Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for 2010 Weeks 49/50/51

A non-comprehensive roundup of the week's
(in this instance, 3 weeks)
news of beer and other things.

Weeks 49/50/51
5 December 2010 - 25 December 2010

• 2010.12.25
  For Christmas, how to go a-wassailing, via Zythophile website.
• 2010.12.21
  Taylor Smack, brewer for Blue Mountain Brewery refutes the myth of buying warm beer vs. cold beer.


• 2010.12.21
  Happy Winter Solstice! Totality of the lunar eclipse occurs between 1 and 3 am ET.
• 2010.12.20
  The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild has been re-launched by the Virginia Manufacturers Association.
• 2010.12.20
  Who actually brews the beer sold at Trader’s Joe’s?
• 2010.12.20
  Cautionary tale for US brewers? Alberta, Canada, cracks down on "high-octane" beers.
• 2010.12.20
  What is the meaning of the phrase "Sans pris de mousse" found on some French language beer bottles?
• 2010.12.20
  Washington, D.C. area bar has been sued for a death caused by an inebriated customer.


• 2010.12.19
  DCBeer.com remembers Washington DC's now closed Brickskeller.
• 2010.12.19
  Discovery News reports that Amelia Earhart may have survived months as a castaway.
• 2010.12.18
  It will always be a "Tropical Hot Dog Night." Captain Beefheart dies, aged 69.
• 2010.12.17
  Dave Alexander talks about the imminent end of Washington D.C.'s Brickskeller; to leave behind beer & memorabilia.


• 2010.12.16
  Devils Backbone Brewpub in Roseland, Virginia, planning new production facility and 2nd restaurant.
• 2010.12.15
  Billie Holiday to Bruce Springsteen. Today would have been the 100th birthday of Columbia Records' talent scout John Hammond.
• 2010.12.14
  A destructive bug has infested Hawaii's Kona coffee fields.
• 2010.12.14
  British beer historian Zythophile explains the differences between old styles: X, XX, AK, KK, Burton Ale.
• 2010.12.14
  Winners of 2010 beer photo contest announced at A Good Beer Blog.
• 2010.12.13
  A look at the long-gone Consumer Brewery of Rosslyn, Virginia.
• 2010.12.13
  A Federal judge in Virginia strikes down the Federal health care law. Via NPR.
• 2010.12.10
  James Moody, jazz great saxophonist and composer. dies of cancer at age 85.
• 2010.12.09
  A list of beer apps for mobile phones.


• 2010.12.08
  Happy 15th anniversary to Heavy Seas Brewing Company of Baltimore, Maryland.
• 2010.12.07
  50-tap drafthouse opening in Columbia, Maryland, as Frisco Grille moves to new digs, and renamed as Frisco Tap house.
• 2010.12.07
  St. Nicholas: Patron Saint of Brewers. Via Brookston Beer Bulletin.
• 2010.12.05
  Amateur photographers post their best photos of 2010 to Flickr.
• 2010.12.05
  The most expensive beer ever: $1,185 (US dollars) bid for Antarctic Nail Ale, in a charity auction.
• 2010.12.05
  Evidence that many 19th century wooden beer casks in Britain were NOT lined (with pitch, etc.). Via British historian Ron Pattinson.

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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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