Clamps & Gaskets: News Roundup for Weeks 6/7, 2014.

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

Weeks 6/7
2 February 2014 - 15 February 2014

• 2014.02.14
  The dramatically dropping price of French Champagne in the U.K., and its effects on production and image. Via Off Licence News.


• 2014.02.08
  A recap of recent studies on health benefits of beer and of the risks of overindulgence. Via Craft Beer.


• 2014.02.07
  Birthday in beer. John Hickenlooper, the Governor of Colorado, and a craft beer pioneer. Before he was Governor, before he was mayor of Denver, Hickenlooper opened the city's first brewpub, Wynkoop Brewing. Via Wikipedia.


• 2014.02.07
  The good, the bad, and the reality of Anheuser-Busch Inbev's purchase of Long Island, New York, 'craft' brewery, Blue Point. Via Brew York. More about the purchase, via Brewbound.




• 2014.02.07
  How the perception of quality of cloudy vs. 'clear' beer has evolved over the last century. Via Boak and Bailey.


• 2014.02.06
  Fred Bueltmann, owner of New Holland Brewing, takes umbrage with Bob Dylan's advertisement for Chrysler that can be thought to insult American craft beer. Via MLive.


• 2014.02.06
  Virginia's new governor Terry McAuliffe improves the alcoholic beverage selection at the Governor's mansion, including craft beer, at his own expense. Via Washington Post.




• 2014.02.05
  The United States Association of Cider Makers elects a new Board of Directors, including Charlotte Shelton of Virginia's Albemarle Cider Works. Via Brewbound.


• 2014.02.05
  Malt dust is a potential explosion hazard in breweries and malthouses. Bairds Malt in U.K. suffers a malt-dust explosion; employee injured. Via Essex Chronicle.

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• Clamps and Gaskets is a (usually) bi-weekly wrap-up of stories on beer (or wine, or whisky); although some are not. But all are brief, and many are re-posts from twitter.com/cizauskas.
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