December 2007

It’s Beer 101 at The University of King’s College

by Luke

The University of King’s College in Nova Scotia will offer Brewing Science: The history, culture and science of beer to all students for the first time starting in January, 2008. The course will be a seminar/lecture format and will also feature field trips to local breweries. Although the professor, Gordon McOuat, is under strict orders [...]

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A Very Beery Christmas

by Luke

I’m sitting here, nursing a Sam Adams Old Fezziwig Ale and reflecting on the beer-filled holiday that was. It began last night, Christmas Eve, with my first ever bottle of Brewery Ommegang’s Three Philosophers Ale, which my dad and I split over dinner. Due to other family member’s travel obligations this afternoon, my family and I [...]

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Cancer Fighting Antioxident Found in Hops

by Luke

There’s no question that the holidays are a joyous time of festivities and merry-making but, on a much darker note, it’s also the time of year that I find myself reflecting on loved ones lost (or sick) the most. There has been an amazing amount of cancer in my life, especially in the last few [...]

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Berkshire Brewing’s Drayman’s Porter

by Luke

It’s yet another snowy evening in Maine (there are already waist-high plowbanks like the winters of my childhood; it’s going to be a helluva winter); the perfect setting for a bomber of Berkshire Brewing Co.’s Drayman’s Porter. The Berkshire Brewing website describes this porter, which weighs in at a manageable but respectful 6.2% ABV, as, A full [...]

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The Hump Day Genius Fix is Back

by Luke

After a couple-week-long hiatus (sorry about that!), the Hump Day Genius Fix is back. In case you’re just tuning it, it was a a weekly series I had been doing every Wednesday (“Hump Day”) where I delivered a funny and often timely Bud Light Real Men of Genius radio commercial to all who cared to [...]

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Shipyard Prelude Winning Big & Small

by Luke

You know by now that I am always excited when any Maine beer garners positive attention, so when this story about Shipyard Prelude (one Maine beer in particular that is quickly ascending my good list) came across the wire this morning, I had to pounce on it. The Brew U Panel, a group of beer enthusiasts [...]

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