Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 37

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 37:
13 September - 19 September 2009

• 2009.09.19
  A gorgeous day in Baltimore, Maryland. Walking the 3k from Federal Hill to Fells Point for Maxs German Beer Fest. http://tinyurl.com/mu3h3k.
  


• 2009.09.19
  Do no evil. US Justice Dept asks court to reject Google's book settlement re: antitrust, copyright. http://bit.ly/ocR8E




• 2009.09.19
  "O'zapft is!" Happy Oktoberfest to all! http://www.oktoberfest.de/en


• 2009.09.18
  Beer blogger Lew Bryson to test 3-oz fluid TSA limit at airport with 90-proof Bourbon. And blog about it. Go here: http://bit.ly/hUYsB. Read comments.


• 2009.09.18
  Photos and story from the new White House farmers market. From Washington City Paper: http://bit.ly/riJTi


• 2009.09.18
  Room for beer education. Overheard at a bar: I don't like THIS Oktoberfest. It's not hoppy enough for me.


• 2009.09.18
  Mad Fox Brewing has signed a 15-year lease for its brewpub set to open in Falls Church, Virginia, in 2010. http://bit.ly/wSLZE.


• 2009.09.18
  FollowFriday today is @Brunehaut_Beer: Using Twitter to link to noteworthy beer stories.


• 2009.09.17
  Today in history 1787. The U.S. Constitution signed: http://ow.ly/pMam


• 2009.09.16
  Baltimore MD's City Paper best of includes @MahaffeysPub, @BrewersArt, @ClipperCityBeer, Beer in Baltimore, more: http://bit.ly/1IOec6


• 2009.09.16
  In an article called "Beer Goes Upscale", the Sarasota Herald Tribune quotes me WITHOUT ever having interviewed me. The writer uses a Washington Post article without attribution. http://bit.ly/11S8u5


• 2009.09.16
  A Twitter welcome to Rustico in Alexandria, Virginia at @RusticoVA and its soon-to-open sibling Birch & Barley /Churchkey in Washington, D.C., at @Birch & Barley.



• 2009.09.16
  Czech Hydrometeorological Institute says rising annual average temperatures are decreasing central European hop yields. http://bit.ly/QhS4L


• 2009.09.15
  $350 beer dinner. That's right $350 per person for 7 beers and 6 courses. Brooklyn Brewing at Per Se Restaurant in New York City, New York. http://bit.ly/112QVK


• 2009.09.15
  Facebook Crosses 300 Million Users. Oh Yeah, And They Just Went Cash Flow Positive. http://bit.ly/3YT2k


• 2009.09.15
  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


• 2009.09.15
  Michelob's Rye (India) Pale Ale has been released. It's 5.9% abv and 50 IBU. So, what's it's target market? http://bit.ly/pulfy


• 2009.09.15
  Beer imports are down 9.3% in the US for 2009. That's 160,000 fewer cases per DAY. http://bit.ly/hJCrk.


• 2009.09.13
  Text messaging costs phone companies $0.03 per. That's NOT what they charge consumers. http://bit.ly/UVWYs


• 2009.09.13
  British Prime Minister offers posthumous apology to WWII code-breaker Alan Turing. http://bit.ly/2LXk8

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