Clamps & Gaskets: News Roundup for Weeks 30/31/32, 2012

A bi-weekly*, non-comprehensive, roundup
of news of beer and other things.

Weeks 30/31/32
22 July - 11 August 2012

• 2012.08.11
  Sake 'micro'-brewery to open in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2013, only the 4th in the U.S. Via BlueRidgeNow.com.
  
  
• 2012.08.11
  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney chooses Rep. Paul Ryan to be his Vice-Presidential running mate. Via Washington Post.
  
  
  
• 2012.08.10
  Tim Hillman: A Gentleman of Maryland Beer. Via YFGF.
  
  
• 2012.08.10
  New Maryland brewery, Ruhlman (Farmhouse) Brewery, opens in Carroll County. Via "The Original" Beer in Baltimore.
  
  
• 2012.08.09
  Washington, D.C. and Maryland good beer fans lend a helping hand to Bethesda, Maryland, publican Greg Hourigan. Via YFGF.
  
  
  
• 2012.08.09
  Hugh Sisson of Heavy Seas Brewing discusses 'gypsy brewers.' They respond. Via Beer Pulse.
  
  
• 2012.08.08
  Washington DC's newest brewery, 3 Stars Brewing debuts its beers. Via Washington Post.
  
  
• 2012.08.08
  The story of National Premium's rebirth. Via Baltimore City Paper.
  
  
• 2012.08.08
  How to open a beer bottle with a dollar bill (and other valuable techniques). Via Bar Tricks.
  
  
• 2012.08.07
  Marvin Hamlisch, Broadway composer, dies at 68. Via New York Times.
  
  
• 2012.08.08
  Monocacy Brewing opens in Frederick, Maryland. Via WTOP Radio.
  
  
• 2012.08.06
  Smartmouth Brewing Company announces plans to open in Norfolk, Virginia. Via Inside Business.
  
  
• 2012.08.06
  After voyage of 324 million miles, Rover Curiosity touches down on Mars, on schedule at 1:32am EDT. Via Washington Post.
  
  
• 2012.08.04
  The number of 'farmers markets' in the U.S. increased 9.6% in past year. Now, 7,864 registered markets. (In 1994, there were 1,744.) Via Huffington Post.
  
  
• 2012.08.03
  Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell increases state support of in-state wineries. Via WVIR-TV.
  
  
• 2012.08.03
  In Cannes, France: a winery at ... a monastery. Via MarketPlace.org.
  
  
• 2012.08.02
  August 2nd, 2012: International IPA Day.
  
  
  
• 2012.07.29
  Birthday in beer: Garrett Oliver, author, brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery. Via Brookston Beer Bulletin.
  
  
• 2012.07.27
  The official beer of the London Olympics will be ... Heineken. Via Brewers' Guardian.
  
  
• 2012.07.25
  Birthday in Beer: Paul Gatza, the director of the U.S. (small) Brewers Association.

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• * YFGF is several weeks behind in its updates for Clamps & Gaskets. While the column becomes 'current', readers can expect several consecutive Mondays of 3-week summaries.
• 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 twitter.com/cizauskas.
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