Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 43

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 of the pieces deal with beer (or wine, or whisky); some do not. But all are brief, and many are re-posts from my Twitter account: twitter.com/cizauskas.

This is Week 43:
25 October - 31 October 2009

• 2009.10.31
  I dislike early evening dark; I like the one morning with extra hour of sleep. Goodbye Daylight Saving time, tomorrow. http://bit.ly/o1lEe


• 2009.10.31
  Intrepid Virginia beer blogger David Turley visits Battlefield Brewing on its opening night in Fredericksburg: http://bit.ly/3V5oYQ


• 2009.10.30
  Unfortunate news for the Maryland beer scene. Kasper on Tap -- the beer blog of Rob Kasper, 'features' columnist for the Baltimore Sun-- to be discontinued. http://bit.ly/3JrNxC



• 2009.10.30
  Big beer! Legend Brewing Company's Barleywine (15.3% ABV) now on tap at the Richmond, Virginia brewery's pub. http://tinyurl.com/yzozwnx



• 2009.10.30
  My #FollowFriday is good-beer industry veteran: Ron Fischer @caskman812. Cask ale and real farmhouse cider are his particular passions.


• 2009.10.29
  A Washington City Paper writer rhapsodizes upon tasting 2005 Thomas Hardy barleywine at the Brickskeller, Washington, DC: http://bit.ly/3Xb5t5


• 2009.10.28
  What's a session beer? Read this from the UK: http://bit.ly/1m2WSn. Sometimes you want to drink a few and still walk a straight line.


• 2009.10.28
  The Washingtonian Magazine (on-line edition) interviews the writers behind the dcbeer.com blog. http://bit.ly/VIzoT


• 2009.10.28
  After running a race, wine lover and restaurateur Joe Bastianich prefers Italian beer (Baladin) with his Runner's Stew. From NBC's The Today Show: http://bit.ly/1U63zo


• 2009.10.28
  Questioned. Myths on beer (and wine) and glassware, and on terroir and wine. http://bit.ly/EXr8M


• 2009.10.28
  Baltimore, Maryland City Council decides that music and alcohol can mix, without deleterious effects. The bill awaits the Mayor's concurrence: http://bit.ly/1D8KxU


• 2009.10.28
  Washington D.C.'s Belga Cafe and Brasserie Beck now each have knights of 'La Chevalerie du Fourquet des Brasseurs.' http://ow.ly/x1WP


• 2009.10.28
  Last year's hops cost increase was NOT the sole cause of the beer price increase. As a result, this year's hop glut will NOT drop beer prices. http://buzzup.com/gjw6


• 2009.10.28
  Motley Fool criticizes Dan Snyder's Washington Redskins football team as a textbook example of appalling managerial practices: http://bit.ly/yKir8


• 2009.10.27
  Soon to become the world's largest BEVERAGE company? Are AB-InBev and PepsiCo planning a merger? http://bit.ly/4B1APc


• 2009.10.27
  Malaysia, religion, sharia, beer, and caning: http://bit.ly/2OR0ES


• 2009.10.27
  Hugh Sisson at his Clipper City Brewing blog suggests: try beer with the Thanksgiving meal. http://bit.ly/1EBT43


• 2009.10.27
  Why doesn't Don Younger (Horse Brass Pub) brew? "I love women, but I wouldn't want to be a gynecologist." As reported by Ray Daniels @Cicerone_org


• 2009.10.27
  Chef Frank Morales --ex of Rustico in Alexandria, Virginia-- finds a new job at Jackie's (Silver Spring MD) bringing his beer cuisine. http://bit.ly/3DehvU


• 2009.10.27
  More on Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference, from co-organizer Lucy Saunders: http://bit.ly/426uqZ


• 2009.10.25
  Room for beer education. Overheard at a beer festival, referring to cask ale: "I'm not always in the mood for 'still' beer."


• 2009.10.25
  From today's Washington Post: We've changed the name of 'Style & Arts' to 'Arts & Style.' [Glad they cleared that one up!]

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