Clamps & Gaskets: News Roundup for 2011 Weeks 5/6

A non-comprehensive roundup of two weeks'
news of beer and other things.

Weeks 5/6
30 January 2011 - 12 February 2011

• 2011.02.12
  New brewpub coming to Richmond VA: Haxall Brewing, in summer 2011. Via blogger Relentless Thirst.
• 2011.02.12
  "There are more breweries than stoplights in Nelson County, Virginia." The Happy Hour Guys visit Devils Backbone Brewing Company brewpub. Via Musings Over A Pint.
• 2011.02.11
  Vandals destroy a 500 year old Austrian grapevine said to be the ancestor of modern Gruner Veltliner.
• 2011.02.11
  After nearly 30 years of rule Egyptian President Hosni Mubarack resigns, under pressure.


• 2011.02.11
  Cystic Fibrosis Washington DC Brewer's Ball. Great beer for great cause. 12 March 2011. Via DC Beer.
• 2011.02.11
  The Singularity arrives in 2045, the year, a scientist believes, that computers will become sentient. Via TIME
• 2011.02.09
  More speculation about the possibility of a 2011 purchase of SABMiller by ABInBev.


• 2011.02.09
  Birthday in Beer: Ron Fischer, US cask ale authority.
• 2011.02.09
  Be famous! Drink 'craft' beer! Apply to be on the tasting panel for the Washington Post's 2011 Beer Madness.
• 2011.02.08
  'Extreme' beer in the 19th century: sweet, strong (11+% abv) Burton Ale for the Northwest Passage and the St. Petersburg Court. Via Zythophile.
• 2011.02.08
  How about a 'Super' carbon offset? The energy consumption of Cowboys Stadium, during the Super Bowl, etc.
• 2011.02.08
  What is SAVOR? A $110 ticket national beer-with-food exposition sponsored by the Brewers Association, in Washington, D.C., 3/4 June 2011.
• 2011.02.07
  The White House served its own homebrewed Honey Ale at President Obam's Super Bowl party. Via Charlie Papazian


• 2011.02.07
  The FDA to examine raw-milk cheese. Action could threaten artisinal cheesemakers.
• 2011.02.06
  “That Brewery Sucks.” A rant from Full Steam Brewery in North Carolina on breweries, community, and incivility.
• 2011.02.05
  Democrats in the Virginia Senate join with Republicans in the House to block Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's plan to privatize state ABC liquor stores.
• 2011.02.04
  The internet, as it is now, will begin to run out of addresses within a few months.
• 2011.02.04
  An essay by Virginia winery Keswick Vineyards on how wine bloggers can be friends and foes.


• 2011.02.04
  Beer bloggers compare beer from cask, keg, bottle, and can. Beer Blogging Friday: The Session.
• 2011.02.03
  The strange new guidelines on alcohol in the US government's new Dietary Guidelines. From Beer Business Daily.
• 2011.02.02
  Flickr accidentally destroys an account containing over 4,000 photos, all unrecoverable. Via Tech Crunch.
• 2011.02.02
  Victory Brewing of Pennsylvania celebrates its 15th anniversary this month. Via Lew Bryson.
• 2011.02.02
  Growlers Brewpub in Gaithersburg, Maryland, re-opens. Via Baltimore Beer Guy.
• 2011.02.02
  Despite midwest blizzard, it's an early spring warming, according to groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, who did NOT see his shadow.
• 2011.02.02
  How to read a wine bottle. Via Washington Post's wine critic, Dave McIntyre.
• 2011.02.02
  Proactive response: Deschutes Brewery detects an unintended brett infection in its barleywine, and offers consumers refunds. Via BeerNews.
• 2011.02.01
  Decade-long delayed expansion back on track at Racer's Cafe, north of Baltimore, Maryland. To finally include a kitchen.
• 2011.02.01
  R.I.P. Don Younger 1941-2011: Portland's Horse Brass Pub proprietor; examplar for US publicans. Via Brookston Beer Bulletin.

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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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