Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 46

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 46:
15 November - 21 November 2009

• 2009.11.21
  How to destroy a brewery. The sad saga of the demise of Pittsburgh PA's Iron City: http://bit.ly/70mmTo

• 2009.11.21
  Jim Stitt: the artist who has drawn Anchor's Christmas tree beer labels for almost 35 years. http://bit.ly/7Epaxi
• 2009.11.21
  Got beer porn? That is, what you might consider a Pulitzer-worthy beer photo? Enter it in the 2009 Yule Blog Photo Contest: http://bit.ly/s6Q16
• 2009.11.20
  Dale Van Wieren —author of American Breweries II— has tasted 10,000 beers. More at Philly Daily News: http://bit.ly/1w1O8X
• 2009.11.20
  Remember the French Paradox: eat fatty foods, drink red wine, stay thin? Not any more! http://bit.ly/3D6h0E
• 2009.11.20
  #FollowFriday today on Twitter is Christina Perozzi @beerchick, co-author with Hallie Beaune @Hbeaune of The Naked Pint.
• 2009.11.20
  Environmentalism and the corner pub. An interview with 'The Beer Activist' Chris O'Brien: http://bit.ly/1Fiex9

• 2009.11.20
  Holy gourd Batman! Major canned pumpkin pie shortage before Thanksgiving. http://bit.ly/s2RB8
• 2009.11.19
  'Kasper on Tap' —the blog of Baltimore, Maryland beer writer Rob Kasper— returns. http://bit.ly/266vPA
• 2009.11.19
  A Basque study finds that a beer a day cuts heart disease by a third (well, any alcoholic beverage). http://bit.ly/3iX4Cj
• 2009.11.19
  6 myths about hops and beer busted by beer blogger Zythophile: http://bit.ly/4s4sC9
• 2009.11.19
  National Beer Wholesalers Association hosted a book signing for the authors of 'The_Naked_Pint' at CulinAerie culinary school, in Washington D.C. http://bit.ly/1zHXeT
• 2009.11.18
  US brewery Allagash set to debut its 'Maine-style' lambic in Belgium: http://bit.ly/1iL2Me
• 2009.11.18
  It takes 5 gallons water (and often more) to produce 1 gal of beer. A recap of the Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference: http://bit.ly/28Rfkb
• 2009.11.18
  A list of Washington DC's Women of Beer: http://bit.ly/ryPeN
• 2009.11.17
  A scientific study reports that the wine rating system is badly flawed. The Wall Street Journal reports: http://bit.ly/3UQ5Tm
• 2009.11.17
  The Federal Drug Administration delivers a 30-day ultimatum to producers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages: http://cli.gs/bNdZV
• 2009.11.17
  The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) membership hits all time high - 107,469. 12.2% growth. http://bit.ly/xzjjZ
• 2009.11.16
  Girls rule, boys drool. Pioneering women in the craft beer industry: http://bit.ly/2uX8sy
• 2009.11.16
  There's a new beer drafthouse/restaurant opening in Clarendon, VA in 2010: Lyon Hall, with 20 draft lines: http://bit.ly/1tkFX4
• 2009.11.16
  This author says that food choices are NOT solely personal. A vegetarian diet and the global environment: http://bit.ly/3kxDE9
• 2009.11.15
  Which buzz is cheaper? The alcohol costs per ounce of craft beer, industrial lager, and box wine are compared. http://bit.ly/2u6ZHp
• 2009.11.15
  How Stella Artois lost its groove: why marketing matters in the beer industry. http://bit.ly/37gS8x

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