Ken Carman is a BJCP judge; homebrewer since 1979, club member at Escambia Bay and Music City Homebrewers, who has been interviewing professional brewers all over the east coast for over 10 years. Written by Ken Carman The Terminal Brewhouse 6 E 14th St Chattanooga, TN 37408 (423) 752-8090 I was on tour, in the [...]
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Brewers Association Releases 2009 Top 50 Breweries Lists
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in BeerBoulder, CO • April 14, 2010—The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries, released its annual lists reporting the top 50 brewing companies in the country, based on 2009 beer sales volume. The two lists are the Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies, comprising small and independent craft brewers,¹ and [...]
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Apr
Germany’s Beer Gardens: Hours, Etiquette, and Ordering your Drinks
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in BeerImage courtesy cdis.missouri.edu Written by Andrea Kirkby for Suite 101.com One of the great pleasures of traveling in Germany is drinking the local beer, particularly in summer when the beer gardens are open. But to make the most of your experience you do need to know the ropes; beer halls don’t work quite like pubs. [...]
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Apr
Courtesy the BBC Carlsberg workers in Copenhagen have gone on strike against new rules that restrict the amount of free beer they can consume during their working day. Regulations brought in at the start of the month stipulate that workers are no longer allowed beer throughout the day, and can now only drink at lunchtime. [...]
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Apr
Ye Olde Scribe’s Almost As Intentionally Sour As Scribe Beer Report’
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in Beer“For those who are big suckers for da Gueuze pucker.” Written by Ye Olde Scribe Egads! Scribe is in love. Did someone brew a beer as a portrait of YOS? As any of his beloved readers might say, Scribe’s writings are humorously sour and satirically pungent and use tongue tangy parody to grow more than [...]
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Apr
Written by Ken Carman with plenty of assistance from Pat Johnson No, this is not a story of some college frat party and chugging pitchers. This is the story of a man who loves beer, loves boats and how he has been able to use both of these to help his homebrew club and his [...]
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Apr
Without intent, I have collected well over 1,000 beer bottles since the early 70s. When something finally had to be done about the cheap paneling in this old modular, I had a choice. Tear down the walls while, oh, so carefully, replacing the often rotted 1X3s. Or: cover them with… The Bottle Collection. Image courtesy [...]
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Apr
Written by Beersage for beernews.org North Yorkshire, England) – Samuel Smith Yorkshire Stingo, a beer of historic proportions, will ship to the U.S. through Merchant du Vin later this year. According to the back label pictured below, the beer is billed to have a rather interesting flavor profile: “fruit, raisin, treacle toffee, Christmas pudding and [...]
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Apr
Ken Carman is a BJCP judge; homebrewer since 1979, club member at Escambia Bay and Music City Homebrewers, who has been interviewing professional brewers all over the east coast for over 10 years. The Topic: Beer and Politics SUCK Written by Ken Carman I was immediately suspicious. Half awake; yet unable to sleep, I sat [...]
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Apr
Picture blow up/simulated caning and beer courtesy Wiki. Malaysian flag: flags of.net (Sometimes it really is great to live in a more civilized country- Prof. GA) KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 1, 2010 (Reuters) — Malaysia has dropped a caning sentence imposed on a woman for drinking beer, a case that has raised concerns of intolerance in [...]
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