Monday, August 31, 2009

Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 34

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 34:
23 August - 29 August 2009


  • 2009.08.29
    Full coverage of the NEW Pizzeria Paradiso grand (re)opening near Dupont Circle in Washington DC. http://bit.ly/mgvMg

  • 2009.08.29
    Watch a winebar as it is built. Read the blog. Funny and poignant. River City Cellars in Richmond, VA: http://bit.ly/rqo6V

  • 2009.08.29
    Chef/owner of Cowboy Cafe (northern VA ) demonstrated how to cook Caribbean Meat Pies, on Washington, DC Fox TV: http://bit.ly/hlDzr /

  • 2009.08.29
    Rock Bottom Brewpub in Arlington, VA celebrates it 10th anniversary tonight. http://bit.ly/14luLc

  • 2009.08.29
    Raw foodists will disagree: primatologist Richard Wrangham argues cooking gave humans evolutionary edge. http://bit.ly/Uk6GL

  • 2009.08.29
    Historian Maureen Ogle says New York Time's anti-trust story about Anheuser-Busch is loony. Explains why 5 ways. http://bit.ly/byXPK

  • 2009.08.29
    @Beervana analyzes gender preferences for beer vs. wine, and what wineries are doing about them: http://bit.ly/ybq1u

  • 2009.08.29
    Belga's Bart Vandaele to be 3rd inductee from Washington, D.C. into Le Chevalerie du Fourquet des Brasseurs http://bit.ly/3RVj4w

  • 2009.08.29
    Proving it worthy profession: World's oldest (& longest-serving) bartender, 95, retiring in Pennsylvania. http://bit.ly/MYBZG

  • 2009.08.28
    180 bottles, 12 drafts, 1 cask: Pizzeria Paradiso re-opens in its new location tomorrow in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. More via Going Out Gurus of Washington Post: http://bit.ly/6OZgy

  • 2009.08.28
    Adjust your Facebook privacy settings: http://bit.ly/pQjwa.

  • 2009.08.28
    The UK's no.1 beer blog Jeffrey's Blog - and on Twitter: @thegunmakers

  • 2009.08.28
    The Washington Post discusses 4 Loudoun County (northern Virginia) wineries http://bit.ly/A9b1P

  • 2009.08.28
    @Beervana looks at the 80% market share for just 2 macro-breweries, and sees collusion. http://bit.ly/3kTNZA

  • 2009.08.28
    #FollowFriday @lewbryson: Not much Tweeting there, but the man can sure beer blog! http://lewbryson.blogspot.com/

  • 2009.08.28
    Via @just_drinks: French wine and spirits exports down 25% in the first half of 2009.

  • Inside-out at Galaxy Hut
  • 2009.08.28
    Paean to an Arlington, VA beer/music bar: "As long as there's the Galaxy Hut, everything will be alright." http://bit.ly/ECSpZ

  • 2009.08.27
    Despite recently announced beer price hikes, beer pricing hasn't come close to cost of goods sold increases, says Beer Business Daily. http://bit.ly/192Pk2

  • 2009.08.27
    Twitter goes for the $$? The service rolls out commercial accounts later this year. http://ow.ly/luYZ

  • 2009.08.27
    Researchers may have discovered cause of calamitous decline of honeybees: a fungus that attacks the bees' RNA. http://bit.ly/HmcHK

  • 2009.08.27
    Reports of the demise of jazz have been greatly exaggerated: http://bit.ly/eifa7. Spread the word on Twitter by using the hashtag #jazzlives whenever Tweeting about a live jazz concert.

  • 2009.08.27
    Washington DC Restaurant Week, so far, only so-so? Anecdotes from the Washington Post's Going Out Gurus'out nights on the town. http://bit.ly/12usTa

  • Kerberos TTL
  • 2009.08.27
    Flying Dog Brewery celebrates its 20th anniversary. http://snipurl.com/rfn23

  • 2009.08.26
    Author Dominick Dunne has died. http://bit.ly/9BmES.

  • 2009.08.26
    One of the (sometimes) forgotten pioneers of the 'craft' beer movement, Pete Slosberg celebrates his birthday today. http://bit.ly/b9zlW

  • 2009.08.26
    What a job! Draft Magazine goes to baseball games, drinks beer, and writes about it: the beer selections at National League ballparks. http://bit.ly/4FhM7a

  • 2009.08.26
    Budweiser, Miller to raise prices in the fall. http://3.ly/mNx

  • 2009.08.26
    Edward Kennedy, Senate's Liberal Lion, has died. http://su.pr/9mNHSW

  • 2009.08.25
    Via http://twitter.com/Lagerheads: The best BEER happy hours in Washington, DC. http://bit.ly/asAdr

  • 2009.08.25
    Via @CharliePapazian: The tickets for the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon sessions at the Great American Beer Festival (14-26 October 2009) have sold out. Thurs, Sat eves' going fast. http://www.gabf.org/

  • 2009.08.25
    Discussions between Diageo and United Spirits over a stake purchase have collapsed. http://phncq.tk/

  • 2009.08.25
    Through its subsidiary in New Zealand, Heineken gains trademark control over use of term "Saison." http://bit.ly/3fFbco/

  • 2009.08.25
    On balance, I'm pretty sure being a 'Beer' is more positive than negative. " Mr. Larry Beer runs for office in Colorado. http://bit.ly/iQtxk

  • 2009.08.25
    The President was 'following' me on twitter. That is, the new President of Lithuania -Dalia Grybauskaite (@DGrybauskaite)- it's first ever female president.

  • 2009.08.24
    DC Beer Week is over. Now it's Washington Restaurant Week. Which spots also serve good beer? http://bit.ly/3nb9fG

  • 2009.08.24
    Business story on NPR Morning Edition: US craft beer faring well, in spite of poor economy. http://bit.ly/2Fu26N

  • 2009.08.23
    Preliminary Baltimore Beer Week (8-18 October 2009) schedule is up. So far: 47+ events. http://bit.ly/4bSFtk
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2 comments:

  1. Baltimore Beer Week is now up to 84 events, with one major distributor yet to release his major multi-brewery event schedule...........

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  2. Loved the article about Galaxy Hut. One of my favorite places in all of NOVA.

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