Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 51

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 51:
20 December - 26 December 2009

• 2009.12.26
  A succinct look at Christmas#beer, including secrets of Anchor Brewing's Our Special Ale. From NY Times: http://bit.ly/5NdcL7


• 2009.12.26
  Final Christmas Tweet: Bad news for kids in 2010 as Santa's Workshop announces restructuring and outsourcing: http://bit.ly/6dPPaG


• 2009.12.24
  Legendary Channel 4/WRC sportscaster George Michael has died of cancer. http://bit.ly/PpD57


• 2009.12.24
  A Christmas gift: the US Senate approves the Health Care Reform bill. http://su.pr/27kme5




• 2009.12.24
  Mulling and warming a beer? It's delicious ... just use the right spiced beer. Wassail! http://bit.ly/5dnuCv


• 2009.12.23
  Paradigm shift? Stone Brewing in California is considering opening a brewery in Europe: http://bit.ly/5e0tgW




• 2009.12.23
  Panettone – Traditional Italian Christmas bread made with pure butter and beer yeast. From Blogs with Bite: http://bit.ly/6zktng


• 2009.12.23
  Wassail -strong, spiced ale for Xmas- profiled in the Washington Post: http://bit.ly/6qvdoB


• 2009.12.22
  Strategic wallet depleter. BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin 12 oz-ers may retail for $65-70 in U.S in March. http://3.ly/i7C


• 2009.12.22
  Blogging a brew step-by-step: "Bishop's Indulgence" spiced beer at Pratt Street Alehouse, Baltimore, MD: http://bit.ly/8StWl4


• 2009.12.22
  NASA satellite view of East Coast snow storm as it ended: http://bit.ly/4C2Td9.


• 2009.12.21
  The Clipper City brand-name to end in early 2010. Call it Heavy Seas Beer instead. http://bit.ly/7zhHmr


• 2009.12.21
  The Winter Solstice - the least amount of daylight & the start of winter- occurs today (in Washington, DC at 12:47pm). http://bit.ly/6e7Gic


• 2009.12.21
  See a glass-bottomed firkin cask. Photo via Pratt Street Alehouse in Baltimore, MD: http://bit.ly/8L0ApC

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