Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 3

Week 3
17 January 2010 - 23 January 2010

• 2010.01.23
  Happy Birthday! Charlie Papazian. It would be hard to find any one person alive who has done as much for good beer in the US. http://cli.gs/B7BPj


• 2010.01.23
  Total US beer sales are down in 2009, but craft breweries sales volumes were up. http://tinyurl.com/yhkqdls


• 2010.01.23
  Going Rosé! Sarah Palin to keynote the 2010 Wine & Spirits Wholesalers convention in Las Vegas. From Slate.com: http://tinyurl.com/yzpmywr


• 2010.01.23
  Photos from a beer renaissance. Tuppers' Hop Pocket Ale re-released in northern Virginia. http://bit.ly/6d6aSF


• 2010.01.22
  Emmy-winning Will & Grace creators working on Fox sitcom called "Strange Brew" about a family-owned brewery. http://tinyurl.com/yjflpqm


• 2010.01.22
  FollowFriday. For food in Maryland: @WhatsToEatBmore. For beer in northern Virginia: @The_Beermonger. For wine in Washington, D.C.: @dmwine.


• 2010.01.21
  Sierra Nevada will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a year-long celebration, and in partnership with other craft breweries. http://bit.ly/5bT0Jz


• 2010.01.21
  A reminiscence of the late crime author Robert P. Parker, with links to more about him. http://bit.ly/8QD6Ri


• 2010.01.21
  Does there 'need' to be a US beer bloggers conference? One might be coming to town near you. http://bit.ly/7fASbb


• 2010.01.21
  This could be huge development. A Hamas official accepts Israel's right to exist, says Jerusalem Post. http://bit.ly/76qOow


• 2010.01.21
  Employee blockade puts AB InBev's Belgian beer production [Stella, Leffe, etc] at a total standstill. http://bit.ly/7cYSy7



• 2010.01.20
  Eric Johnson, Washington DC area chocolatier (organic) also making kimchi (vegetarian). Who knew? http://bit.ly/4WABKL


• 2010.01.20
  More on a potential change to law to allow direct wine shipments to consumers in Maryland. http://bit.ly/5seSfF


• 2010.01.20
  Guide to roasting coffee at home, in Washington Post. http://bit.ly/8P3nJ6. YFGF.com tried this 2 years ago: http://bit.ly/55f6vY


• 2010.01.20
  Analysis via from the Huffington Post: Obama squandered the greatest opportunity to change the nation and political landscape since Reagan: http://bit.ly/4MjNg5


• 2010.01.20
  Room for beer education. Overheard: employee at Washington DC bar known for its beer snipes that Churchkey beer bar is pretentious for caring about beer serving temperature.



• 2010.01.19
  Analysis of court rejection of Massachusetts' partial ban on direct wine shipping, and the implications for Maryland. http://bit.ly/6XkLcV


• 2010.01.19
  Bill Gates @BillGates joins Twitter . http://bit.ly/6ckwVA


• 2010.01.19
  In Baltimore, Maryland, Max's Taphouse has posted the final draft list for the 72 Hours of Belgium, Belgian Beer Fest, Feb. 12-14: http://bit.ly/7QJBOY


• 2010.01.19
  Conan O'Brien to move to FOX? A website & Twitter account have been registered http://bit.ly/6h8J8M


• 2010.01.19
  Participating breweries for 2010 SAVOR beer-with-food exposition announced. 5 June 2010, Washington, D.C. Tickets go on sale in February. http://bit.ly/4PFrnb


• 2010.01.19
  The domain name www.abinbev.com belongs to a South Korean dating service. Anheuser-Busch InBev files lawsuit to get it back. http://bit.ly/8o2fWg


• 2010.01.19
  For the first time since 1949, a 'mysterious' visitor did NOT place a rose and full cognac bottle at Edgar Allan Poe's grave in Baltimore, Maryland, on the anniversary of the author's birthday (201st). http://bit.ly/8I9xvv


• 2010.01.17
  Text message donations To Haiti exceed $10 Million; some phone companies commit immediate funds. http://bit.ly/6ENWql


• 2010.01.19
  Room for beer education. Overheard yesterday in a beer/wine shop: I don't want beer with dessert. That's just weird.

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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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