Brew Ha Ha: what’s all of the fuss about beer?

November 30th, 2007

More toys for beer lovers

Ok, this is probably cheating, but then again, sometimes a little shortcut isn’t a bad thing. I was looking around for more ideas on gift posts and I ran across the about.com post on gifts for beer lovers. I’m not sure I really understand the appeal of YouGotBeer unless your friend happens to be an […]

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November 30th, 2007

Make that 6000 six-packs to go …

In a brash but enviable crime, the BBC reports that a man managed to cart off over 36,000 pints of Guinness from the Guinness brewery in Dublin. And how did he manage this trick? Why, he drove a truck onto the brewery grounds, hooked up a fully loaded trailer, and then drove back off. They’ve […]

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November 29th, 2007

Double whammy for Australian brewing

My wife also happens to be taxgirl, a blogger with a slightly disturbing interest in (and enjoyment of) all topics dealing with taxation. I try not to hold that against her, and once in a while she comes up with some pretty interesting stuff.
Anyway, since we’ve been inexplicably on the subject of Australia of late, […]

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November 28th, 2007

Getting the bottle open

   
I have many bottle openers, from a host of old openers touting the beers of Philadelphia breweries which no longer exist and a few I’ve picked up on my travels to a somewhat tacky and misogynist opener in the form of a stockinged woman’s leg (it was a gift). One of my favorites is the […]

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November 27th, 2007

A good read

Over the years I’ve received any number of beer-related gifts, and I’ve enjoyed most of them. I’ve always had a weakness for books, however, and beer books are always a great gift.
A search for the word “beer” in Amazon.com’s books section returns 189,962 listings, so that may not be the most efficient way to shop […]

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November 26th, 2007

Saints of the Suds (#2)

As usual on Monday, time for a little Hopfen und Malz.
Our second installment deals with a much better known saint, Brigid of Kildare (451-525). She, like Columbanus is also Irish (Not surprisingly, the Irish seem to hold the lead in this unusual category of saints). She is second only to Patrick in terms of […]

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November 25th, 2007

Gifts for the beer geek

   
It’s coming up on that time of year, and I’m here to help with a list of gifts for the beer geek in your life. Now, it’s not really that hard to come up with gift ideas for your malt beverage-drinking friends, and I’ve already suggested a few possible gifts (glasses and the “lagerhead” come to […]

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November 24th, 2007

A tap for the office

We Macintosh users are always trying to find new uses for our old Macs, so I was particularly intrigued by this one, sent by a friend of mine:

Now I have to figure out how to achieve the same result with my old Mac SE, long slated for conversion to an aquarium.
image from unknown, if you […]

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November 23rd, 2007

Aussie beers

Fortunately for me, I’ve managed to stay home this Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, we didn’t go more than four blocks from our house yesterday, and even that outing was a walk to the neighbors to borrow a pie pan.
Our friend Suzanne, in contrast, is in Australia, and sends this report on Australian beers:
I’ve embarked on […]

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November 20th, 2007

A Thanksgiving beer

On this, the eve of the eve of Thanksgiving, Char over at Weary Parent has listed a host of links of interest to those still considering how best to celebrate Thanksgiving. Not surprisingly, one of the first items on the list is Behind the Vines post on why thanksgiving must include wine.
In fact, as a […]

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