.06.08
Brewers Publications releases its newest book on brewing: American Sour Beers: Innovative Techniques for Mixed Fermentations.
—Written by Washington, D.C.-area homebrewer, Michael Tonsmeire, who blogs at The Mad Fermentationist.
- Clamps and Gaskets is a bi-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 twitter.com/cizauskas.
- The Clamps and Gaskets graphic was created by Mike Licht at NotionsCapital.
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