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 22:
31 May - 6 June 2009
- 2009.06.06
From Washington DC-area good beer fan Stephen Lipps: his map of good beer bars/shops in Paris. Yes, good beer in Paris, France. http://bit.ly/E4io8 - 2009.06.06
"Beer is the new wine," says Hugh Sisson of Clipper City Brewing in Baltimore. The story at the Washington Times http://bit.ly/TAJyB - 2009.06.06
Brewer at Washington DC's Capitol City Brewing reviews SAVOR as an indication of an "ever increasing profile and support for American craft beer." http://bit.ly/L4li2 - 2009.06.06
DC Foodies on Twitter: 40 Foodies, 3 Chefs, 13 Restaurants, 3 Food Trucks, 1 Gourmet Storehttp://bit.ly/127Kcf. - 2009.06.06
Baltimore, Maryland, Oriole's Camden Yards is No. 9 on PETA's top 10 list of vegetarian friendly major league baseball ballparks. http://bit.ly/H77X7. - 2009.06.06
Bowie, Maryland minor league baseball Baysox (Class AA) have a "Beers of Munich" Beer and Baseball Dinner on Thursday, June 18 at 6pm, for their game vs the Reading Phillies.http://bit.ly/d2iKI - 2009.06.06
In Tennessee, it will soon to be illegal to serve alcohol to anyone with a CONCEALED weapon. Umm, how will the bartender know? http://bit.ly/PcuNV - 2009.06.06
14 dirty words: the EU bans any non-European wines with these words on the bottle label: http://bit.ly/3xrPu - 2009.06.06
Interested in writing beer history? A British beer historian offers a quick lesson in how to find brewing records: http://bit.ly/Htf7S. - 2009.06.05
Albert Sisson, founder of pioneering Maryland brewpub Sisson's, has passed away. An appreciation: http://bit.ly/IgSPk - 2009.06.05
States with low beer taxes have 2.2 times more breweries per capita than high excise tax states. http://tinyurl.com/nlg3p4 - 2009.06.05
91.4 % of polled SAVOR attendees said economy has NOT affected beer purchases. (Those attendees could afford the $95 ticket!) The rest of the stats http://bit.ly/6D6VW. - 2009.06.05
Heavy Seas Big DIPA (as in Double India Pale Ale): 10.6 abv, 76 IBUs in 22-oz bottles, and draft, should arrive by late June. From Clipper City Brewing of Baltimore, Maryland. http://snurl.com/heavyseas - 2009.06.05
Clipper City Brewing is now on Twitter: @HeavySeasBeer. A list of the 5 DC/MD/VA brewers on Twitter: http://bit.ly/dd31X - 2009.06.05
Scotch whisky companies have pledged to cut their use of fossil fuels by 80% by 2050 http://bit.ly/60Yus - 2009.06.05
John Hansell of Malt Advocate on drinks writers: They're divorced, unhealthy, childless, and with little free time to enjoy life. http://bit.ly/pRuqI - 2009.06.05
It is NOT okay to Tweet during dinner ... and other Twitter etiquette, including how to re-Tweet. http://bit.ly/ABFtw - 2009.06.05
Congratulations to 300-game winning baseball pitcher Randy Johnson. At least the inept Washington Nationals created history with their loss. http://bit.ly/w41N5 - 2009.06.04
DCist.com reviews SAVOR Craft Beer and Food Exposition. Asks: Too much of a good thing? And discusses beer/cheese/chocolate pairings http://bit.ly/A7DcV - 2009.06.03
After exercise, it's better to drink beer than water: new research from Granada University in Spain. http://bit.ly/7hXE7 - 2009.06.02
Sour news from Belgium: 100,000 bottles of lambic and gueuze ruined at Drie Fontenien. http://viigo.im/LYw - 2009.06.02
From Chef Bruce Paton: the ABCs of pairing food with beer, AND cooking with beer. Concise and unfussy. http://bit.ly/PTaJa - 2009.06.02
After 6 month hiatus, Hugh Sisson of Clipper City Brewing returns to blogging. He asks: Organic Beer - What's the Point? (But responds favorably.) http://bit.ly/owF91 - 2009.06.02
A mixed review of SAVOR 2009 from BarlowBrewing Blog: Beer good. But "the food was just ... boring." http://cli.gs/sRj9XT - 2009.06.02
Study finds 10% of Twitter users produce 90% of the tweets. Unlike most other social networks, men are the most active. http://bit.ly/v4kb0 - 2009.06.02
Study shows that HIGH state excise taxes lead to REDUCED revenues: 1999 study on cross-state-border beer buying. http://bit.ly/Fmx4G - 2009.06.02
China blocks Twitter, Blogger, and other sites in lead-up to 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre. http://tcrn.ch/2zn - 2009.06.01
Metrocurean blog reports Washington DC's 'Sustainable Seafood' Chef Barton Seaver has returned to the kitchen. He's the chef at new Blue Ridge Restaurant. http://bit.ly/m96lJ - 2009.06.01
Clipper City Brewing's Red Sky at Night Saison: Baltimore Examiner Beer of the Week. Flavorful alternative to standard 'summer wheat ales'. http://bit.ly/LAsN6 - 2009.06.01
Map of current US beer excise taxes, by state: http://bit.ly/OepQ2 - 2009.06.01
An analysis --with many useful links-- of the folly of heavy beer excise taxes. http://bit.ly/9Phnp - 2009.06.01
For brewers: a 1917 analysis of the advantage of using' invert sugar' vs. refined sugar: http://bit.ly/UTnle - 2009.05.31
General Motors to declare bankruptcy on Monday. US gov stake to be 60%. Union vs investor issues. http://bit.ly/PqGQu - 2009.05.31
"the flowers /Stream from the hawthorn on the wind away . . . / Pass me the can, lad; there's an end of May" -A.E. Housman - 2009.05.31
Nine Twitter Tips For Business. It's FREE guerrilla marketing. Just don't abuse it. http://bit.ly/dfB78 - 2009.05.31
Jill Richardson's new book-- Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken http://tr.im/mZ6x - 2009.05.31
Hockey's Stanley Cup is the only sports trophy out of which the winners drink beer. From Draft Magazine: http://viigo.im/Kbl - 2009.05.31
The Mad Fermentationist reviews SAVOR: mostly good for the beer (Russian River Consecration), but only so-so for the food. http://bit.ly/rHFB8 - 2009.05.31
'You must name and blame the good guys.' Paraphrasing Marc Fisher who has written his last column for the Washington Post. http://bit.ly/10GDVH - 2009.05.31
Austrian and German health ministries find traces of cocaine in Red Bull Cola. Company says 'de-cocained' coca leaf only. http://bit.ly/HaIor - 2009.05.31
In the 2000s, the Brewers Assoc (US) rejects corn and rice in craft beer. In 1880s England, the use of sugar was decried. http://bit.ly/RM2fH - 2009.05.31
2nd wettest month of May on record in the Washington DC area. 10.10" of rain at Dulles by yesterday - and more today. http://tr.im/mVxj
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