Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 36

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 36:
6 August - 12 September 2009

• 2009.09.12
  A Twitter welcome to @MadFoxBrewing: Falls Church, Virginia, brewpub to open in 2010. And, coverage in the Falls Church News-Press: http://bit.ly/mZEsS.
  


• 2009.09.12
  Spitting in your mash. Chicha corn beer, from Dogfish Head via New York Times: http://bit.ly/MECZM. From 1994, via Charlie Papazian: http://bit.ly/rLMar


• 2009.09.11
  Michelob Rye IPA from ABIB coming this fall.What is Anheuser-Busch's target market for this? http://bit.ly/zgFwF /


• 2009.09.11
  Free beer at the Washington Nationals? Should a baseball club’s record justify its beer prices? From the Wall Street Journal: http://ow.ly/oW2U


• 2009.09.11
  Can food be too salty? Can beer be too hoppy? http://bit.ly/4Ev0iw


• 2009.09.11
  Take a minute to remember those we lost and those who worked tirelessly on and after Sept. 11, 2001. http://bit.ly/1NmRFT


• 2009.09.11
  Pairing wine and .... cupcakes! From the Falls Church News Press: James Roth of wine shop- Red, White, & Bleu. http://is.gd/37cfM


• 2009.09.11
  #FollowFriday. @BeerBizDaily: The Twitter feed from the website of the same name. The business of beer, of course.


• 2009.09.10
  What are the odds? Baby born at 9:09 on 9/9/09 weighs 9 lbs, 9 oz. http://bit.ly/ZfZCq


Barrett Lauer (l), brewer for the District ChopHouse

• 2009.09.08
  A Twitter welcome to District ChopHouse (@ChopHouseBrew) brewpub in Washington DC! WeizenBock (7.8% abv ) is current seasonal


• 2009.09.07
  The growing disparity in the foreign exchange rate hurts draft sales of Chimay in the US. http://bit.ly/R42q6


• 2009.09.07
  Virginia ABC says its regs supersede local zoning laws. Winery in Fairfax County wins preliminary approval. http://bit.ly/1snf4J


• 2009.09.07
  Good point from @TheBeerWhore: "Breweries and brewpubs aren't using Twitter very effectively." [But there are some which do.]


• 2009.09.06
  Via @gabeer: Savannah Craft Brew Fest (Georgia) had almost double attendance from its first year, last year. http://mypict.me/ypfG


• 2009.09.06
  8 great Pilsners, by Gourmet Magazine: http://bit.ly/wyrHe; World's top 100 beers, by Imbibe Magazine http://bit.ly/9lypk


• 2009.09.06
  Room for beer education. Overheard at a bar: guy says he doesn't want a wheat beer, but he orders a hefeweizen.


• 2009.09.06
  Two vegans in pro sports. 10-time Pro Bowl/Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez. And baseball's Prince Fielder. http://bit.ly/2vgef1


• 2009.09.06
  Aardvark: A new Web 2.0 question search service uses real people at Facebook for answers. Review from New York Times: http://bit.ly/fr2mh


• 2009.09.06
  Health update on Jack McAuliffe (America's first craft-brewer): He "has a ways to go- but he’s doing okay." http://bit.ly/2Db0EF


• 2009.09.06
  @agoodbeerblog opines on 'amateur' beer writing vs. 'professional' beer writing: http://bit.ly/Fairy.


• 2009.09.06
  Could you call it a beer 'rave'? A trove of rare beers were poured at a event at a publicly 'undisclosed' location in Richmond, Virginia. Two stories: http://bit.ly/gLGS0 and http://bit.ly/nm8Z3.


• 2009.09.06
  When corks fly! Truck carrying Oregon and Washington wines catches fire; firefighters dodge corks. http://bit.ly/1l5Mg6


• 2009.09.06
  On 30 September 2009, Google Wave hits: "a real-time communication platform." http://bit.ly/FELFm

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