The Washington Post ran a clever piece they called beer madness, which pitted 32 American beers against one another in a blind tasting test. That’s not so unusual, what is unusual is that they ran the tests in pairs, creating a “bracket” of beer contests. The eventual winner was somewhat surprising to me - Brooklyn […]
Interesting, one has to wonder whether Magic Hat Brewing Company’s announced acquisition of Pyramid Brewery is the start of consolidation in the microbrew industry or just a blip on the radar. It seems to me that increasing costs (including hops, barley, and oil) combined with a slowing economy might make some of the less profitable […]
Looking for an event for the weekend? Pennsylvania’s own Weyerbacher is having a tasting today from 12:00-3:00 according the Beer Advocate events calendar.
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Here’s some beer-related humor for a snowy Friday:
The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand, and even electronically.
This virus is called Weary Overload Recreational Killer (WORK). If you receive WORK from your boss, any of your colleagues, or anyone else […]
Some time ago I was “tagged” by Heather at http://www.acreativejournal.com/. I haven’t responded because of outages and, well, because sometimes that happens. Apparently I’m supposed to list seven odd things about myself, so I’ll try keep this beer-related.
1. I didn’t really drink beer until I was living in Germany
2. When I did start drinking beer, […]
I’ve been reading more about the increasing shortage of barley, largely due to the turn towards biofuels. I’ve long wondered whether this whole ethanol nonsense makes sense, particularly given that we’ve made very little effort to reduce consumption. That said, this article from der Spiegel (sort of the German version of Time) suggests that brewers’ […]
I’ve been mulling for some time what kind of beer to drink on New Year’s Eve, and I’ve settled on two. Interestingly enough, according to this article beer is now the drink of choice for New Year’s Eve over wine and spirits.
The first is a Belgian Ale, perhaps maybe even a nice flavorful triple. Why? […]
So, while travelling my way across Europe I ran across the following in the Financial Times:
SABMiller and Molson Coors on Tuesday agreed to merge their US brewing operations to create a rival to market leader Anheuser-Busch.
When I considered how this might impact me, I came to the inescapable conclusion that it wouldn’t. Which has […]
One important detail about the Oktoberfest is the beer tents. The most important thing to know about that is that only Munich breweries may have a tent at the Oktoberfest. That said, there are in fact wine and champagne tents, which are surprisingly popular, as well as smaller “schnapps” tents serving up eau de vie […]
Greetings, and welcome to the new beer blog here at b5. Writing these intros, I always have to think to myself, why does the world need another beer blog? So I’ll tell you what I’ve come up with, and if you agree feel free to come back and check it out on a regular […]
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Written by J. Christopher Erb [email], and Kelly Phillips Erb [email] for b5media.
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