Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Week 36

Week 36
5 September 2010 - 11 September 2010

• 2010.09.11
  Virginia governor proclaims 9/11 moment of silence at 9:37, the time Amererican Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. http://bit.ly/c0lwyL
• 2010.09.11
  First Responders Appreciation at Blue & Gray Brewing in Fredericksburg, Virginia. http://t.co/OL175PF
• 2010.09.10
  A paradigm shift. Users spent more time on Facebook than Google in August. http://bit.ly/a1Ljzn
• 2010.09.10
  A printing company balks at printing Flossmoor Brewery beer labels "Collaborative Evil" and "Beelzebeer." http://bit.ly/c5SfyM


• 2010.09.10
  In regard to growth patterns, 'craft' beer is the new wine, says Boston Beer's Jim Koch. http://bit.ly/9VuWch
• 2010.09.10
  The 'real story' on the connection between Westvleteren and St. Bernardus. Via beer writer Chuck Cook: http://bit.ly/cInEo6
• 2010.09.09
  Reason TV's Interview with Fritz Maytag, ex of Anchor Brewing: http://bit.ly/bGPsDi
• 2010.09.09
  Washington D.C.'s first production brewery since 1956 -DC Brau- gets its canning line. Brewhouse to follow in December. http://bit.ly/adaPYH. The Session interview with DC Brau: http://bit.ly/d6oeH6
• 2010.09.09
  Poetic summation of what makes a great pizza pie, from the New York Times' Frank Bruni: http://nyti.ms/a4KlCo
• 2010.09.09
  Primer on cooking Belgian Beer Mussels. http://bit.ly/cdivhh
• 2010.09.09
  Virginia Governor unveils plan to privatize the state's liquor sales. Excise tax to exceed local rates, national average. http://bit.ly/9kr0J3


• 2010.09.09
  The Farmers Market in Falls Church, Virginia is voted best 'mid-sized' market in US; the best in Virginia market. http://bit.ly/cN7DNm
• 2010.09.09
  US wine consumption rises for the 16th straight year: 0.8% increase to 297 million cases. http://bit.ly/a4MjTH


• 2010.09.08
  Arlington County, Virginia, may close the popular Westover beer garden. http://ow.ly/2B4Gj
• 2010.08.08
  In a costly mistake, AB InBev accidentally mixes ten thousand gallons of Stella with Leffe, two very different beers. http://bit.ly/a4IKaW
• 2010.08.07
  Happy birthday, Sonny Rollins! The great jazz tenor saxophone player and composer is 80 years old today. http://bit.ly/c819p
• 2010.08.07
  "Most craft whiskeys suck!" A guest post at John Hansell's (Malt Advocate Magazine) blog: http://bit.ly/du9mfk
• 2010.08.07
  For homebrewers: The dates & locations of every past American Homebrew Association National Hombrew Championship. http://bit.ly/cujPVt


• 2010.08.06
  The summer of 2010 has been the warmest on record for Washington, D.C. http://bit.ly/dcQ6J5
• 2010.08.06
  Welcome to the worst Labor Day in the memory of most Americans. Robert Reich on "The Real Lesson of Labor Day." http://bit.ly/bS4Sl2
• 2010.08.05
  Long-time beer reviewer Tom Bedell offers thoughtful reviews of autumn beers. Some 'non-traditional' choices. http://bit.ly/d36XIm
• 2010.08.05
  Long-time beer reviewer Tom Bedell offers thoughtful reviews of autumn beers. Some 'non-traditional' choices. http://bit.ly/d36XIm

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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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