Clamps & Gaskets: News Roundup for Weeks 10/11/12, 2011.

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

Weeks 10/11/12
6 March 2011 - 26 March 2011

• 2011.03.25
  Fritz Maytag (founder of Anchor Brewing) and Ken Grossman (co-founder of Sierra Nevada Brewery) reminisce for the keynote speech at the 2011 Craft Brewers Conference.

• 2011.03.25
  The Washington City Paper selects the Washington, D.C. area's best new beer bar, for 2011: Mad Fox Brewing.
• 2011.03.23
  Forever velvet. Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has died.
• 2011.03.23
  For over 50 years, when it was the Brickskeller, it had no draft lines in the main bar downstairs. Now, the Bier Baron does.
• 2011.03.22
  'Craft' breweries sales volume increases 11% in 2010.
• 2011.03.22
  Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewery, is nominated for a 2011 James Beard Award: Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional. [Why is there no beer category?]
• 2011.03.22
  Bud break is underway in California vineyards.
• 2011.03.21
  It's Virginia Wine Week, 18-27 March.
• 2011.03.21
  "Beer making is a marvel of industrial chemistry," says Popular Science Magazine ... in an issue published in 1933! Via Brookston Beer Bulletin.
• 2011.03.20
  Happy Spring Equinox ... Sunday, 20 March 2011 7:21 PM EDT.
• 2011.03.20
  After 55 years, how Washington, D.C. got her beer back.
• 2011.03.19
  The so-called Super Full Moon will appear at sunset tonight.
• 2011.03.18
  Today's Birthday in Beer: Steve Hamburg, one of the premier 'real ale' cellarmasters in the US.

• 2011.03.16
  Imbibe Magazine names Virginia's Blue Mountain Brewery as one of "100 Best Places to Drink in the South".
• 2011.03.15
  Orange slice in your beer? Just say no, says blogger 3 Baking Sheets to the Wind.
• 2011.03.14
  For first time since the 'scandal' of the 2003 Brunello vintage, the US gives approval for importation of Brunello, the 2006 vintage.
• 2011.03.14
  "Rather than removing members due to success, the craft brewing industry should celebrate growth." Nick Matt (CEO of F.X. Matt Brewing) on the proposed US Congressional BEER Act
• 2011.03.14
  In the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake & tsunami: 7 simple ways to help.
• 2011.03.14
  Japan’s breweries face uncertain future after disaster.
• 2011.03.14
  A tale of two châteaux. The wine growing pains of China and Bordeaux growing pains.
• 2011.03.12
  Daylight Saving time begins overnight in the US, but not in Arizona.
• 2011.03.12
  The problems with beer blogging, and examples of how to do it better. Via beer writer Andy Crouch.
• 2011.03.11
  Happy Lithuanian Independence Day!
• 2011.03.10
  According to eCairn, 5 of the most influential alcohol websites in USA are blogs about craft beer.
• 2011.03.10
  VeggieDag Thursday: A new logo and a 20th anniversary.
• 2011.03.09
  The Washington Post's annual Beer Madness bracket-style competition with 64 US beers grouped by Malt, Roast, Fruit/Spice, and Hops.
• 2011.03.08
  Arlington, Virginia has a problem with children enjoying acoustic guitar music, if their parents are enjoying beer. Westover Market
• 2011.03.08
  Too much meat + too much sugar + too much (unfiltered) beer = gout.
• 2011.03.08
  Captain Kirk delivers the wakeup call for the final mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
• 2011.03.06
  Among all the recent good news for Virginia beer, there is some sad news. Via Relentless Thirst: Shooting Creek Brewery closing.

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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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