Monday, July 06, 2009

Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 26

Clamps and Gaskets: weekly wrap-upClamps 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 26:
28 June - 4 July 2009

  • 2009.07.04
    Nielsen Co: 24 million cases of beer purchased in 2008 for Independence Day holiday. How many for 2009? http://bit.ly/kMTZp

  • 2009.07.04
    Seen at Facebook: Clipper City Brewing is testing recipes for a Great Pumpkin (Imperial)Beer for release in fall 2009.

  • 2009.07.04
    After being down for a day, BeerAdvocate is again stable & open. Still moving fwd w/ the migration/upgrade. http://beeradvocate.com

  • 2009.07.04
    Read the Declaration of Independence:http://bit.ly/TbqtF

  • 2009.07.03
    "Organic beer can be made from non-organic hops. Federal Organic Label Is Questioned." From the Washington Post: http://tr.im/qJVr

  • 2009.07.03
    I checked yesterday's visits to MY blog http://www.yfgf.us. 62 hits were mistaken identity searches (Michael Jackson, the beer writer) for Michael Jackson (the pop singer).

  • 2009.07.03
    Twitter #FollowFriday goes out to @BeerAdvocate: fighting the good fight to get its servers back on-line. http://beeradvocate.com/

  • 2009.07.02
    WAMU.org reports that 40-year old slogan 'Virginia is for lovers' has been selected as one world's most successful ad campaigns.

  • 2009.07.02
    The café at Kybecca Wine Bar (and Beer) & Shop in Fredericksburg, Va. reviewed in the Washington Post. http://bit.ly/16ohP1

  • 2009.07.02
    Houston, Texas beer lovers debate how cold a beer should be ... when it's 90*F + outside. http://bit.ly/oHug2

  • Garrett Oliver cooks
  • 2009.07.02
    Report on Garrett Oliver Beer Dinner at Capital Ale House in Fredericksburg, Va. http://tinyurl.com/nyv4d6

  • 2009.07.01
    VERY useful glossary of beer tasting terms compiled by master brewer Fal Allen http://bit.ly/XJhYU

  • 2009.07.01
    It was a dark and stormy night: the 20009 winner of annual Bulwer-Lytton wretched writing contest. http://bit.ly/2BP9p

  • roasted shitake salad

  • 2009.07.01
    UK study: vegetarian diet better than carnivore against blood/ bladder/stomach cancer. More study needed. http://sn.im/bbcveg.

  • 2009.07.01
    Texting While Driving today illegal in Virginia, on 1 October in Maryland, and already a violation in Washington D.C. http://bit.ly/Ds9l2

  • 2009.07.01
    Can humans taste wine's terroir? Harold McGee -author of the seminal On Food and Cooking- says NO. http://bit.ly/Pdhfv

  • 2009.07.01
    How to post Flickr photos from Twitter, and vice-versa. http://bit.ly/NnRzT

  • 2009.07.01
    "Sour Beer? Pucker Up" from LA Times http://bit.ly/1b75N2

  • 2009.06.30
    Installed Firefox 3.5. So far, so good. Only one extension gone. I like the 'Private Browsing' & embedded video. http://bit.ly/IXchM

  • 2009.06.30
    No joke! Comedian Al Franken now US Senator from Minnesota after Norm Coleman concedes ... 7 months AFTER election. http://bit.ly/fOTX4

  • Chuck Cook, beer correspondent

  • 2009.06.30
    Baltimore, Maryland beer journalist Chuck Cook has begun new column on Belgium travel & Belgian beer at the new BeerConnoisseur.com. http://bit.ly/10aJ2p

  • 2009.06.30
    Former Old Dominion brewers [Favio Garcia, Matt Hagerman] to start new Virginia brewery.http://tinyurl.com/nlljl5

  • 2009.06.30
    "Salvator" considered a beer 'style' until Paulaner trademarked the beer name in 1907. http://bit.ly/sal8U

  • 2009.06.30
    The shaker pint glass must die! A case against waste from beer blogger Andy Crouch: http://bit.ly/9WEUB

  • 2009.06.30
    Reputable sources report that a brewer was arrested Sunday for disorderly behavior at the close of the Northern Virginia Summer Brewfest.

  • 2009.06.30
    I'm writing a blog post on the 12 essential beer Twitter-ers. DM, reply, or email me with suggestions, and why. http://www.yfgf.us

  • 2009.06.30
    AllMusic's tribute to Michael Jackson: http://bit.ly/1eBkOu

  • 2009.06.30
    Why to drink beer from a glass rather than a bottle. http://bit.ly/eGQ8Y

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