Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 35

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 35:
30 August - 5 September 2009

• 2009.09.05
  Dutch brewery conglomerate Heineken say Nein to eine kleine Swiss brewery's Keineken. http://bit.ly/2nCpfY


• 2009.09.05
  Using wine judging as a model, a study shows that flavor objectivity may be mostly subjective. Blogger Beervana says this is mostly applicable to beer. http://tinyurl.com/kqa4xb

Photo courtesy blog: Barlow Brewing.
• 2009.09.05
  Full Nelson from Virginia's Blue Mountain Brewery NOW available in cans. http://bit.ly/hlDzr /


• 2009.09.04
  Favorable review of Pete Brown's 'Hops & Glory' on history of IPAs and a modern voyage. http://bit.ly/zFyZc


• 2009.09.04
  A late afternoon in early September: al fresco at Sweetwater Brewpub in Falls Church, Virginia. (crabcakes and Great American Pale Ale)


• 2009.09.04
  "The economic downturn appears to be bolstering craft beer sales." Not so big breweries. At Inc.com: http://bit.ly/3JVQFa


• 2009.09.04
  In the midst of a recession, Maryland breweries are surviving, some thriving. http://bit.ly/3NbTSz


• 2009.09.04
  The US jobless rate hits 9.7%; 216K jobs lost in August: the highest rate since June 1983. http://bit.ly/4FSJv7


• 2009.09.04
  Beer blogger Lew Bryson attempts to post once per day. Does better. Lives to blog the story! http://bit.ly/4mqE57


• 2009.09.04
  Reports of sporadic outages of Google calendar, follow problems with Gmail earlier this week. http://bit.ly/2QskyK


• 2009.09.04
  Belgian scientists are looking to slow the development of trans-2-nonenal in beer. That is, keep beer fresher, longer. From the Wall Street Journal: http://bit.ly/18ibp1.


• 2009.09.04
  #Follow Friday: Anat Baron -maker of documentary Beer Wars- Tweets interesting comments and beer links. Two Twitter 'handles': @beerwars, @BeerWarsMovie


• 2009.09.03
  I haven't checked it for accuracy, but here's a nice map of craft beer in America, by medals awarded at the Great American Beer Festival. http://tinyurl.com/mcygfp


• 2009.09.03
  French wine exports plunge 25% in the first half of 2009; less expensive French wines down by only 1%. http://bit.ly/8YVWQ


• 2009.09.03
  At www.yfrog.com, the 6th most popular uploaded photo category on Twitter is ... beer & food. http://bit.ly/12K4jc


• 2009.09.02
  Room for beer education. An article [WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!] from Indianapolis Beer Examiner- Beer Snob: Craft Beer Basics (since removed from the site). http://tinyurl.com/nfulx2


• 2009.09.02
  "Saddle-ridden hard and put away wet." More brewers are loving the gamey/phenolic character of brettanomyces yeast. From the Washington Post: http://bit.ly/aVUXB


• 2009.09.02
  In Washington DC, it's legal for restaurants to pack wine 'doggie bags ' to go. http://bit.ly/uG1Is


• 2009.09.02
  A German brewer on why he bottle-conditions his beers: “It’s like sex and Champagne, worth the bother.” http://bit.ly/CAJMX


• 2009.09.02
  How a review of a beer dinner SHOULD be written: Pretty Things & Armsby Abbey "50 Mile" Vegetarian Beer Dinner. http://tr.im/xBGG


• 2009.09.02
  Press release from former imprisoned journalists: "We were violently dragged to North Korea." http://bit.ly/v8lWL.


• 2009.09.01
  Erich Kunzel, conductor of classical 'pops' concerts dies at 74. http://bit.ly/5gjwu


• 2009.09.01
  From Slate.com: "80% share (for Miller-Coors & A-B-INBEV) almost begs for antitrust review." http://bit.ly/2blNP6

Photo courtesy Matthew Brophy.
• 2009.09.01
  Photo of newly arrived used bourbon barrels at Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland. To be filled with Gonzo Imperial Porter. http://bit.ly/9BmES.


• 2009.08.31
  Sad news from the jazz world: singer Chris Connor dead at 81. What a 'canary' she was. YouTube video tribute: http://tinyurl.com/nb4ppf


• 2009.08.31
  Predicting rowdy customers, Fairfax County, Virginia looks to prevent its 1st and only winery from opening. (Maybe a sedate brewery?) http://bit.ly/2aplMR


• 2009.08.31
  Yet another 'chevalerie de biere' for Washington DC: Thor Cheston of Brasserie Beck. http://bit.ly/WHpqI


• 2009.08.31
  Craft Beer goes mainstream! Via @SaranacBrewery: "Saranac Brewery" was the answer in a New York Times crossword puzzle, 8/20, no. 23 down, to the question: "CraftBeer made in Upstate NY?"


• 2009.08.31
  A-B, Labatt sue Ontario brewery over word "lime" and color green on label. From Bloomberg: http://bit.ly/13rdEy


• 2009.08.31
  Taylor Smack, brewer/owner of Blue Mountain Brewery in Virginia: "We're like the love child of a Bavarian beer hall & Virginia vineyard." http://bit.ly/WcIVD


• 2009.08.31
  Philanthropy from American breweries- large and small: http://bit.ly/38Ozzb


• 2009.08.30
  The great one passed way 2 years ago today -Michael Jackson, the beer writer. http://bit.ly/QcQdr


• 2009.08.30
  Via @TikrasAlus: "Mak! Mak!" Pagan beer gods, mobile beer bars, a 19-yr old brewer. Video comedian Zane Lamprey in Lithuania: http://bit.ly/jgaIW

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