Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Weeks 22, 23

Weeks 22,23
30 May 2010 - 12 June 2010

• 2010.06.12
  Alsatian winemakers resistant to genetically-modified grapes resistant to fanleaf virus: http://bit.ly/dmIYuN

• 2010.06.12
  Which is 'greener', beer or wine? A tie , but ... http://bit.ly/cMVI9x
• 2010.06.12
  Boston Beer Company says it remains a craft brewery despite Brewers Association's definition. http://nyti.ms/ckebmz
• 2010.06.11
  #FollowFriday: Search (and follow) these hashtags for beer news in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia: #DCBrews, #MDbeer, #VAbeer.
• 2010.06.10
  2010 RAMMY winners (DC area restaurant awards) http://bit.ly/aqtr8B
• 2010.06.10
  So you want to be a sports photographer? The great photo (and how it was taken) of Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg's Major League baseball debut: http://bit.ly/cUEGIu
• 2010.06.10
  Table-side beer taps (pouring US craft beer) at Meridian Pint. To open on 17 June, in Washington, D.C. http://bit.ly/blDpqQ
• 2010.06.10
  The food "was more of an afterthought to a beer festival." Savor (beer with food exposition) reviewed: http://wp.me/pVQOW-m
• 2010.06.09
  The Worst Beer in America is Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale ... at least according to Men's Health Magazine. http://bit.ly/dmL1Zx
• 2010.06.09
  Podcasts of nine Savor salons posted at Craft Beer Radio: http://bit.ly/cvj2c5
• 2010.06.09
  Beer Birthday: Ray Daniels http://bit.ly/dzzrUt. The preeminent beer educator today.

• 2010.06.09
  Austrian (NOT Australian!) wine reviewed. 2009 was a very good year. http://bit.ly/dxEOi5
• 2010.06.09
  The World Beer Festival comes to Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, June 12. http://bit.ly/dvjh0A
• 2010.06.08
  South Carolina allows beer sampling at stores and breweries: http://bit.ly/cXxPxb

• 2010.06.08
  Capital City Brewing Company's (Washington, D.C., Arlington, Virginia) Mike McCarthy interviewed: http://bit.ly/bdaSHb
• 2010.06.08
  Unofficial list of breweries in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia that Tweet: http://bit.ly/a9kON6

• 2010.06.08
  Tickets now available for Washington, D.C. Brew At the Zoo, 15 July, at the National Zoo. Proceeds support animal care and conservation. http://bit.ly/brewatzoo
• 2010.06.08
  BP oil spill worst case scenario: Could the oil reach Europe? http://su.pr/1JR8re
• 2010.06.08
  A Twitter welcome to @dcbrau, soon to be Washington D.C.'s first production brewery since Huerich closed in 1956.
• 2010.06.06
  The first ever US beer bloggers conference, to be held November 5-7, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado. http://bit.ly/d3fwOP
• 2010.06.06
  "Thanks, I'll have another." Beer writer Lew Bryson extols 'session' beer, defends himself. http://bit.ly/ddcL3m
• 2010.06.05
  The Atlantic magazine trumpets "The Death of Beer." While noting the resurgence of popularity for wine and spirits in the US, the article ignores craft beer (except for 7 words). http://bit.ly/aRM4EV
• 2010.06.05
  A good fermentables mashup: the Delaware Wine AND Ale Trail: http://bit.ly/a2SGUj
• 2010.06.05
  First, the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, a grasshopper infestation threatens western US agriculture: http://bit.ly/dm7Woa
• 2010.06.03
  First, the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, a grasshopper infestation threatens western US agriculture: http://bit.ly/dm7Woa

• 2010.06.01
  A Twitter welcome to @PortCityBrew, Port City Brewing, an artisinal brewery coming to Alexandria, Virginia, in late 2010.
• 2010.05.31
  A pizza restaurant magazine urges pizzeria owners to cheat its beer customers with short pints and excess foam. http://bit.ly/ag8fen
• 2010.05.31
  For Memorial Day: Summer grilling recipes, and Imperial Pilsner as a beer mate: From chef/author Lucy Saunders: http://bit.ly/9yfXTJ
• 2010.05.30
  Summer light reading? "Duke Ellington's America" by Harvey Cohen. 688 pages. Reviewed by Washington Posts's Jonathan Yardley: http://bit.ly/aWXwNB
• 2010.05.30
  Pub etiquette: what to do/say when your pint of beer is bad. From beer-book author Pete Brown: http://bit.ly/chEncz
• 2010.05.30
  Summer light reading? "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" by Daniel Okrent. Reviewed in the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/aCwr7t

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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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