Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 18

Week 18
2 May 2010 - 8 May 2010

• 2010.05.08
  Video lessons on how to pour a beer. There are indeed some bartenders who really DON'T know how to do that properly. http://bit.ly/aAXkl9
• 2010.05.08
  Brewers Association releases 140 beer style categories for year 2010. Includes 'new' American-Style India Black Ale. http://bit.ly/bgAIuO

• 2010.05.08
  Plastic: the future of beer kegs? Photos of one-way, one-use plastic kegs: http://bit.ly/9qVkKv
• 2010.05.08
  Wine flavor chemistry. What makes a #wine grassy [or catty]: http://bit.ly/aaDOhj
• 2010.05.07
  An actual scientific study: Larger Breasts Mean Bigger Tips For Waitresses. http://n.pr/aOZ6Po
• 2010.05.07
  Congressional support for American Craft Beer Week, May 17 - 23. http://bit.ly/bNnj1w
• 2010.05.07
  Study shows less risk of type 2 diabetes for people who drink alcohol in moderation vs. those who abstain. http://bit.ly/bUzGTT

• 2010.05.07
  From a tasting event at the Smithsonian Institute: Does beer or wine pair better with cheese? http://bit.ly/alDYCb [Spoiler alert: it's a tie]
• 2010.05.06
  Why beer bloggers blog about beer. From British beer blogger/author, Pete Brown: http://bit.ly/bnLO5I
• 2010.05.06
  Draft Magazine interviews Beervana’s Jeff Alworth, on why he blogs about beer. http://bit.ly/bq68Qz
• 2010.05.05
  Well-presented argument --NOT against an increase in Maryland beer tax but-- against the SIZE of the proposed tax: http://bit.ly/9dwTbC
• 2010.05.05
  Miller Lite out, Bud Light in, as official beer of National Football League, in 2011. http://bit.ly/9Wtztc
• 2010.05.05
  Suggestions on pairing beer with cheese: http://bit.ly/aywsSN [Except YFGF recommends strong stout -or barleywine- with blue.
• 2010.05.04
  A bill in Congress proposes to undo a Virginia vintner's victory for direct wine shipping: http://bit.ly/aTMzVw

• 2010.05.03
  Room for more beer education. In an online beer review, a writer said a beer had little head retention BECAUSE it was served on draft. That's nonsense!
• 2010.05.02
  Chef Jose Andres And The "Circus of the Mouth" on CBS' 60 Minutes: "The future is vegetables." http://bit.ly/aE6S8C
• 2010.05.02
  How to blog safely (about work or anything else). Via Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://bit.ly/b67rmN
• 2010.05.02
  "American Farmhouse Ales": Local, organic beers from Shooting Creek Brewery in Floyd VA. http://bit.ly/agBBQF

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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 ... And tardy this week: Clamps & Gaskets is normally posted on Mondays.
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