October 2007

Try a Black and Boo

by Luke

Looking for a creative beer combo to get you through the autumn evenings as they get chillier by the night? Why not try a Black & Boo (sometimes called a black & blumpkin). To prepare your black & boo, fill a glass 1/2-way with Shipyard Pumpkinhead ale (if Pumpkinhead isn’t readily available, any pumpkin flavored [...]

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Japan Takes a Bath in Beer

by Luke

This story released today is just too good to pass up! Some very lucky residents of Japan can now bathe themselves in a cold beer spa. According to an article which came over the Google newswire this afternoon, in a mountainous hot spring resort just a day trip from Tokyo, a spa park is offering [...]

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Hump Day Genius Fix Part 5

by Luke

Happy Wednesday, everyone! The next few weeks–what with the ALCS & NLCS on our doorsteps, and the match-up between the undefeated Patriots & Cowboys this Sunday–are a sports lover’s dream. With that in mind, today I thought it fitting to bring you: Mr. Pro Sports Heckler Guy. So kick back, open a brew (other than [...]

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Greenpeace Study Finds Genetically Altered Rice in Budweiser

by Luke

According to an articlein today’s Boston Globe, the rice used by Anheuser-Busch Co. to brew Budweiser beer is, Tainted with an experimental, genetically engineered rice strain, according to an analysis released yesterday by the environmental organization Greenpeace. Three of four samples of unprocessed rice from the beer maker’s mill in Arkansas showed the presence of [...]

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Flying Dog Brewing Co. Releases First Open Source Beer

by Luke

Denver’s Flying Dog Brewing Co. has finally released their Collaborator Doppelbock, a beer many homebrewers all ready knew as the first “open source” beer to hit the U.S. market. In an innovative marketing move, Flying Dog’s Open Source Beer Project allowed homebrewers to offer on-going recommendations and feedback on the beer’s recipe via a website during its R+D phase. [...]

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Beer

by Luke

As this long, holiday weekend winds down, Munich’s Oktoberfest celebrations come to a close and, here in the North East, the days VERY suddenly take a turn for the colder regions of the thermometer, I thought it fitting solace to share a list I found of 10 little-known beer facts, as compiled by Mark Jacob of the Chicago [...]

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