Sunday, July 04, 2010

Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 26

Clamps and Gaskets: weekly roundupWeek 26
27 June 2010 - 3 July 2010

  • 2010.07.03
    Downy Mildew has infected mid-Atlantic basil plants, but NOT, so far, Maryland hops. Photos of healthy hops at Frederick, Maryland, Stillpoint Farm: http://bit.ly/b0RkmT
  • 2010.07.03
    Reducing its beer carbon footprint, Rogue Brewery in Oregon already grows some of the barley for its beers. Now it is adding a a malting plant. http://bit.ly/9KDB2k
  • 2010.07.03
    Fredericksburg, Virginia's newest brewpub opens: Lee's Retreat at Blue & Gray Brewing. http://is.gd/dd9nK
  • 2010.07.02
    Reflect upon 2 July 1776: the day that the Continental Congress actually voted for independence: http://bit.ly/17RFY6
  • 2010.07.02
    Passion + money + good management + small returns. Many want to start a brewery. Few invest. http://ff.im/-msN2z
  • 2010.07.02
    How did Twitter's #FollowFriday begin? Here, from http://twitter.com/Micah Baldwin: http://bit.ly/bNCV8T

  • Cooking liquid
  • 2010.07.02
    Other than Budweiser commercials during the World Cup , AB-InBev #beer has scant presence in Africa. http://bit.ly/dl6jRl
  • 2010.07.02
    #FollowFriday. Washington DC area beer folk. #DCbrews: @whatsbilldoing @VTjawo @Lagerheads @beerspotter @dcbrau @seanldalton @HurraBier @NoVA_Beer @RickG_VA @hopsock @beltwaybeer
  • 2010.07.01
    Diageo [big international drinks conglomerate] uses Scotch whisky to plug gap in pensions. http://nyti.ms/ber5cD
  • 2010.07.01
    Beer Education: Article on Anton Dreher, "forgotten father of [European] continental industrial brewing." From 1867: http://bit.ly/a01SoK
  • 2010.07.01
    Book Review: 500 Beers By Zak Avery: http://bit.ly/c6RnkL
  • 2010.07.01
    "Environmentally driven establishment w/ focus on American craft beer & American contemporary dining.” Meridan Pint opens in Washington, D.C. http://bit.ly/bdDHLm
  • 2010.07.01
    Gold is the new black? AB InBev launches a golden-hued beer called Stella Artois Black. http://bit.ly/cG3Yep

  • Rosé and face
  • 2010.06.30
    Why a good vintage for red wine is not necessarily good for rosé. 2009 French "vintage of the century" not so for rosé. http://bit.ly/9TG0CC

  • 2010.06.30
    Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewery, to star in Discovery Channel beer program. http://bit.ly/drW9ir
  • 2010.06.30
    More good Virginia brewery news: Wolf Hills Brewing expands to meet demand. http://is.gd/d93kn
  • 2010.06.30
    NY Times reviews US pale ales. Maryland's Flying Dog takes top honors. http://bit.ly/abnsxe
  • 2010.06.30
    Maryland and Virginia breweries area among those that will send cask-conditioned ales to the Great British Beer festival in London in August to compete in the American Beer Draught Championship. http://bit.ly/da5RdU
  • Flying Dog +
  • 2010.06.30
    The end of an era: the last batch of Wild Goose Oatmeal Porter. A mid-Atlantic beer since the early 1990s: http://bit.ly/cYBacd
  • 2010.06.29
    Zymurgy Magazine announces the results of its poll: "Best Commercial Beers in America". http://bit.ly/cR3GGc
  • 2010.06.29
    Pabst sold; "hipsters" nonchalant. http://bit.ly/dtWvbw

  • Cizauskas & The Naked Pint
  • 2010.06.29
    Why are women better at tasting beer than men? http://bit.ly/9yAnfx
  • 2010.06.28
    0-0 game World Cup beer wager: UK's Prime Minister Cameron gives US President Obama a case of Hobgoblin; Obama gives him a case of Goose Island. http://bit.ly/a22kFe
  • 2010.06.28
    ASCAP campaigns to shut down Creative Commons and Electronic Frontier Foundation. http://bit.ly/cMDp7l
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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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