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

July 3rd, 2008

This Bud shouldn’t leave you blue

I’ve not been inclined to blog about one of the biggest bits of beer news around, the attempted purchase of Anheuser-Busch by InBev. It’s big news, it’s beer news, and this is a beer blog.
Then I read this article in the Economist and the reason hit me. The loss of Bud to a foreign company […]

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June 27th, 2008

The art of beer

For those of you who like beer and have a creative bent, Tröegs brewery has the perfect contest for you. The challenge - beer bottle cap art. Basically, you have to come up with artwork which utilizes a Tröegs bottle cap and submit it to the brewery by July 1. Now, if that seems short […]

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June 26th, 2008

A different approach to recycling

Back when I was a kid, I didn’t drink beer but I did collect beer cans. As my wife can tell you, I still have some of them, which annoys her to no end. Unfortunately, at this point they’ve not been treated very well, and so most of them are in pretty bad condition.
Now, I […]

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June 20th, 2008

Beer versus Weed, I’ll pick beer

Here’s a way to waste some time at work today, four minutes and nine seconds to be specific.

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June 18th, 2008

The Death of British Lager

Last week I spent some time in London with a friend and, needless to say, we enjoyed ourselves a very nice pub crawl or two. Now, after years of drinking lager beers in Germany I’ve become accustomed to ales here in the US, so I am perfectly happy with either (most of the time, anyway). […]

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June 11th, 2008

Beer and a haircut, two bits

I was struck by this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday, particularly the following photo caption:
At Shaving Grace in Exton, barber Michael Sgarra shaves Brendan Steiger. The shop has beer on tap and a pool table besides haircuts and shaves.
At my old barbershop they turned the place into a month-long Christmas party in December, which […]

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June 5th, 2008

Jerry Brigitte K … oh, I give up

For anyone who cares, I did in fact crack open my bottle of La JBK from Kohler Rehm, and it’s neither dark nor a Maibock. To be honest, I have no idea what it was, but it was reasonably tasty, if a little on the sweet side.
I still have no idea what the name […]

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June 4th, 2008

Beer and asparagus, perfect together

Yesterday I wrote about Vogelbräu, a brewpub in Karlsruhe Germany. I had neglected to mention that, not only was it an evening with perfect biergarten weather it was asparagus season, as you can see from the above photo.
Now, for those of us who grew up with green asparagus, those funny looking white things in […]

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June 3rd, 2008

A bird’s eye on Karlsruhe beers

Vogelbräu is a brewpub on the outskirt’s of Karlsruhe’s city center. Being the selfless fellow I am, I checked it out for you in the lovely (and surprisingly large) beergarden which is hidden in the interior court of the brewpub building. The pils was delicious, but not in the classic sense. When I think of […]

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June 2nd, 2008

A pet peeve of mine

Kelly’s post from the other day reminded me of a pet peeve of mine - the age check on beer and brewing sites.
Now, I know this is all a result of silly lawsuits alleging that breweries market to the underage. Let’s face it, many of the underage are dying to have a beer whether […]

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