Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 5

Week 5
31 January 2010 - 6 February 2010

• 2010.02.06
  The big story of the week was the monster blizzard that hit the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore area. My post, with links to news stories: http://tinyurl.com/ygktjwk
• 2010.02.06
  Five Ways to Cook With Beer — Super Bowl Style. http://bit.ly/cphZie
• 2010.02.06
  Twitter BeerEd (ucation) continues, via Ray Daniels of Cicerone.org. Better brewing with chemistry: some molecules (kokumi) e.g. calcium, have no flavor but enhance other flavors.
• 2010.02.05
  It's the taste! A succinct lesson on the differences between ales and lagers. http://adjix.com/v5zi

• 2010.02.05
  American cask beer festivals: your D.I.Y. guide. Posted for NERAX and The Session -beer Blogging Friday. http://bit.ly/bw09PD.
• 2010.02.05
  Twitter #FollowFriday for beer, food, and nightlife in Washington, D.C. @fritzhahn @goingoutgurus.
• 2010.02.05
  Twitter #FollowFriday - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi @Astro_Soichi tweets photographs of Earth from the International Space Station. http://bit.ly/cW1Y1R
• 2010.02.04
  The Session; Beer Blogging Friday #36: Cask-Conditioned Beer http://bit.ly/arhOnj
• 2010.01.04
  Scottish brewery Brewdog's Tactical Nuclear Penguin was the world's strongest 'beer' at 32% abv. It has been bested by 25% by German brewery Schorschbräu's Schorschbock beer at 40% abv. http://bit.ly/ctV6us
• 2010.02.03
  Today in 1959: The Day the Music Died. http://bit.ly/2M3VT3

Brian Strumke (r);
Volker Stewart, owner Brewers Art (c); Chris Cashell, brewer, Brewers Art (l)
• 2010.02.02
  Baltimore Maryland has a new brewery: Stillwater Artisanal Ales; Brian Strumke, brewer. http://bit.ly/cdQGOr

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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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