Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 30

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 29:
26 July - 1 August 2009

• 2009.08.01
  A take on Beer Wars Movie, and on paid beer writing vs unpaid writing (i.e., blogging). Summary: "It's the content, stupid!"http://bit.ly/zYb7Q

Photo courtesy of Andrew Clark.
• 2009.07.31
  The Washington City Paper reports that beer-centric Birch & Barley restaurant and bar will open in Washington, D.C., in late September (at 1337 14th St., NW.) http://bit.ly/2V610p


• 2009.07.31
  #FollowFriday on Twitter: @MDbeerspotter spots good beer (not doctors) in Maryland. @CharliePapazian finds good beer throughout the world. /


• 2009.07.31
  Historian Maureen Ogle in the Washington Post on beer and race relations in America.http://bit.ly/FxlhV


• 2009.07.30
  Now, the NY Times weighs in on Obama and The Beer Summit. Stop already! http://bit.ly/101P7n


• 2009.07.30
  CNN to interview patrons at Brickskeller in Washington DC about Obama's 'Beer Summit' beer choices. http://timesurl.at/832545


• 2009.07.30
  photo of Maryland's Flying Dog Brewery in front of the White House supporting LOCAL beer: http://yfrog.com/2163kj


• 2009.07.30
  A Beltway Insider's take on Obama's 'BeerGate' http://timesurl.at/b3ee6d


• 2009.07.30
  Washington DC's Capitol City Brewing Company is featured in a Wall Street Journal piece on tonight's White House 'beer summit'. http://tinyurl.com/ks4la2


• 2009.07.30
  A British writer discovers that beer can be just as delicious as wine, and more fun. http://bit.ly/KyTRs


• 2009.07.30
  What elevation constitutes a mountain vineyard? (In US: it's whatever the vineyard says it is.) http://bit.ly/7BemR.
  


• 2009.07.30
  Slate On-Line: "There is plenty of elitism in beer these days." http://bit.ly/px7sj


• 2009.07.29
  An analysis of Rate Beer vs. Beer Advocate. Both skew toward hard-to-find beers http://bit.ly/18LFpm


• 2009.07.29
  Today's beer birthday belongs to Garrett Oliver, who is 47. Via the Brookston Beer Bulletin: http://bit.ly/gIoSy


• 2009.07.29
  Microsoft and Yahoo sign 10-year deal to team up search engines. http://bit.ly/8esZX


• 2009.07.29
  A tribute to a beer guy you may have never heard of: The 'Beer Elf'- Gary Bredbenner. http://bit.ly/MaTfO


• 2009.07.29
  @MDbeerspotter is a new Twitter account for mentioning good beer finds in Maryland. http://bit.ly/eYWIs


• 2009.07.29
  Beers higher than 5.9% abv (and up to 12%) are newly legal in West Virginia. http://3.ly/gWa


• 2009.07.27
  A brief history of the National Capital Brewing Company. Located in the Capital Hill area of northeast, Washington, D.C., it never reopened after Prohibition. http://bit.ly/tQ21Z


• 2009.07.27
  Decanter wine columnist Michael Broadbent to sue for libel over book The Billionaire's Vinegar. http://bit.ly/DqpDX


• 2009.07.27
  A majority of the US House of Representatives now supports B.E.E.R. -a bill to reduce federal excise taxes to half of the current level. http://bit.ly/VgYPN.


• 2009.07.27
  Beer-centric restaurant Rustico in Alexandria, Va. hires Steve Mannino as new chef; plans 2nd location for Ballston, Va. http://bit.ly/HeXe7.


• 2009.07.27
  Word on the street is that long-time Wheaton, Maryland, Scottish-themed pub/restaurant The Royal Mile Pub has been sold. It will remain open, however. http://www.royalmilepub.com/.

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