April 18th, 2008
How can you not be intrigued by the Dairy State Cheese and Beer Festival, to be held in Kenosha, Wisconsin this Saturday? I love cheese, I love beer, and both together sounds like a Saturday well spent.
The list of breweries is quite interesting with some local brews, a surprising number of European and international brands, […]
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April 17th, 2008
American politics really does impact the world …
According to this article from the BBC, a brewery in Kenya has come out with an inexpensive beer called Senator Keg Beer in the hopes of winning converts from even less expensive (but potentially lethal) home brewed spirits. Perhaps coincidentally, Kenya is the birthplace of US Senator […]
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April 16th, 2008
Back when I first traveled to the Czech Republic the route from my home in Munich went straight through Pilsen, past the Pilsner Urquell brewery. At the time, and for quite some time afterwards, the Pilsner Urquell’s own trip to the market involved fermenting in wooden barrels, which were painstakingly cleaned after each batch of […]
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April 15th, 2008
Some time ago we bought a bread machine, and I made the mistake of telling my wife that if we bought it we also had to use it. I also figured out that it would take about 60 loaves of bread before the thing began to pay off. She has ever since tried her very […]
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April 14th, 2008
The return of Hopfen and Malz
Writing my previous post (Saints of the Suds #3) got me to thinking about the role of beer in our daily lives. It doing a little basic research into the history of beer consumption, there was a time in which beer held a much more prominent place in […]
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April 11th, 2008
I’m in Wilmington NC with the family for the Azalea Festival, and I hear rumors there’s a beer garden this year. According to the Star News Online:
For the first time in more than a decade, an Azalea Festival-sponsored beer garden will be a part of the festival. Beer, wine and karaoke will be available under […]
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April 10th, 2008
The neighborhood was dark, except for the neon glow of the lone beer sign in the window of the bar, touting the glories of Yuengling beer. across from the bar there was a small, modern strip mall, looking so bright as to be almost garish in the darkness of the surrounding houses and factory buildings […]
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April 10th, 2008
This is where I should be doing my blogging.
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April 9th, 2008
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, Tröegs Brewery in Harrisburg PA is teaming up with the local historical society to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
For those who aren’t aware of it, the US had as vibrant and thriving a brewing industry as any country before Prohibition killed […]
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April 8th, 2008
A colleague from b5’s tree hugging family tipped me off to this article on the world’s most expensive beer. The article prattles on about how great it is, but at 2008 Danish Krone (or over $426) a bottle you won’t be reading about it here. Apparently the folks at Jocobsen don’t really want you to […]
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