Monday, March 08, 2010

Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 9

Clamps and Gaskets: weekly roundupWeek 9
28 February 2010 - 6 March 2010
  • 2010.03.05
    #FollowFriday: Seen Through a Glass blog @lewbryson  Read about Lion Brewery's new Stegmaier craft beer line. http://bit.ly/9YV8cP
  • firkinsRAF
  • 2010.03.05
    Is your US pub or brewery celebrating Cask Ale Week March 29 - April 5? http://bit.ly/bX5BAb
  • 2010.03.04
    Brewer InBev beer volumes down 1% in 2009, but "underlying profits" up 16.6%. How? Higher prices! http://is.gd/9Foys.
  • 2010.03.04
    What makes a restaurant wine list 'good'? From Philly's Table Matters: http://bit.ly/9lPRJe
  • 2010.03.04
    Quake damage suffered by Chile wine industry: $975 million in spilled wine.  2010 harvest possibly decimated. http://bit.ly/blMrBT
  • 2010.03.03
    Photo tour of Westvleteren, De Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren in Belgium, 1 of 7 extant Trappist breweries: http://bit.ly/duKnS0
  • 2010.03.03
    Saveur Magazine announces 1st annual best food blog contest. Includes wine, but no beer or spirits category. http://bit.ly/93cSlg
  • 2010.03.03
    Canadian essay on women's hockey team beer choice: "If you drink Coors Light the terrorists have won." http://bit.ly/b5Mbbo
  • 08_Cheese wheel, unwrapped
  • 2010.03.03
    Washed rind cheeses: "Beyond the stink, glorious flavor." http://bit.ly/bsKQWU
  • 2010.03.03
    Virginia Wine Cup results. Meritage from King Family Vineyards of Crozet wins gold. http://bit.ly/bLptbc
  • 2010.03.03
    Microdistilleries, and "white dog'' - legal moonshine. http://bit.ly/a2jICm
  • 2010.03.03
    Maryland's Clay Pipe Brewing to cease operations. http://bit.ly/a7xpU1
  • 2010.03.03
    US brewery Allagash Brewery to pour "Maine-lambics" at Night of Great Thirst in Belgium http://bit.ly/9hcnVM
  • 2010.03.03
    German cruise ship outfitted to brew beer with onboard water desalinization plant. http://bit.ly/bpUrye
  • 2010.03.01
    Results of 23rd Annual Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) at State Theatre in Falls Church VA. http://bit.ly/9uXwI1
  • 2010.03.01
    President Obama to buy Canada's P.M. Stephen Harper a case of Molson beer for losing Olympics hockey wager. http://bit.ly/bMwWrY
  • 2010.03.01
    Frédéric Chopin's 200th Birthday http://goo.gl/fb/OKw1
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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.
  • The Clamps and Gaskets graphic was created by Mike Licht at NotionsCapital.

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