It’s Spelled “BRAGGOT,” Mr. and Mrs. Moron!
They didn’t… MEAD …to do it!
Beer Beats Out Wine as Americans’ Booze of Choice
Written by Tiffany Hsu for latimes.com
Score one for beer. The beverage is the favorite alcoholic drink among Americans, more popular than wine and liquor.
A new report from pollster Gallup found that 39% of U.S. drinkers prefer beer, while 35% favor wine. Less than a quarter list liquor as their top choice.
The majority of men go for beers, as do the biggest portion of drinkers under age 54 and those from the Midwest. But women, East Coast residents and older Americans all lean toward wine.
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How Many Times Have You Been Asked This, Beer Geeks?
Note: also, generally… lager is fermented at lower temps/ale higher.- PGA
Ice Cream and BEER!
Brew Biz: Werts and All
Written by Ken Carman for Professorgoodales.net
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.
Everyone has their own personal beer story. This is mine.
The picture above is of Bill Newman who started one of the first micros in upstate NY: Albany. I was into beer long before that, but was keyed into the start of craft beer and was visiting relatives: so we stopped for a visit. Newman Brewing is gone now: at the end Matt Brewing/Saranac brewed their beer. Equipment and having space is a pricey affair, so Bill decided to vend out. He chose probably the best, if not one of the best, companies to brew with… especially at the time where some breweries were giving their vendors “whatever’s closest to what they asked for we’ve already brewed.”
That’s a quote from a brewery tour in the early 90s, just south of Cinci. I had no respect for that brewer after that, and felt bad for their customers.
But I got into beer long before that. It started with me hating beer.
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Beer Profile: Halcyon by Thorndike
Profiled by Ken Carman for professorgoodales.net
This is a delight: an English take on an American version of the style. Not quite an Imperial, as claimed: would need a tad more body for that. But very close, so I’ll give it to them.
The nose indicates a typical grapefruit-y, cascade/centennial-isg quaff. Visual is urine light color (sorry) with nice long lasting rocky head with some pillow. Bubbles cling to glass.
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A New White House Facility: A Brewery
Written by David Jackson for USA Today
Obama picture courtesy Alex Brandon, AP
The Obama administration confirmed today it has added a new facility to the White House: A small beer brewery.
Officials discussed the brewery after President Obama told some Iowa residents that he had some of its product stocked aboard the bus he’s using for a three-day tour of the Hawkeye State.
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Brew Biz: Werts and All
This is an archived edition from PGA, featuring some of the best brewed here at The Professor over the years.
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. This edition of Brew Biz was originally published in The Score: a publication of Music City Brewers, two years ago. And republished here at PGA in 2009. It is a review of a fine brewpub in Connecticut.
Written by Ken Carman
Willimantic Brewing
967 Main Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
Phone: 860-423-6777
Brewer and co-owner: David Wollner
Going postal?
Hey, if Willimantic is “going postal” I’m all for stopping by this old post office started in 1909; surrounded by beers brewed to the extreme, and interesting menu entries identified by zip codes and outdated postal cliche’s. Besides, one person’s “outdated cliche…” …a little like saying “I’m repeating my repetition…” is another old man’s nostalgia. And I’m “old,” so it suits me fine.
Butter Popcorn Chemical Linked to Alzheimers
dfw.cbslocal.com: another site who WON’T credit their writers
The culprit here: diacetyl, is also one of the major defects in beer… occasionally acceptable in small quantities in some style, but not many.
NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) – An ingredient used in artificial butter flavoring for popcorn may worsen the effects of an abnormal brain protein that’s been linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
A new study in Chemical Research in Toxicology examined diacetyl (DA), an ingredient used to produce the buttery flavor and smell in microwave popcorn, margarine, candy, baked goods and even pet food. It is also created naturally in fermented drinks like beer, and gives some chardonnay wines its buttery taste, according to the study.
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