Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 30

Week 30
25 July 2010 - 31 July 2010

• 2010.07.31
  Library of Congress posts photos by William P. Gottlieb on-line: from 1938-1948, documenting jazz scene in New York City and Washington, D.C. http://bit.ly/bqBZf3
• 2010.07.30
  For Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia: a 'hip-hop' tag becomes a mainstream hashtag and nickname: #DMV http://bit.ly/btSNRD
• 2010.07.30
  Soot control could erase 100 yrs of warming in 10 years, new study claims. http://bit.ly/cyteDZ
• 2010.07.30
  Beer vs wine pairing-with-food smackdown at Columbia Firehouse Restaurant in Alexandria, VA. http://bit.ly/9FAV95
• 2010.07.30
  250 beers rated by 'brown paper bag method.' Joe Sixpack reviews new book: "Beer Trials". http://bit.ly/denQs5
• 2010.07.30
  Twitter FollowFriday. Julia Herz @lyonsgal: Brewers Association Craft Beer Program Director. Craft Beer Muses blog at http://bit.ly/bk5FUX
• 2010.07.30
  Twitter FollowFriday. A Yankee in Earl's Court: Washington, D.C. beer guy @RickG_VA tweets at the Great British Beer Festival, Aug. 3-7.
• 2010.07.30
  Reign of Brewdog brewery's 'The End of History' as strongest beer in the world (55% abv) has ended. Dutch brewery ‘t Koelschip releases 'Start the Future' at 60% abv. http://bit.ly/9EI3es
• 2010.07.30
  Beer Birthdays: Tom Peters of Monks Cafe in Philadelpia, Pa. http://tinyurl.com/23v7e6b; Jonathan Surratt, creator of BeerMapping.com: http://bit.ly/9ghOT1
• 2010.07.29
  Afghanistan, beer, attempted assassination: it's all in Wikileaks. http://bit.ly/bQengz


• 2010.07.29
  How does an American cask get to the Great British Beer Festival? Steve Jones of Oliver Ales tells how: http://bit.ly/d1at47
• 2010.07.28
  One indication that an economic recovery is ongoing? Krones -the world’s biggest maker of beer and beverage bottling equipment - returns to profitability. http://bit.ly/ceYhil
• 2010.07.28
  Marinating meat in beer before grilling may reduce cancer-causing HCAs, says study: http://bit.ly/cl1yt8 (with recipes)
• 2010.07.28
  Verizon Center is No. 1 in mouse droppings, says ESPN, in a review of health department records. http://bit.ly/afhGXn
• 2010.07.28
  Craft brewery consolidation continues. Magic Hat and Pyramid Breweries, already merged, are to be acquired by North American Breweries, a company which owns Genesee Brewery, the J.W Dundee beer brand, and which distributes Labatts within the US. http://bit.ly/bwTsd6
• 2010.07.28
  The founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) decries the current neo-prohibitionist bent of that organization. http://bit.ly/dxHzF2
• 2010.07.28
  California-based Stone Brewing Company mulls buying Highgate & Davenports brewery in UK at which to produce its Stone beers for the European market. http://ff.im/-ol3uC
• 2010.07.28
  In 2009, ebooks were 1% of all book sales. http://bit.ly/cqTPuO
• 2010.07.26
  Is there maltose in beer? No! That's an inherent fallacy of the South Beach Diet. http://bit.ly/9WR78A
• 2010.07.26
  Chef Robert Weidemaier expands his Washington, D.C area restaurant holdings. Mussel Bar opens in Bethesda, Maryland. http://bit.ly/a99Caa


• 2010.07.26
  The Chicago Tribune examines 'Kolsch-style' beers for summer quaffing. http://is.gd/dHa69
• 2010.07.25
  Beer Birthdays: Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River. http://bit.ly/aEpbQq; Paul Gatza, the Director of the Brewers Association, a trade group for small breweries in the US. http://bit.ly/bNr4ap
• 2010.07.25
  Nine 'green' US brewpubs: http://bit.ly/a6PBai
• 2010.07.25
  The Internet will run out of new addresses in less than a year, unless ... http://ow.ly/2g0FB
• 2010.07.25
  A brewery vat explodes; 270 barrels of beer flood a Canadian town; no one seriously injured. http://bit.ly/9pOIyP

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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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