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 18:
3 May - 9 May 2009
- 2009.05.09
A Twitter how-to for wineries. This is good advice for breweries or ANY business. http://bit.ly/JzZx - 2009.05.09
Cost of US first-class stamp jumps to 44 cents on Monday. So many stamps of odd denominations in my desk drawer. http://tinyurl.com/6cwb4e - 2009.05.08
Oregon's House passes Honest Pint Act: government sticker for pubs pouring true 16 ounce pints. http://bit.ly/3WRpIJ - 2009.05.08
Internet poll says Asheville #1 East Coast beer town. Portland #1 on West Coast.http://tr.im/kPMe. - 2009.05.08
Export volumes of Scotch whisky fell 2% in 2008. http://tinyurl.com/cs94lp - 2009.05.08
Garrett Oliver presented The Art of Barrel-Aged Beer at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC. http://tinyurl.com/chxx2w - 2009.05.07
A-B InBev profits up 4.7% in 1st quarter of 2009, beating expectations. In North America, however, up by only 0.1%. http://bit.ly/14OTwW - 2009.05.06
CORRECTION: Katz Americas -largest maker of bar coasters in North and South America- has NOT filed for bankruptcy. The parent company has. http://bit.ly/bT1AO. - 2009.05.06
How to price a restaurant winelist - for the rest of us who DON'T have an expense account. Sommelier Mark Slater. http://bit.ly/17QJQe - 2009.05.06
iTweet? Apple is in talks to buy Twitter for $700 million. http://bit.ly/1750OO - 2009.05.05
Scientist behind Dogfish Midas Touch and other historic beer re-creations, Dr. Patrick McGovern, KEEPS his job as scientific director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at University of Penn. Museum. http://bit.ly/6HepX. - 2009.05.05
I found the "I Am a Craft Brewer" video off-putting. Apparently I wasn't the only one http://tinyurl.com/cnmw42 - 2009.05.05
Larry Bell, owner of Bell's Brewery, takes on a big beer distributor .... again. From the Wall Street Journal: http://tinyurl.com/cs7fp4 - 2009.05.05
Fredericksburg, Virginia beer blogger @VADavid get his BaltimoreSun.com props! http://tinyurl.com/cby5f3 - 2009.05.05
VA wineries on Twitter: @notaviva, @Bluemont_Wine, @corkysfarm, @NorthGateWines, and @BreauxVineyards. [Any Maryland wineries?]. Tip Via @DCsWineCountry. - 2009.05.05
Traveling to Washington, DC on 30 May for SAVOR Festival? Here are some suggested DC beer stops. Brewpubs: Capitol City, DC ChopHouse, Gordon-Biersch. Beer bars: Brickskeller, Birreria Paradiso, Granville Moore, Brasserie Beck, Commonwealth, and Rustico (Alexandria, Va.) - 2009.05.05
A Brit likes the US beer scene, dislikes the omnipresent TVs, and is impressed by the cask ale scene in NYC. http://tinyurl.com/c5m3bq - 2009.05.05
How to cite a Tweet in footnotes, research papers, etc. http://tinyurl.com/df4r68 - 2009.05.05
Congratulations to the Washington Post's Food section for winning a James Beard Award: http://bit.ly/8Tyue - 2009.05.04
For a daily Twitter course on wine: Follow @KevinZraly. Today: the 4 grapes of Alsace are Riesling, Gewurtztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris. - 2009.05.04
Why IS a 22 ounce bottle of beer known as a "bomber"? - 2009.05.04
EU to allow rosé wine to be cheaper red-white blend. Many French vintners opposed http://tinyurl.com/djqw9k - 2009.05.04
The Washington Post Sunday Magazine reports that there are 58,345 food and wine-related blogs. But how many beer-related blogs? - 2009.05.03
The Brewer's Association of Maryland has a new website, a new logo, and a Facebook page. A great improvement. http://marylandbeer.org/ - 2009.05.03
Beer Business Daily: overall U.S. beer industry is “hanging in there,” but essentially flat. http://tinyurl.com/ch7gu5 - 2009.05.03
Here's a proposal for a Food Blogger code of Ethics. Might it be applicable to beer bloggers? http://tinyurl.com/cncw8g - 2009.05.03
Rogue Brewing to sponsor seven west coast US fund-raisers for Pints for Prostates in June and July. http://tinyurl.com/dfkzlw
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