Posted in Brewing News, tagged New Belgium on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you like going outside? Sure, who doesn’t. There’s the sun out there, and wind, and air. It’s great. And for those times when you can’t be “out” there, you can read a magazine about it, Outside Magazine. Outside Magazine has decided the best place to spend time inside and collect a paycheck is New [...]
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Posted in Brewing News, tagged politics on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a blog for beer, not politics, but beverages have become a topic of the current primary race. So voters in Pennsylavnia have been treated with images of Barrack Obama knocking back some suds.
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Posted in Brewing News, Events, tagged Earth Day on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, Earth Day is here. Today is a day when we can look at our actions and how they affect the Earth, and hopefully minimize those effects. I thought, what better way to help than to shed some light on the ways we as homebrewers can do some good and minimize our [...]
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Posted in Brewing News, tagged World Beer Cup on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Every two years, the World Beer Cup is held t honor the best in brewing around the world, naming Champion Brewers as well as Champion Breweries. This year, for the first time, a woman was named a Champion Brewer.
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The Brewers Association is down in San Diego this week for the Craft Brewers Conference. While down there, they’ve handed out three awards to members of the brewing community, including two with ties local to the Bay Area.
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We have a global economy, most of the products you buy have links to various places around the world. Maybe the plastic was produced in China, the product assembled in Central America, the company who sells the item could be European, and we buy it at a store here in the United States. [...]
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Posted in Brewing News, tagged Colorado, law on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
After our victory over the G-men in Georgia, Brewed For Thought turned its attention to Colorado, among other places. Well, once again, we are victorious.
While grocers and convenience stores are left out of this new law, liquor stores can now sell alcoholic beverages exceeding 3.2% on Sundays. For more on this story, I contacted my [...]
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Posted in Brewing News, tagged Hopmonk Tavern on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Way back when, Powerhouse Brewing Co was the brewery in the city of Sebastopol. They closed and sometime after, Sebastopol Brewing took their place in the historic downtown Sebastopol building. From the figurative ashes of what was Sebastopol Brewing Company, Hopmonk Tavern has been born.
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There’s a new trend in brewing that most not be aware of. Well, it’s not exactly brewing, but packaging. And, it’s not exactly new, it’s old, and it kinda sucked. It’s an aluminum can, and it’s going to change the world, or the way you drink beer, one brand of beer, in select markets.
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Posted in Brewing News, tagged laws on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The hop shortage has caused the prices a good six pack to climb to the $9 region. But that’s not enough according to one congressman from San Jose.
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