Clamps and Gaskets: Week 14

Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories thatI have not posted at Yours For Good Fermentables.com, but that, nevertheless, I find interesting or germane.

Most are concerned with beer, or wine, or whisk(e)y. Some are not. But all are brief. And most are re-posts from my Twitter account. References preceded by "@" or "via" or "#" are the names of Twitter account holders or discussion threads.

This is Week 14:
5 April - 11 April 2009

• 2009.04.11
  1st batch new Tuppers Hop Pocket goes into kettle on Tuesday at St. George Brewery. http://bit.ly/1oS36X


• 2009.04.11
  Dooming the world in 140 characters or less. Twitter jumps the shark at Brewster Rockit comic strip http://bit.ly/HsQSt


• 2009.04.11
  Beer Institute says beer industry contributed nearly $200 billion to U.S. economy. http://bit.ly/FLipT


• 2009.04.11
  Amusing AND useful "Should I Visit My Local Brewpub?" web app at Draft Magazine.com http://is.gd/rUT3


• 2009.04.11
  President Obama will NOT be throwing out 1st pitch at Nat's home opener on Monday 13 April 2009. http://bit.ly/3rK7PR


• 2009.04.10
  "Beer According to Women" panel at Craft Brewers Conf. Necessary? [Yes: good for business., and more.]http://bit.ly/1r2a


• 2009.04.09
  Your Beer Smells Like Goat – Chowhound post re beers made with Brettanomyces yeast. http://bit.ly/Fgn8


• 2009.04.09
  Evan Rail's Beer Culture noted as Blog with Bite by NotionsCapital.wordpress.com http://bit.ly/31vca


• 2009.04.08
  Gruppo Campari acquires Wild Turkey http://bit.ly/nr8B


• 2009.04.08
  BeerInBaltimore.com was on hold to talk to head of Aramark PR re: beer selection at Oriole Park. Aramark never called back.


• 2009.04.08
  Wall Street Journal reports that cyberspies penetrated the U.S. electrical grid; Homeland Security had no comment. http://tinyurl.com/dbcp84


• 2009.04.08
  ABC News says California wine sales up, but at lower price points.


• 2009.04.08
  The state of ballpark beers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Particularly read the Comments.http://bit.ly/EpT0


• 2009.04.08
  At Musings Over A Pint.com: Virginia breweries featured in [new] International Restaurant Magazine. http://tinyurl.com/dzvq89


• 2009.04.08
  For tonight? Vegan matzo ball soup (Post Punk Kitchen) and Kosher(?) Beer. http://tinyurl.com/c7zqkm


• 2009.04.08
  Dubious anniversary: My one year plus, on Twitter. @Cizauskas joined Twitter on Fri Mar 28 2008. http://bit.ly/whendidistart


• 2009.04.08
  "I just had an exclusive interview with myself. "This is [poppycock]!" Award-winning Mike Walter fired unceremoniously by Washington DC's WUSA TV9. http://tinyurl.com/cnqe4q


• 2009.04.07
  At Brookston Beer Bulletin, an interview with Craig Purser, Pres. of Nat. Beer Wholesalers Assoc: "Beer is NOT recession proof." http://tinyurl.com/cdhwxv


• 2009.04.07
  There will be a full house at SAVOR in DC in May: Brewers Association just declared a sellout! www.beertown.org


• 2009.04.07
  via @FishbowlDC: Washington Post reporter calls out George Will for dissembling on climate change in WaPo columns. http://tinyurl.com/ck9xhf


• 2009.04.07
  Twitter live blogging hashmark #wbw for Wine Blogging Wednesday. The theme for April is fine kosher wine; date is the 15th. www.winebloggingwednesday.org is the sponsoring website but it's not always updated. http://tinyurl.com/wbw56 is this month's host.


• 2009.04.07
  Sweet, sour, salty, bitter. But what are the SIX tastes? From Daniel Bradford of All About Beer: http://tinyurl.com/d8nsyw


• 2009.04.07
  EMI to release digitally remastered Beatles catalogue... on CD. No mp3s ... yet. Tip via @robpegoraro of Washington Post.


• 2009.04.07
  Recession hits 'medical' wine purchases at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. http://tinyurl.com/dd2xve


• 2009.04.07
  @FullSteam in North Carolina ponders local bread, local cheese, local wine, local pride. But wonders why is there such support for anonymous industrial beers? http://tinyurl.com/dea67n


• 2009.04.07
  From the Brewers Association, states ranked by breweries per capita: VT no. 1; VA no. 30; MD no. 32; DC no. 35; last is MS with only 1. http://tinyurl.com/dj6hhy


• 2009.04.07
  From the NY Times: the recession is forcing high-end restaurants to serve less trendy pub fare. The good news is that they have begun to feature beer.http://bit.ly/4ajf


• 2009.04.06
  Advice For Opening Evening for Baltimore Orioles fans via @BeerInBaltimore: best bars near Camden Yards: http://beerinbaltimore.com/?p=307


• 2009.04.06
  Chain restaurants suffering; over-expansion and recession at fault.http://bit.ly/eCGg


• 2009.04.06
  Carolyn Smagalski reviews a new beer cookbook: The Beer Bistro Cookbook.http://bit.ly/15aofS


• 2009.04.06
  How to Drink Beer and Save the World: coming(soon?) to a theater near you?http://bit.ly/3ccNdu

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