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Brew Ha Ha: making a fuss about beer

Archive for January 2008

January 21st, 2008

Beer and pretzels

I suppose it was preordained that would eventually become a beer lover, because from early childhood I have been a lover of pretzels. For some reason, beer and pretzels simply go together. There are some crazy theories, but it seems pretty simple to me - pretzels are salty and delicious, making one thirsty for something [...]

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January 19th, 2008

Three beers for the Eagles

Just in time for the playoffs, Real Simple magazine presents a list of beers matched to each individual NFL team. Which is your favorite?
Tags: beer, nfl, philadelphia-eagles, real_simple_magazine

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January 18th, 2008

Brewery battles back

With Christmas over, my thoughts are increasingly turning towards the next holiday involving beer - Mardi Gras. Ok, well, Mardi Gras itself isn’t known for beer as much as it is for drunkenness, but other, similar festivals throughout the year are. In particularly I’m thinking of Fasching and Karneval, in Southern Germany and the area [...]

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January 17th, 2008

A Bud by another name

I had this great idea for a blog, which was to do a side-by-side taste test of American Budweiser and Czech Budweiser (Budvar in Czech). For those who are interested in such things, the German name for the small Bohemian city of Budvar is Budweis, and therefore any beer which came out of Budweis would [...]

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January 16th, 2008

A Dock Street

Last weekend I managed to finally make it to the new incarnation of the Dock Street brewpub, which is pretty pathetic considering I had planned to go when they first opened. For those who don’t know, Dock Street was a Philadelphia-based pioneer of micro-brewed beers back in the 80s, at one point vying with Sam [...]

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January 15th, 2008

A place for your beer

Now that you all have access to a free guide to homebrewing, you need a way to serve all of that wonderful, inexpensive beer you’ve been brewing. What would be better than your own kegerator? Thanks to the folks at Real Beer (who in turn got the info from the Beverage Factory), those of you [...]

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January 14th, 2008

And on the 8th day…

The Friar drummed up another post for Hopfen und Malz, so here it is:
Less than a week ago, several members of my beer club bottled our first two batches of homebrew. I am well aware that when we taste it next month, the results may be less than spectacular. In fact, given the [...]

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January 13th, 2008

Now that’s a greeting

Two (crazy) Australians apparently chose to row a kayak from Australia to New Zealand, a trip which took them a full 62 days. My favorite part? Apparently they were “greeted by a fleet of Maori canoes and a beer each,” upon their arrival in Western New Zealand.
Aside from the fact that after 62 days spent [...]

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January 12th, 2008

More on German beer

As you’ve probably figured out, I enjoy German beers. If you enjoy them as well, you may enjoy the German Beer Institute website as well. It might not surprise you that they can be a little dry, but if you’re looking for information about German beer it’s a good place to start.
Tags: german_beers

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January 11th, 2008

Cooking with beer

It remains my intention to add more recipes for those of you who enjoy cooking with beer, since I’m always up for a new way to enjoy beer. In the meantime, though, beercook offers a host of different recipes, suggestions, and other information about beer and food. The Kölsch Shrimp sounds quite intriguing.
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