Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 48

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 48:
29 November - 5 December 2009

• 2009.12.04
  Craftbeer.com- new website for craft beer enthusiasts run by the Brewers Association. http://tr.im/GF3V


• 2009.12.04
  Congratulations to Pete Brown: Beer Writer of the Year at the British Guild of Beer Writers. http://tinyurl.com/yh8krxp


• 2009.12.04
  The great disappearing 'inner city' brewpub: urban costs force out urban breweries. http://bit.ly/8t1vOP


• 2009.12.04
  #FollowFriday is @DeirdreReid: tech, social media, and ... beer!


• 2009.12.04
  One reason that the new #Twitter retweets are pieces of s**t: http://ow.ly/166xSe


• 2009.12.03
  Another best of list for 2009: Top 10 Jazz CDs: http://bit.ly/74s3Ou [Considering music file downloads, we need a better name for albums.]


• 2009.12.03
  Grammy nominations announced in 109 categories. http://bit.ly/6N7K1m




• 2009.12.03
  Word on the street: Clipper City Brewing to discontinue its Oxford Organic line of beer.


• 2009.12.03
  How does this pass anti-trust muster? Comcast to pay $30B for 51% of NBC Universal. http://bit.ly/56vQBT


• 2009.12.02
  November was National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). Prizes were awarded to the most active NaBloPoMo participants. http://bit.ly/7yBIBH


• 2009.12.02
  59 Christmas beers tasted. Favorites determined. By the Baltimore Sun: http://bit.ly/6MpDwm


• 2009.12.02
  The FDA to nix the use of caffeine in alcoholic beverages, but maybe not, per se, the flavoring of beer with coffee. http://bit.ly/67tdeL


• 2009.12.02
  Two Big Beer Companies own 265+ Brands. A 'who owns whom' list: http://bit.ly/4DPMU0


• 2009.12.01
  Washington DC's upscale Belgian-themed bistro —Brasserie Beck— to open 2nd location, in Atlantic City. Chef/owner Robert Wiedmaier not ruling out Budweiser on beer menu. http://bit.ly/7WhZ53




• 2009.12.01
  It's official. Vermont's Long Trail Brewing signs letter of intent to buy Vermont's Otter Creek (woalver's0 Brewing. http://ff.im/-cgyS0


• 2009.11.30
  Wine Enthusiast magazine's Top 25 beers of 2009: http://tinyurl.com/yaqh32y


• 2009.11.30
  Charting US 'craft' beer with infographics: http://cli.gs/Lz53e


• 2009.11.30
  Good Maryland beer news indeed. Frisco Grille in Columbia MD plans to expand to 40+ taps. http://bit.ly/77Cvst


• 2009.11.30
  Mmm, Marmite: "English condiment that is perhaps the foulest compound legally sold for human consumption." http://bit.ly/8IbliC.


• 2009.11.29
  The Moon Under Water: George Orwell defines a good pub. http://bit.ly/4JPZ7P


• 2009.11.29
  The Western Christian ecclesiastical year begins this Sunday. http://bit.ly/hQLgj


• 2009.11.29
  Why do many beer writers 'trash' lagers, as if bocks, pilsners, etc. didn't exist? From The Hop Press: "Trashy Beer." http://bit.ly/7T9s6X


• 2009.11.29
  Walmart won the Thanksgiving online shopping battle: 14.97% of of traffic. Amazon was #2 at 12.41%. http://bit.ly/7TUpAd

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