Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 34

Week 34
22 August 2010 - 28 August 2010

• 2010.08.28
  Mayan 2012 prediction? Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs.' http://bit.ly/bNQS6W
• 2010.08.28
  From beernews.org, more analysis of the 11.9% growth of US 'craft' beer during the first 6 months of 2010: http://bit.ly/bnlNWw
• 2010.08.28
  If pumpkins aren't yet in season, how can 'pumpkin' beer already be on the shelves? A Baltimore, Maryland brewer waits for the harvest. http://bit.ly/9DcuHo


• 2010.08.28
  Virginia brewery Starr Hill stars on cable network's 'Top Chef'. http://fb.me/F77Zhcds
• 2010.08.27
  Howard Mandel's Twitter campaign '#jazzlives' is one year old and thriving. http://goo.gl/fb/npsdE
• 2010.08.27
  Stevie Ray Vaughan: the blues guitar legend died 20 years ago today. http://bit.ly/9uPzzO
• 2010.08.26
  Pending national legislation that would limit interstate beer and wine distribution: http://bit.ly/9leet8


• 2010.08.26
  The 1st Mid-Atlantic Red Fruit Festival (aka Tomato) announced for 24 September in Washington, D.C. http://bit.ly/cNCjOE
• 2010.08.25
  The City of Philadelphia proposes a license and fee for bloggers. http://bit.ly/90bg7b
• 2010.08.25
  Chablis: the gold standard of unoaked chardonnay. http://bit.ly/bClrBI
• 2010.08.25
  The father of US 'craft' beer comes out of retirement. The story of Jack McAuliffe and New Albion, 34 years later: http://bit.ly/alrYg6
• 2010.08.24
  Oscar Wong, owner of Asheville, North Carolina's Highland Brewing Company to be first recipient of Savannah Craft Brew Fest Craft Brew Pioneer Award. http://bit.ly/cOB4p4 [pdf]
• 2010.08.24
  "Malt vinegar was beer once, and it seems to remember." -Garret Oliver, of Brooklyn Brewing, on pairing French fries & English bitter. Quote via Orr Schtull of Washington City Paper.
• 2010.08.24
  "The use of modern techniques & equipment to ensure quality beer doesn't mean the beer isn't a worthy product." An essay on technology by an English brewer: http://bit.ly/cffs8t
• 2010.08.23
  Why Twitter can work for your business, and how it can. A primer. http://bit.ly/94GfZH
• 2010.08.23
  How do you pronounce "Nevada?" You're probably wrong! http://su.pr/22TeMz


• 2010.08.23
  Once 26% of the US beer market, the mighty Budweiser beer has fallen to 9.3% share, and is still falling. http://bit.ly/aYgVOF
• 2010.08.23
  Once 26% of the US beer market, the mighty Budweiser beer has fallen to 9.3% share, and is still falling. http://bit.ly/aYgVOF

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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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