Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 1

Week 1
3 January 2010 - 9 January 2010

• 2010.01.09
  A masthead to the 21st century. The Brewing News papers to offer a more substantial online presence: http://bit.ly/5OUOFL


• 2010.01.09
  75 years ago this month, the first cans of beer were sold. From About.com: http://bit.ly/8J8VqB


• 2010.01.09
  The world suddenly seems less sour (or more so). Drie Fonteinen, back from "the Catastrophe", to stop brewing, keep blending, start distilling: http://bit.ly/6EzyKp


• 2010.01.08
  A loss to the brewing community. Jeff Becker of the Beer Institute has died. http://tinyurl.com/yd4q7qp




• 2010.01.08
  Photos from Flying Dog brewery's Tweetup featuring the only cask this year of its spring seasonal Garde Dog: http://bit.ly/7t3qa0


• 2010.01.08
  Room for beer education: Seen in an email promoting a beer dinner in Washington DC: INDIAN Pale Ale.


• 2010.01.08
  #FollowFriday on Twitter: @HurraBier, @beltwaybeer. The two newest members of C.R.A.B.B. http://bit.ly/7hJ7CW


• 2010.01.07
  Bottles of Brooklyn Brewing's Black Ops have been spotted in Northern Virginia ... but don't blink or you'll miss them. Only 10 cases were exported there. http://tinyurl.com/yh359nc


• 2010.01.07
  Allsopp's Arctic Ale and the upcoming documentary on recreating it. http://bit.ly/61ZmTP


• 2010.01.07
  Big brewers drag US beer industry down 1.6% in 2009. (Also: an Alcohol Beverage Control scandal in North Carolina) http://tinyurl.com/ye24cz7


• 2010.01.04
  Three years of great beer blogging ended yesterday in the UK. Early 'Stonch' is remembered at Canadian beer blog: http://bit.ly/62s8Uh

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• Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories not posted at Yours For Good Fermentables.com. Most 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.
• The Clamps and Gaskets graphic was created by Mike Licht at NotionsCapital.