August 2008

It’s Coming…

by Luke
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Run of the Mill, Saco Update

by Luke

I know that many people have been coming here over the last few weeks looking for information on the Run of the Mill brewpub in Saco, Maine which opened just a few weeks ago. And if anyone has been there yet then I’m sure you know that, despite being a brewpub, ROTM has yet to [...]

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BrewSocial: Social Networking Application for the Beer Geek in all of Us

by Luke

There seems to be a real social media theme going on in the world of blogaboutbeer.com this week – first all of the new beer-related iPhone applications, then the “crowdfunding”-based brewery BeerBankRoll. And today, to cap it off, a buddy of mine pointed out the (relatively) new BrewSocial (part of the LivingSocial network, which also [...]

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Own Your Own Piece of a Brewery

by Luke

Ever wanted to own your very own brewery but just didn’t have the start-up capital? Well now, thanks to the help of BeerBankRoll (and tens of thousands of other members) for an investment of just $50 you can own a piece of a brewery. Chicago-based BeerBankRoll is founded on a “crowdfunding” concept where its members [...]

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Blog About Beer Turns One

by Luke

Today, August 2th, marks the one year anniversary of BlogAboutBeer.com. When I got into blogging a year ago, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. The site was a mess, my stories were a mess and I didn’t think I would (or should) stick with it. Now a year later, it’s grown into [...]

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The Next Ingredient in the Dogfish Line of Ancient Beers: Chocolate

by Luke

You may remember way back in November of ’07 when a study was released which claimed that natives of Central America were drinking alcoholic beverages — or beer — made from cacao (the seeds which chocolate comes from) even before 1000 BC, 500 years earlier than previously thought. Well now it looks like label-pushing brewer [...]

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