Profiled by Ken Carman This is one of the most interesting lighter beers I’m had that is not dominated by spices, or darker malts, or hops. Sweetwater’s blurb claims it was a Pilsner that “blew a tire” and wound up being finished up with an ale yeast. The nose is lager yeast, but there;s something [...]
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May
Reported by Ken Carman for Professor Goodales Many thanks to Tom Henderson for most of these photos Millie and I hadn’t been in Charlotte since 1986. Millie’s brother, and his wife, moved to Charlotte quite a few years back and, more important, they’re both beer lovers. Chris would have been in high school back when [...]
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May
Great news from Canada who has always been a bit ahead of us, except maybe as of late… PGA Refined palates, Canucks playoff run helping local beer industry heat up otherwise cool spring Written by Andrew A. Duffy for timescolumnist.com It’s nearly mid May, yet the skies are dull and threaten rain, there’s tougher rules [...]
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May
Reported by Ken Carman for Professor Goodales Boscos parking lot: in back. Tents? You can see the wind blowing. The brewers and their tents are leaning to the left with the wind. You almost expect sand to start filling the portrait. Has Lawrence of Brew-rabia delivered himself, via camel to Nashville and ordered his slaves [...]
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May
Written by Doug Brumley for fledglingbrewer.com Posted by Ken Carman for PGA readers A bill designed to limit to three the number of Tennessee breweries manufacturing high-alcohol beer is currently making its way through state Senate committees. Originally drafted to ease the residential requirements for obtaining a retail liquor store license in Tennessee, the bill’s [...]
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May
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. There are [...]
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May
Czech Town Offers History, Castle, Beer and Bears
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in Front PageTourists can enjoy celebrations of a 400th anniversary. Written by Shirley O’Bryan Smith for AP CESKY KRUMLOV, Czech Republic — Centuries of history have earned this Czech town a designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s a Bohemian beauty, tucked into a horseshoe bend on the Vltava River, with interesting architecture, an enormous [...]
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May
Move to Los Angeles Could Tap Pabst’s Character
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in Front PageSome consider it “swill,” some “hip.”-The Professor Written by Julie Wernau for The Chicago Tribune Pabst Blue Ribbon: the breakfast of Chicago hipsters. Old Style: beer of the Chicago Cubs. Schlitz: “The beer that made Milwaukee famous.”
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May
The Great Canned vs Bottled Beer Debate 2.0: Craft Brewing Weighs In
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in Front PageThis post is part of a blogging series by economics students at the Presidio Graduate School’s MBA program. You can follow along here. Written by Millie Milliken for triplepundit.com In the early part of the 20th Century, beer drinkers had only two choices when it came to quenching their thirst for a delicious frothy beverage: [...]
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May
Written by Jim Lundstrom for scenenewspaper.com (Wisconsin) Mud Slinger, a tasty nut brown from Redhook. Soft and malty and just on the edge of darkness. Excellent session beer. Speaking of soft and malty, I picked up a four pack of an Austrian dunkel that had been discounted, Hirter Morchl, a dark lager made by the [...]
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