Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 15

Week 15
11 April 2010 - 17 April 2010

• 2010.04.17
  Washington DC's 9:30 Club turns 30. http://bit.ly/aj5SPg
• 2010.04.17
  Beer historian finds that English brewers did NOT line casks with pitch. Germans did. http://ff.im/-j8o3I
• 2010.04.17
  Clarendon, VA brasserie Lyon Hall set to open 'officially' on Tuesday, 20 April 2010. 20 beer taps. http://bit.ly/a9XhxM

• 2010.04.17
  7-Eleven to sell private-label beer called "Game Day." To be brewed by City Brewing of Lacrosse Wisconsin. http://shar.es/mtMF8
• 2010.04.17
  Proposed US House Bill H.R. 5034 would “reaffirm primary authority of states under 21st Amendment to regulate alcoholic beverages.” http://bit.ly/bzXVHm
• 2010.04.17
  China buying significant portion of Canadian barley malt. To impact prices for small brewers? http://ff.im/-j7VCJ
• 2010.04.17
  Interent URL shortening service Bit.ly and Twitter call it quits: http://bit.ly/atsWXt
• 2010.04.16
  Maxs Taphouse in Baltimore, Maryland set to expand draft beer selection to 102 (+ 6 casks). Thursday 22 April: http://bit.ly/ca8gIg

• 2010.04.16
  Leesburg, Virginia's Fire Works Pizza opening second location in Clarendon, Virginia, mid-June. 31 drafts, 2 casks, 100s bottles, wines. http://bit.ly/d44rwu
• 2010.04.16
  How to be a 'good' beer geek: The Beer Geek Manifesto: http://bit.ly/9H3E8H
• 2010.04.16
  First UK winner of World's Best Sommelier competition. http://bit.ly/d2DWYd
• 2010.04.16
  #FollowFriday. A list of 15 DC/MD/VA breweries on Twitter: http://bit.ly/a9kON6
• 2010.04.16
  Icelandic volcano’s ash plume as seen by NASA satellite. http://bit.ly/bSrwTj
• 2010.04.16
  Possibly the largest beer dinner ever (2000 diners) at the World Beer Cup. http://bit.ly/bEAQZd

• 2010.04.14
  Gruner Veltliner: "get your mouth around" Austria's 'food-friendly' white wine. http://bit.ly/d3c4cv
• 2010.04.14
  Top 50 small US breweries: #1 is Boston Beer. Of all US breweries: Yuengling #4. Boston #5. http://bit.ly/aMrqEy

• 2010.04.14
  An audio pronunciation guide to top Bordeaux properties. http://ow.ly/1yjIt
• 2010.04.14
  Zythophile on the slightly soured character of British porter c.1800-1875. http://bit.ly/aW6hc0
• 2010.04.14
  Northern Virginia homebrewer is also a home meat smoker. With recipes. http://bit.ly/dsKJqj
• 2010.04.12
  There's another new brewery in Baltimore, Maryland: Bawlmer Craft Beers. http://bit.ly/b1HWqe
• 2010.04.12
  Top US states for beer consumption per capita. http://bit.ly/aQX86Q
• 2010.04.12
  Analysis of 2010 World Beer Cup competition results: http://bit.ly/bsxFah and http://bit.ly/acvULM

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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.
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