Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 32

Week 32
8 August 2010 - 14 August 2010

• 2010.08.14
  How a 'craft' brewery treats its waste water. http://bit.ly/delVfU


• 2010.08.14
  The website for DC Beer Week 2010 [20-28 August] is 'live' with a new logo: http://dcbeerweek.net/
• 2010.08.14
  Morbid but interesting. What happens to your Twitter account when you die? http://su.pr/1H9oc8
• 2010.08.14
  'Gypsy' brewing, and food flavors in beer: Brian Strumke of Maryland's Stillwater Ales, and Greg Engert of Churchkey D.C. Via National Public Radio's Weekend Edition: http://ff.im/-pelGB
• 2010.08.13
  The Great American Beer Festival has sold out, five weeks in advance. http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com


• 2010.08.13
  Central Virginia hop industry takes root; local breweries purchasing. http://bit.ly/c3oyeP
• 2010.08.12
  Baltimore Beer Week (7-17 October) adds a third festival: http://bit.ly/d5ribt
• 2010.08.12
  Overall profits for beer conglomerate Anheuser-Busch InBev rise overall in the 2nd quarter 2010, but slump in the US. http://on.wsj.com/ddn5yt
• 2010.08.12
  ‘Craft’ beer & existentialism: an identity crisis? Beer author Stan Hieronymous asks: “What the heck is craft beer anyway?” http://bit.ly/cjnZxq
• 2010.08.10
  Google's internal debate over privacy: http://bit.ly/cXzLIN
• 2010.08.10
  Beer Mapping.com is now available in the Android Marketplace. http://beermapping.com/apps/
• 2010.08.09
  Why are there so few 'craft' beer pilsners? It's due to cost, time, and difficulty. http://bit.ly/918IZ1
• 2010.08.09
  'Meatless Monday' gets a boost from a European study: Cut back on meat to maintain weight. http://bit.ly/9nt2Wo
• 2010.08.08
  Google vs. net neutrality. Analysis: maybe not evil, but wrong. http://j.mp/bixKmf
• 2010.08.08
  BeerInBaltimore blog debunks the false claim that President Jimmy Carter deregulated the US brewing industry in 1979. http://bit.ly/afNWS1


• 2010.08.08
  Meillard reactions, sugar caramelization, protein de-naturing: food science for geeks. Via National Public Radio's Science Friday: http://bit.ly/a0uxOI

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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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