http://topicfire.com/Beer 2010-03-10T18:05:17+00:00 text/html 2010-03-11T09:36:58+00:00 http://beerblog.genx40.com/ http://beerblog.genx40.com/archive/2010/march/illinoisoh <a href="http://beerblog.genx40.com/archive/2010/march/illinoisoh"><img src="http://beerblog.genx40.com/images/files/original/1820.jpg" /></a><br />This is a really interesting tripel. Not a just a candi sugar bomb, there's a lot of earthiness in there. Not funk. Earth.It's made by the same folk at Two Brothers Brewing who made that Domaine DuPage I had last fall. It doesn't show on their website but, then again,... text/html 2010-03-11T05:10:16+00:00 http://brewvana.wordpress.com/ http://brewvana.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/look-mom/ <a href="http://brewvana.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/look-mom/"><img src="http://brewvana.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/beerwench1.jpg?w=450&amp;h=84" /></a><br /> I&#8217;m sure my mom would be proud. I&#8217;m the featured beer blogger on Drink With The Wench today. Clicky here to learn all about me. text/html 2010-03-11T05:07:28+00:00 http://beernews.org/ http://beernews.org/2010/03/philly-beer-raids-update-others-hit-with-raids-hearings-coming-on-law-reform/ <a href="http://beernews.org/2010/03/philly-beer-raids-update-others-hit-with-raids-hearings-coming-on-law-reform/"><img src="http://beernews.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/local-44-2.jpg" /></a><br />(Philadelphia, PA) &#8211; Last Thursday, three beer bars, all under the same ownership, were raided due to an anonymous complaint of unlawful sale of unregistered brands. The shitstorm that has ensued from that one person&#8217;s complaint is just incredible. Here&#8217;s a timeline to get you caught up to... text/html 2010-03-11T06:23:07+00:00 http://beernews.org/ http://beernews.org/2010/03/fire-at-de-dolle-brouwers-in-belgium-brewerys-official-translated-statement/ <a href="http://beernews.org/2010/03/fire-at-de-dolle-brouwers-in-belgium-brewerys-official-translated-statement/"><img src="http://beernews.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/de-dolle-mash-tun-2.jpg" /></a><br />De Dolle mashtun before the fire; everything done by hand (via Travlr on Flickr) (West Flanders, BELGIUM) &#8211; Still a developing story as the information out there is, for the most part, in Dutch at the moment. De Dolle Brouwers has released an official statement on its website. Here... text/html 2010-03-11T00:33:34+00:00 http://appellationbeer.com/ http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hops-no-3-with-a-bullet/ <a href="http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hops-no-3-with-a-bullet/"><img src="http://www.appellationbeer.com/images/20100310-kiss.jpg" /></a><br />The brewers at BrewDog have made a list of their six favorite (our should that be favourite?) hops. You can see why co-founder James Watt has said, &#8220;We like to think of what we do as U.S.-inspired Scottish craft brewing.&#8221; 1. Chinook 2. Amarillo 3. Nelson Sauvin 4. Bramling Cross 5. Simcoe 6. First Gold Three hops... text/html 2010-03-11T01:11:17+00:00 http://jackcurtin.com/ http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1506 <a href="http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1506"><img src="http://www.jackcurtin.com/upload/romania.jpg" /></a><br /> What have we here? Click on the image to find out. text/html 2010-03-10T22:23:25+00:00 http://www.thebarleyblog.com/ http://www.thebarleyblog.com/2010/new-dutch-45-abv-beer-in-the-wild/ I&#8217;m not entirely sure when this little tidbit of news broke, but apparently there is now a third party in the higher-than-high ABV battle. Dutch brewer Het Koelschip has recently let loose with a 45% ABV beer entitled Obilix. (Via) text/html 2010-03-10T16:05:00+00:00 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/ http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2010/03/lets-brew-1921-barclay-perkins-bs-s.html <a href="http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2010/03/lets-brew-1921-barclay-perkins-bs-s.html"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CHrKKDU9290/S5eATAoVKAI/AAAAAAAAGqw/oUsWDADLFts/s320/Barclay_Perkins_Brown_Stout.jpg" /></a><br />A special treat for the upcoming St. Patrick's day. An experimental "Irish Stout type".Barclay Perkins had the advantage of a very flexible brewhouse. Unlike Whitbread, they could brew small batches. Their New Brewery concentrated on small batch beers and experimental brews. It was there most of their many Stouts were... text/html 2010-03-10T20:00:17+00:00 http://thebrewclub.com/ http://thebrewclub.com/2010/03/10/the-strongest-beer-in-the-world/ <a href="http://thebrewclub.com/2010/03/10/the-strongest-beer-in-the-world/"><img src="http://thebrewclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sink-the-bismarck.jpg" /></a><br />With beers now apparently reaching 45% ABV this post should ideally be read with the theme from &#8216;Rocky&#8217; playing in the background, so get those trumpets out&#8230;  pa paa papa paa papa paa papa pop&#8230;  The battle for the strongest beer in the world rages on! I&#8217;ve previously written  about the Brewdog... text/html 2010-03-10T06:17:06+00:00 http://jackcurtin.com/ http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1500 I&#8217;ve accused the Big Guy of tilting at windmills and the like in the past, but we are brothers in the foxhole when war breaks out. Go sign up. text/html 2010-03-10T11:39:58+00:00 http://jackcurtin.com/ http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1503 <a href="http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1503"><img src="http://www.jackcurtin.com/upload/deadduvel.jpg" /></a><br />I try to do my part, I really do. If it means consuming more beer than I should, albeit Very Good Beer, I am willing to rise to the occasion. Whether I can now rise from the couch is another matter entirely. In solidarity with oppressed beer geeks, brave and adventuresome... text/html 2010-03-10T02:14:33+00:00 http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/ http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/app/blogs/brew/?p=1964 Two new beers, both part of Boulevard Brewing Company&#8217;s Smokestack Series, have arrived today at Charlie&#8217;s Wine and Spirits in Sioux City. New are Dark Truth Stout and Collaboration #1 Imperial Pilsner. The collaboration is a beer brewed by Boulevard with Jean-Marie Rock of Orval. As always, Sioux Brew encourages you to... text/html 2010-03-10T07:21:03+00:00 http://jackcurtin.com/ http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1501 I never saw this coming, not for a minute. It surpasseth all understanding that even the most inept bureaucrat would escalate a stupid decision into an everybody-loses vendetta. Arrogance. It&#8217;s the greatest human failing. This is going to end terribly, no matter how it ends. And not just for the PLCB. Maybe not... text/html 2010-03-10T05:03:23+00:00 http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/ http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/2010/03/09/an-introduction-to-breweryfans-com/ <a href="http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/2010/03/09/an-introduction-to-breweryfans-com/"><img src="http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/breweryfans_logo_transparen.gif" /></a><br />I was excited when my friend Jonathan Lunardi who runs craftbeerclothing.com (see my review here) and a number of other craft beer-related web ventures told me about his latest start up, BreweryFans.com, so I asked him to tell me a little bit more about the project. What resulted was a... text/html 2010-03-10T04:52:13+00:00 http://jackcurtin.com/ http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1498 Distributors getting nervous&#8230;. &#8230;about freakin&#8217; Duvel. Panic in the streets, thy name is Pennsylvania. text/html 2010-03-10T02:18:26+00:00 http://beernews.org/ http://beernews.org/2010/03/small-brewery-sitcom-coming-to-fox/ <a href="http://beernews.org/2010/03/small-brewery-sitcom-coming-to-fox/"><img src="http://beernews.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fox_tv2.png" /></a><br />(Los Angeles, CA) &#8211; In 1983, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas starred in a comedy film called Strange Brew, focused around the fictitious Elsinore Brewery in Canada. 27 years later, Fox Broadcasting Co. has lined up a pilot for a small brewery-centered sitcom of the same name. The Hollywood Reporter,... text/html 2010-03-09T23:23:00+00:00 http://petebrown.blogspot.com/ http://petebrown.blogspot.com/2010/03/government-report-says-mandatory-code.html <a href="http://petebrown.blogspot.com/2010/03/government-report-says-mandatory-code.html"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eQjR-WeaVPY/SoQnT9di3vI/AAAAAAAAAEg/tICGpVTZDuc/S45/errol-flynn-7.jpg" /></a><br />Catching up with myself, I thought that overall it would be less embarrassing if I started at the back with the really old correspondence and notes I haven't yet dealt with rather than starting with what I need to respond to from yesterday.I'm glad I did, because I'm regretting not... text/html 2010-03-09T17:06:45+00:00 http://boakandbailey.com/ http://boakandbailey.com/2010/03/09/the-rough-with-the-smooth/ There are some breweries whose rise to prominence are a source of irritation (Innis and Gunn, anyone?) but we really wouldn&#8217;t mind if every pub in the country was selling Thornbridge. That&#8217;s just as well, because it seems to be getting that way. In recent weeks, we&#8217;ve had the opportunity to... text/html 2010-03-09T07:49:59+00:00 http://beernews.org/ http://beernews.org/2010/03/craft-beer-sales-up-7-2-in-2009-and-projecting-ahead-to-2010/ <a href="http://beernews.org/2010/03/craft-beer-sales-up-7-2-in-2009-and-projecting-ahead-to-2010/"><img src="http://beernews.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/March2010_Release_HR.png" /></a><br />(Boulder, CO) &#8211; The craft beer industry grew to 7.2% in 2009 according to a Brewers Association press memo released Monday. This success, amidst economic conditions that adversely affected the beer industry, surprised analysts. All the 2009 industry stats have been updated at the Brewers Association website. A few... text/html 2010-03-09T02:53:55+00:00 http://thefullpint.com/ http://thefullpint.com/dans-blog/beer-police-busts-unauthorized-beer-in-pa-lame <a href="http://thefullpint.com/dans-blog/beer-police-busts-unauthorized-beer-in-pa-lame"><img src="http://thefullpint.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/beer-police.jpg" /></a><br /> Many Pennsylvania news outlets and beer blogs are buzzing this morning. According to Philly.com, the PA Liquor Control Board&#8217;s began busting beer bars late last week for carrying beer that has not been authorized for ... text/html 2010-03-09T04:21:19+00:00 http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/ http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/app/blogs/brew/?p=1944 Scratch this posting from Saturday. Sources say the Iowa Govener Culver will sign the bill on Wednesday. The provisions for &#8220;high proof&#8221; beer will be effective on signing. I have also received a report from an employee of a beer store in Iowa City who was told that distributors have to &#8220;get... text/html 2010-03-09T02:19:54+00:00 http://www.beerscribe.com/ http://www.beerscribe.com/2010/03/08/mccarthyism-and-eliot-ness-this-is-not-the-hysteria-over-beer-raids-in-penn/ I’ve somewhat distantly followed the developing story/drama out of Pennsylvania following police visits/raids (everything has two distinct sides here) to a small number of beer bars in the Philadelphia area. Others are pretty worked up about the situation, which revolved around a report that the bars were selling beers... text/html 2010-03-09T04:14:39+00:00 http://www.realbeer.com/ http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=1343 <a href="http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=1343"><img src="http://www.realbeer.com/images/20100308-craftsales.jpg" /></a><br />The Brewers Association today announced that craft beers sales grew 7.2% in 2009 as the same time that overall beer sales tumbled. The dollar value of craft beer grew even more dramatically, 10.3%. Overall, craft brewers sold 613,992 additional barrels in 2009, an increase equal to about 8.5 million cases. Overall,... text/html 2010-03-09T02:28:57+00:00 http://jackcurtin.com/ http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=1493 Chatter continues around the local corner of the internets about the PLCB raids. And we have the best back-and-forth on the topic of them all going on right here, if I do say so myself. Lots of participation  by knowledgeable folks and a good deal of information being put out... text/html 2010-03-09T00:36:56+00:00 http://beernews.org/ http://beernews.org/2010/03/beer-seized-from-three-bars-in-philly/ <a href="http://beernews.org/2010/03/beer-seized-from-three-bars-in-philly/"><img src="http://beernews.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/plcb_publicinterest.gif" /></a><br />(Philadelphia, PA) &#8211; The beerosphere is buzzing with the news that beer was confiscated late last week from three bars in Philadelphia. At least a dozen police officers were part of a simultaneous raid on three Philadelphia watering holes, all owned by the same couple: Memphis Taproom, Local 44 and Resurrection...