Sunday, May 03, 2009

Clamps & Gaskets: Week 17

Clamps and Gaskets: weekly wrap-upClamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories that I have not posted at Yours For Good Fermentables.com, but that, nevertheless, I find interesting or germane.

Most are concerned with beer, or wine, or whisk(e)y. Some are not. But all are brief. And many are re-posts from my Twitter account: twitter.com/cizauskas.

This is Week 17:
26 April - 2 May 2009

  • 2009.05.02
    AnheuserBusch InBev is official beer sponsor of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Media Awards. Imagine THAT recipe! http://tinyurl.com/c9xc9d

  • 2009.05.02
    Max's Taphouse (Baltimore MD) list of 82 keg and casks for American Craft Beer Week (May 11-17). http://beerinbaltimore.com/?p=416

  • 2009.05.01
    The White House has just launched its official Twitter site @whitehouse. Seems legit.

  • 2009.05.01
    It's Mild Ale Month, at least in the UK. http://tinyurl.com/cwnfwf Are there any US breweries producing a mild to celebrate?

  • 2009.05.01
    Mahaffeys: A little pub that could, and did, in blue collar Baltimore, Maryland. http://bit.ly/17Eaot

  • 2009.05.01
    Grains, barrels, ricks, limestone, yeast, federal regs, "wild-ass guesses": Bourbon story in the Washington Post. http://bit.ly/13UAA0

  • 2009.05.01
    Google has a new personal profile page function. A Facebook killer?http://www.slate.com/id/2217232/

  • 2009.04.30
    Hotel Washington Sky Terrace (overlooks the White House), re-opening early summer, with glassed-in 'Moroccan' bar. (tip via @metrocurean)

  • 2009.04.30
    Twittiquette- 8 Surefire Ways to Tick Off the Twitterverse. http://tinyurl.com/9ew9jt. Such as don't over-Tweet. (Tip via @Cicerone_org)

  • 2009.04.29
    NY Times: "Pilsners are stark and exposed, glorious in their lean, pared-down simplicity." http://tinyurl.com/cczxch

  • 2009.04.29
    Economic downturn fallout: Katz, world’s largest beer coaster maker goes bankrupt. http://is.gd/vqEp. (Story via @draftmag)

  • 2009.04.29
    World Health Organization (WHO) announces Level 5 pandemic alert, 2nd-highest level on the 6-level pandemic scale. (
    via @nprnews)

  • 2009.04.29
    At Brookston Beer Bulletin: Top 10 Beer Books. http://tinyurl.com/depvmz. And a list of honorable mentions.

  • 2009.04.29
    A state-by-state map of 2007 per capita beer consumption. http://tinyurl.com/cgykcq

  • 2009.04.29
    What one DC-area brewer did at the Craft Brewers Conference. http://tinyurl.com/c3spqt

  • 2009.04.29
    Thirsty America! According to the Census Bureau, U.S. per capita beer consumption in 2004 was 21.6 gallons. (Tip via @Happyhourguys)

  • Open fermenter
  • 2009.04.29
    National Public Radio (NPR) reports on yeast genetically modified (GMO) to improve flocculation: http://tinyurl.com/cuxfnb.
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