December 2007

The Modern Day IPA Heard ‘Round the World

by Luke

Three months ago British beer writer Pete Brown ( author of Man Walks into a Pub and Three Sheets to the Wind) brewed himself an IPA and set sail, destined to travel around the Cape of Good Hope and into India, in order to recreate the trips IPAs used to make from London breweries to [...]

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No New Brewery for Boston Beer Co. After All

by Luke

Some of you may remember the report which surfaced here in August about the Boston Beer Co. (the makers of Samual Adams) purchase of 52.6 acres of land in Freetown, Massachusetts for $5.95 million. Well, the plans for that proposed brewery have apparently come to a screeching halt. According to the MetroWest Daily News in Framingham, [...]

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Today’s Beer News Briefs

by Luke

Today’s New York Postfeatures a great profile of Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at New York’s Brooklyn Brewery. In the interview Oliver discusses a wide range of topics, including his chief responsibilities as brewmaster. He says his responsibilities are, Basically I’m responsible for the liquid. It’s pretty much that simple. I’m responsible for all the beer from [...]

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Are you Smarter Than a Beer Coaster?

by Luke

The newest installment of what seems like a weekly occurance now — rediculous fun new beer-related gadgets and inventions — is the Smart Beer Coaster from Redwood City, CA company Sentilla. The company, which develops “new and innovative ‘smart’ designs”, has created a beer coaster which, according to Sentilla’s website, can,  The coasters know when a [...]

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Rogue to Celebrate the Fall of Communism with XS Imperial Red

by Luke

According to a press release just published by Oregon’s Rogue Ales, the brewery is commemorating the decision of the Soviet Union’s President Mikhail Gorbachev that the Communist Party give up its 70-year long monopoly of political power — which happened on February 7th, 1990 – Rogue is releasing its very own Imperial Red on February 7th, 2008. Rogue [...]

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Do Yourself a Favor, Have a Cadillac Mountain Stout

by Luke

This evening I was lucky enough to try my very first Cadillac Mountain Stout (I know, I know, I live in Maine and I’m just now getting around to it? Sorry…), the offering from the famed Bar Harbor Brewing Co. which has been consistently ranked as one of the top 50 beers in the U.S., is the top-rated American-style [...]

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