Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 47

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 47:
22 November - 28 November 2009

• 2009.11.28
  Burton, UK: NOT the first place in the world to brew pale beers. Martyn Cornell deflates another beer myth. http://bit.ly/8l62Dy


• 2009.11.28
  "A holiday beer doesn't have to be spiced, or a malt-bomb. It can be just a special beer." http://bit.ly/5k17ji


• 2009.11.28
  Almost a year old, but still useful: Tips for integrating Twitter with a blog. http://bit.ly/EFPZO


• 2009.11.27
  That's what it's all about. The Scranton, PA, native credited with writing "Hokey Pokey" dies at 104: http://bit.ly/4ySfOJ


• 2009.11.27
  #FollowFriday today. Homebrewers: US: @olllllo. Ireland: @thebeernut


• 2009.11.27
  Support your local brewery! New York Times story on 'young' breweries like Sixpoint & The Bruery http://ff.im/-c5S8V


• 2009.11.27
  Is wine political? Israeli wines produced in 'occupied' territories: http://tinyurl.com/y9re74u


• 2009.11.26
  In time for Thanksgiving: A print ad for National Premium Beer with turkey ... from the 1950s. http://cli.gs/ppaTU



• 2009.11.26
  The Washington Post reviews Birch & Barley/ChurchKey: http://ff.im/-c2IYh


• 2009.11.25
  National Public Radio's Morning Edition interviews Roger Protz on the re-opening of the Bass Beer Museum (by MolsonCoors): http://tinyurl.com/ygdvvlb


• 2009.11.25
  National Public Radio's Morning Edition reports on craft beer brewery Dry Dock of Denver CO, the Small Brewery of the Year. http://su.pr/2LITth


• 2009.11.25
  Albert Pujols wins his 3rd National League Baseball Most Valuable Player. It's his 2nd in a row, and this one's unanimous. http://bit.ly/8M5VA5


• 2009.11.25
  More 'craft' brewery consolidation. Vermont's Long Trail Brewing to buy Otter Creek Brewing Company. http://tinyurl.com/yf8jnqx


• 2009.11.24
  A good man and a good owner: a rare example. Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin Dies at 85. http://su.pr/3YEg5p


• 2009.11.24
  Sad but expected: the incredible shrinking newspaper biz. The Washington Post to close its last three U.S. bureaus. http://su.pr/1bqAjx


• 2009.11.24
  Edible Chesapeake Magazine is closing. Renee Catacalos: "So proud of what we did, very sad to stop." http://bit.ly/8dsbNK


• 2009.11.24
  From Blogs With Bite, for Thanksgiving: The British Beer & Pub Association says drink healthy, refreshing beverages ... such as beer. http://bit.ly/6PphMC


• 2009.11.23
  Carl Kasell gets to sleep in but morning's will be the poorer for this. He's leaving NPR's Morning Edition on December 30. http://www.npr.org.


• 2009.11.23
  Science fiction as scientific hypothesis. The Hadron Super Collider is back: Will forces from the future step in? http://su.pr/2FHC7T


• 2009.11.23
  The Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2009: http://bit.ly/1Hvj3n


• 2009.11.22
  Making Christmas Beer Pudding on Stir-Up Sunday (the last Sunday before Advent): http://bit.ly/8sDCgA


• 2009.11.22
  MillerCoors reverses its earlier decision: WILL reopen former Bass Museum of Brewing in Burton in 2010, incl 30-bbl brewery. http://bit.ly/5qzUkG


• 2009.11.22
  A primer on factors affecting the price of a beer. http://ow.ly/EovH


• 2009.11.22
  The Washington post publishes a breakfast recipe for Indian Spiced Scrambled Eggs ... WITH a witbier pairing suggestion. http://bit.ly/66Ro8v

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