Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 27

Week 27
4 July 2010 - 10 July 2010

• 2010.07.10
  Who first used the term "craft beer"? http://bit.ly/cXBeXb
• 2010.07.10
  The double standard of the locavore movement: it ignores good local American wine. http://bit.ly/bckFI
• 2010.07.10
  Housemade "historic cocktails" at Columbia Firehouse Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia: http://flic.kr/p/8hkBQi

• 2010.07.09
  Twenty-six US breweries to sending their beers to London in August, for the Great British Beer Festival. Several sending cask-conditioned ales. http://bit.ly/aA6jvE
• 2010.07.09
  #FollowFriday on Twitter: @dcblogs is an aggregator of blogs in and around Washington D.C., about the area. Also check the website: http://dcblogs.com
• 2010.07.09
  #FollowFriday on Twitter: Spot good beer in Virginia? Use the hashmark #VAbeer. In Maryland: #MDbeer. In DC: #DCBrews.
• 2010.07.08
  July 8th: Catholic feast-day of St. Arnold of Soissons, the patron saint of hop-pickers & brewers.
• 2010.07.08
  The search for a new location for now-closed Clarendon, Virginia beer bar, Dr. Dremo's, hits another snag. http://fcva.me/95tYrJ
• 2010.07.08
  Belgian-soaked Mussel Bar to debut in Bethesda, Maryland. http://bit.ly/bc08F2
• 2010.07.08
  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) promotes bill to reduce excise tax on small breweries. http://ow.ly/1835mU
• 2010.07.08
  New to Twitter? Don't 'get' it? Then, read - Reid's Recommended Reads: Twitter Basics. http://bit.ly/anYCV9
• 2010.07.08
  George F. Will reviews "Daniel Okrent's darkly hilarious 'Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.'" http://bit.ly/clLyu7
• 2010.07.08
  DC Beer Week 2010 announces August 16-22 dates. On Twitter: @DCBeerWeek. Website with more details to follow soon.
• 2010.07.08
  Louisiana brewery Abita to produce unfiltered wheat Pils called S.O.S.(Save Our Shores) to benefit oil spill victims and shore restoration. http://bit.ly/aaqb07
• 2010.07.08
  USDA Dietary Guidelines For Americans 2010 include health benefits for moderate alcohol consumption. http://bit.ly/9oFnKJ
• 2010.07.07
  End of an era: After 40 years, Doctor Demento to end his radio broadcast. Will webcast the program. http://bit.ly/9uliso
• 2010.07.07
  The 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. http://bit.ly/bK1yIi
• 2010.07.07
  The first employees are hired by DC Brau brewery in Washington, D.C.: themselves! Financing and plans are moving forward. http://bit.ly/9qnyvO
• 2010.07.07
  The National Restaurant Association concerned that the Food and Drug Admininstration may begin defining beer styles for soon-to-be required nutritional labels. http://bit.ly/cj4mIx
• 2010.07.07
  Happy Birthday, Gustav! The "musical prophet" of the 20th Century, Gustav Mahler was born today 150 years ago. http://bit.ly/4MpXJ
• 2010.07.06
  Iran's new men's hairstyle guide bans the mullet but deems goatees acceptable. http://slate.me/a4lUVJ
• 2010.07.06
  Fred Anderson, Chicago modern jazz hero, appreciated. http://bit.ly/a0aFaU
• 2010.07.06
  Analysis of the Big 6 beer companies in the UK, all international conglomerates. By beer author Pete Brown: http://bit.ly/aw8tq9

• 2010.07.06
  New technique for low energy wort-boiling announced by SAB/Miller. Details remain confidential. http://bit.ly/dCIRwj
• 2010.07.06
  The Brickskeller in Washington, D.C. to offer "Beer School", beginning July 12th. http://bit.ly/d46Fml
• 2010.07.06
  Craft beer: a term in search of a definition? Essay by beer journalist Andy Crouch: http://bit.ly/a2X9t7
• 2010.07.06
  The German state of Bavaria bans smoking indoors AND under beer tents, and, thus, at Oktoberfest in Munich. http://bit.ly/9k6r9F
• 2010.07.06
  How homebrew has influenced 'craft' beer. The summary of The Session: Beer Blogging Friday. http://bit.ly/cmDYcu
• 2010.07.05
  How Jimmy Carter unwittingly created the "Disruptive Technology" that launched the 'craft' beer revolution. http://bit.ly/dgHika
• 2010.07.05
  The papers of George Washington to be housed at Mount Vernon. http://bit.ly/9FtTT1
• 2010.07.05
  The best beer blog post you've probably never read: The Beer Geek’s Manifesto. http://bit.ly/aNtHHM
• 2010.07.05
  Thomas Jefferson changed the word 'subjects' to 'citizens' in the Declaration of Independence: http://bit.ly/a4KU6C

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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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