Clamps & Gaskets: News Roundup for Weeks 48/49/50, 2012

A bi-weekly, non-comprehensive roundup
of news of beer and other things.

Weeks 48/49/50
25 November - 15 December 2012

• 2012.12.13
  7,500-year old evidence of cheese-making found in Poland. Via Reuters.
  
  
• 2012.12.13
  N. Joseph Woodland, the creator of the barcode, has died at age 91. Via AP.
  
  
• 2012.12.12
  Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92. Via Minnesota Public Radio.
  
  
  
• 2012.12.12
  New study finds that humulone found in beer (from hops) can prevent the common cold. Amount needed? 30 'standard' beers. Via Yahoo News.
  
  
• 2012.12.12
  Pete Brown, author of "Shakeseare's Local," wins U.K. Beer Writer of the Year ... for the second time.
  
  
• 2012.12.07
  Seventy-one years ago today: the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. "A date which will live in infamy." Via Wikipedia.
  
  
• 2012.12.05
  Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies one day before turning 92. Via Minnesota Public Radio.
  
  
• 2012.12.05
  It was 79 years ago today that the 18th Amendment -Prohibition- was repealed by passage of the 21st. Via Wikipedia.
  
  
• 2012.12.05
  France proposes 160% increase on beer excise taxes. Via New York Times.
  
  
• 2012.12.03
  "The cultural character of a place." An appeal to UNESCO to grant London’s pubs world heritage status. Via The Drinks Business.
  
  
  
• 2012.12.03
  An ex-pat British brewer in the U.S. argues against cloudy cask-conditioned beer. Via Pratt Street Ale House.
  
  
• 2012.12.03
  Archaeologists discover remains of 3,500 year-old malt kiln and brewery in Cyprus. Via Belfast Telegraph.
  
  
• 2012.11.29
  New study says eating meat —and cooking meals— were evolutionary advantages for human brain development. Via Washington Post.
  
  
• 2012.11.27
  Burgundy's 2012 harvest very small; prices expected to spike. Via NPR News.
  
  
• 2012.11.27
  Burgundy's 2012 harvest very small; prices expected to spike. Via NPR News.

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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 twitter.com/cizauskas.
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