Archive for Alaskan
Top 10 Gift ideas to purchase for a Beer Lover (part 3 of 3)
As the snow began to fall yesterday (in New England), I assumed that it would be a quick dusting and today the grass would still be green. Boy was I wrong. With the couple of hours of rain before the snow, as it got colder and colder the snow started sticking to everything. Today, the [...]
BEER EVENT: GABF 2009 – Pints for Prostate Tasting
Exclusive Event During the GABF Supports Pints for Prostates Campaign All About Beer Magazine, in cooperation with BeerAdvocate.com, will present a premier tasting of rare and exotic beers on Sept. 25th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Wynkoop Brewery in Denver to benefit the Pints for Prostates campaign. The inaugural Denver Rare Beer Tasting [...]
Mash Filter Press and New Release info from Alaskan Brewing Company
Here’s an interesting story about Alaskan Brewing Company. This was posted on the fullpint.com 2Beerguys.com Review for Alaskan Brewing Company: – Amber Alt Ale, Score: 16 of 30, link to review Alaskan Brewing – A New Release and Brewhouse Innovation Alaskan Brewing Company made US craft brewing history this year with the installation of a [...]
Top 50 breweries in 2008
The Brewers Association will be releasing their complete analysis of statistics next week in Boston, but here’s a sneak peak at the top Craft Breweries and top Overall Breweries for 2008. New England was represented by the following … Top Craft: 1 Boston Beer Co. 10 Magic Hat Brewing Co. 12 Harpoon Brewery 16 Shipyard [...]
MSN Trip Recommendations – Thoughts?
This article appeared on MSN a few weeks ago. It is really hard to make a short list of places that are worth traveling too. I can think of a few that are missing, but it’s a pretty good start … ( Stone Brewery – Simply Amazing place. It’s got to be the best in [...]
National News from the Brewers Association
Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List Boulder, Colo. • April 7, 2008 – The Brewers Association, which tabulates industry growth data, announced its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies. Released are both a Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies¹ list and a list of the Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies. Statistics are based [...]
U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage
U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage © Business Wire 2007 – 2007-12-08 00:40:32 – Participants in the Brewers Association’s (BA) Export Development Program (EDP) recently won a combined 30 medals from the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival and the European Beer Star Competition. EDP is an initiative created to increase the international recognition of [...]
Beer Holiday?
This was a very merry beer holiday… Did you get what you want? 2006 was the year of sharing and giving beer gifts. For me, this was a crazy beer year. With gift purchases made from Bear Republic, Redhook, and Alaska Brewing company for family and friends. It was nail biting right down to the [...]
Say it ain’t so
Beer was the reason the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. It’s clear from the Mayflower’s log that the crew didn’t want to waste beer looking for a better site. The log goes on to state that the passengers were hasted ashore and made to drink water that the seamen might have the more beer. (Note: [...]
Tom, where’s my beer :)
It was the accepted practice in Babylonia 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which eventually came to be [...]
