Clamps and Gaskets: Week 16

Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories that I 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 many are re-posts from my Twitter account: twitter.com/cizauskas.

This is Week 16:
19 April - 25 April 2009

• 2009.04.24
  On NPR Science Friday, news of genetically modified beer yeast to improve flocculation. http://tinyurl.com/cuxfnb


• 2009.04.23
  Are you organizing a (Your City's Name Here) Beer Week? Read this post-mortem about why Philly Beer Week worked. http://tinyurl.com/dhn5m3


• 2009.04.23
  "I Am A Craft Brewer" video from the Craft Brewers Conference. Posted via Greg Koch of Stone Brewing @StoneGreg: http://sn.im/gk8k6


• 2009.04.23
  Brewers Association Achievement Award Winners. Bravo! http://tinyurl.com/cb2kuo. Steve Parkes -Maryland's 1st craft brewer (Oxford Brew,1988), now of the American Brewers Guild & Otter Creek/Wolavers Brewing- received the 2009 Russell Schehrer Innovation award.


• 2009.04.23
  Export volumes of Scotch whisky fell 2% in 2008. http://tinyurl.com/cs94lp


• 2009.04.23
  More bad news for Britain's pub culture: 2% increase in the beer duty. Average pint to cost US $5.10. http://tinyurl.com/dhtbzb


• 2009.04.23
  Jay Brooks @brookston assumes Bottoms Up blog, in honor of deceased San Francisco beer writer Bill Brand. http://tinyurl.com/cejm5r


• 2009.04.23
  via @beersage an updated list of 200+ breweries on Twitter: http://is.gd/tudA. New in DC/MD/VA is Capitol City Brewing Company @CapCityBrewers. Still no Clipper City.


• 2009.04.22
  On 20th anniversary of Delerium Tremens, Huyghe boss Alain De Laet says other Belgian brewers are colleagues not rivals. http://bit.ly/8eUK5


• 2009.04.22
  Earth Day note: California's Concannon Winery (oldest continuously operating in US) and its sustainable practices. http://bit.ly/eY9t1


• 2009.04.22
  BeerNet.com reviews Beer Wars Movie, noting the HUGE impact of unsung hero: Henry King. http://bit.ly/Ad0lC.


• 2009.04.22
  On Earth Day, news from Facebook that Goose Island Brewery in Chicago, IL buys 100% of their power wind-generated. http://bit.ly/3DVZp


• 2009.04.21
  NotionsCapitol blog selects Beer For a Day column by Hop Talk as a 'Blog with a Bite'. http://bit.ly/q9i0v


• 2009.04.21
  via @Brookston: a blog devoted entirely to frites, called ... Frites. http://bit.ly/iWHqf


• 2009.04.21
  Real (good) potato salad: NO mayo, just potatoes, frisee, truffle butter, o/v. http://twitpic.com/3phq6. Lunch at Willow in Arlington, Va.


• 2009.04.19
  A brewpub grows in Falls Church, Virginia. http://twitpic.com/3m6md A sign of upcoming Mad Fox brewpub, to open November 2009.


• 2009.04.19
  Belgium to investigate AB InBev over "abusing its dominant position" in delaying payments 120 days to suppliers. http://bit.ly/BEEoR


• 2009.04.19
  Beer sales in Scotland lowest since 1940s. All UK Beer sales fall 8.3% in 2008 4th quarter, most since 1997. http://bit.ly/B4gN9



• 2009.04.19
  The Death of Mild Ale and Porter? http://bit.ly/bLG84 .... But long live Mild Ale! http://tinyurl.com/datvr3: May is Mild Ale Month.
  

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