April 2008

Hop! Hop! Hooray

by Luke

image by Luigi FDV Finally some fantastic news. There are reports coming out of Yakima Washington — the country’s largest hop-producing state– today that hop production is back up – way up! Growers are feverishly reconditioning yards and adding new land at an unheard-of pace. Growers are receiving multiple-year contracts with prices front-loaded to help [...]

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Sometimes I wish I lived in Vermont

by Luke

Don’t get me wrong, I love Maine and the beer and bar scene around the state; there’s nowhere I would rather call my beer home. That being said, there are a number of things I wish my town did more like the town of Burlington, VT. Vermont seems to embrace their home grown beer like [...]

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Build Yourself a Heineken Fort

by Luke

Square Heineken bottles from the 1960′s. Because what better to do when you’ve emptied too many bottles of Heineken than build a (glass) fort?! source: neatorama (thanks Wren!) [tags]beer, Heineken, fun stuff[/tags]

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The Sam Adams Bottle Recall

by Luke

By now I’m sure most of you know about the bottle recall from Sam Adams which was issued today. The Boston Beer Company, the 4th largest brewer in the U.S., has voluntarily recalled select 12 ounce glass bottles of its beer. Company officials say the brew could contain small bits of glass. According to the [...]

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75 Years of Beer (and Local Celebrations)

by Luke

“I think this would be a good time for a beer” – Franklin Roosevelt, April 7, 1933 While Prohibition officially ended on December 5, 1933, with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, something that is often overlooked happened earlier that year — newly-elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt took steps to fulfill his campaign promise to [...]

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The April Session: My Brother Mike

by Luke

Today is the first Friday of the month, which means it’s time once again for The Session. This month’s “Beer Blogging Friday” is hosted by Stonch of Stonch’s Beer Blog. The topic – beer people. According to Stonch himself: Choose someone you know personally. That person might be a brewer, a publican, someone who sups [...]

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