Clamps and Gaskets: week 11

Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of many stories and other observations which I did not post here at Yours For Good Fermentables.com, but that I find interesting or germane.

Most are concerned with beer, or wine, or whisk(e)y. Some are not. But all are brief. And most are re-posts from my Twitter account.

This is Week 11:
14-21 March 2009

• 2009.03.21
  19th Century euphemism for pilfering beer: sucking the monkey. http://tinyurl.com/cld732


• 2009.03.20
  Jenna Bush's Secret Service limo was towed from outside her Federal Hill home: http://is.gd/oeHD via @baltimoresun


• 2009.03.20
  Happy Spring 2009! Today's Vernal Equinox sunrise at Flying Dog Brewing in Frederick, MD. via @jcperro: http://twitpic.com/29v7i


• 2009.03.19
  Great to see another DC area brewery on Twitter. The guys at Capitol City have just tapped their Imperial Stout. via @CapCityBrewers


• 2009.03.19
  BEER HUNTER, WHISKY CHASER: to be released 27 March -Michael Jackson's birthday- to fund Parkinsons research. http://tinyurl.com/cbzxuj


• 2009.03.18
  Freshness counts. 4 finalists in Washington Post Beer Madness: all East Coast. http://tinyurl.com/c7su4p


• 2009.03.18
  While contemplating your hangover this morning, ponder who was St. Patrick? http://tinyurl.com/cvlxbf


• 2009.03.18
  The 12 'official' American beer styles ... from 1987. http://tinyurl.com/cm9smt


• 2009.03.17
  The FIVE British beer styles. http://tinyurl.com/cw3wn4


• 2009.03.16
  Baltimore's historic SENATOR FORCED TO CLOSE - http://tinyurl.com/ceek68 [end to 1st run films]


• 2009.03.16
  1st Annual Clipper City Brewing Beer, Cheese, and Chili Festival - Mar 28 at the brewery just south of Baltimore, Md. http://www.ccbeer.com


• 2009.03.15
  Bavarian inflation: "Koeniglichbayerischeroberbiersteuerhaupteinkassierer": past title of Bavarian beer-tax collector. Happyhourguys.com


• 2009.03.15
  British brewery Marston's calls real ale fans: "beardie weirdies, sandal-clad, whisker-stroking stormtroopers." http://tinyurl.com/b5trp9


• 2009.03.15
  The difference between Porter and Stout (from 1900). http://tinyurl.com/bv9qfe


• 2009.03.14
  National Cask Week in the UK (6-13 April) is pushing a younger demographic than cask ale in general. Any US pubs in? http://bit.ly/kT6C9


• 2009.03.14
  The Utah Senate has killed a measure to allow sales of draft beer stronger than 4% alcohol/volume (3.2% /weight). http://tinyurl.com/ckuo7d


• 2009.03.14
  First Book World; now Business Section cut in Washington Post, absorbed into A section. Stocks to 1/2 page. http://tinyurl.com/ak8b5s


• 2009.03.14
  Interesting post about beer and elitism: 'intellectualizing' beer. Is craft beer 'working-class' anymore? http://tinyurl.com/c52w8f
  

References preceded by "@" or "via" or "#" are the names of Twitter account holders. The Clamps and Gaskets graphic was created by NotionsCapital.