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Apr
28
Apr
T-Shirts You May NOT Wish to be Wearing if the Lights Behind You Go On
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in BeerIf you dare to wear, can be bought at foulmouthfish.com
25
Apr
The Professor likes to highlight competitions with a special twist. And he knows more than a few hopheads. Announcement… GEBL Hop Madness IPA Bracket Challenge, BJCP/WAHA Competition – This is a Head-to-Head competition with 4 brackets (English IPA14a, American IPA 14b Imperial IPA 14c and Experimental IPA 23a.). The winner of each bracket will advance [...]
24
Apr
Written by Jeff Bean One great thing about beer is that it offers incredible value for money. Compared to wine or spirits, tasting the best the world has to offer beer-wise is pretty cheap. Retail prices of the most expensive beers seldom exceed $20, and beers in the $30-50 range are exceedingly rare. Some beers, [...]
22
Apr
Although this was written by the food forum staff dailygazette.com out of Schenectady, NY, Brew Day will be everywhere. In Nashville they will brew in the back parking lot of the Nashville Boscos. In Pensacola they will be brewing American Wheat Beer on The Weaver Brewing System, and another batch on the mini Weaver. We [...]
21
Apr
What Do Beer and Pot Have in Common? Everything on 4/20
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in BeerWritten by Jonathan Shikes for Denver Westword Blogs What do beer and pot have in common? Not much. In fact, there are plenty of smokers who hate beer drinkers and plenty of imbibers who scorn pot heads. But on 4/20, maybe we can all just get a long. Craft breweries seem to think it can [...]
21
Apr
The Professor found this rather odd and interesting method for estimating the bitterness of hops in an old edition of Zymurgy… Written by Patrick D’Luzansky The old standard method to estimate alpha-acid percentage is to make an educated guess and then modify the guess as you gain brewing experience with your hops. Because homegrown hops [...]
21
Apr
Written by Jason Gelt for thisisbrandx.com Boxed alcoholic beverages tend to receive a gimlet eye from discerning drinkers. Wines purveyed from cardboard boxes go south quicker than their bottled brethren and often come from vintners with low marks from connoisseurs. But what about boxed beer? Why hasn’t the populist sudsy brew, already an everyman’s refreshment, [...]
18
Apr
The 6th annual Hogtown Brew-Off will be held at the Paramount Plaza in Gainesville, Florida on May 14th and 15th, with competition- related festivities taking place on the 16th as well. After some judging on Friday the 14th there will be a reservation- only beer dinner even. This will be followed by a walking pub [...]
17
Apr
An Appeal for Beer, Obama has Brewers Hopping in Maine
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in BeerMany of them are providing samples for a gift basket of craft brews that they hope end up in the presidential fridge. Written by John Richardson For The Portland Press Herald and mainetoday.com PORTLAND — President Obama had better make some room in the White House fridge. Maine brewers and beer merchant Bill Milliken plan [...]
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