October 2008

Can Beer Lovers Spot Other Beer Lovers?

by Luke

I was in a Trader Joe’s in Darien Connecticut this morning picking up a few items for lunch — minding my own business and not talking to anyone — when an old man stopped me and said, “I got the word (nodding towards his wife), help with the groceries or I won’t get any beer!” [...]

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Get Yourself a Hooker: a Tour of Thomas Hooker Brewing

by Luke

I was lucky enough to be able to pay a visit to the Thomas Hooker Brewery in Bloomfield Connecticut this past week and it was definitely a trip well worth the while. One I can recommend to anyone who finds themselves in the greater-Hartford area. Outside the brewery Thomas Hooker — which began in 1997 [...]

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Sam Adams Chocolate Bock is Back

by Luke

There’s certainly an influx of beer-and-chocolate news ’round here over the last few days, but that’s certainly nothing to complain about. Headlining the latest choco-news is the announcment that Samual Adams Chocolate Bock will once again be on store shelves this November. The Chocolate Bock is my personal favorite Sam Adams beer and is described [...]

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Try Beer & Chocolate this Halloween

by Luke

Just in time to begin celebrations for the candy holiday, Charlie Papazian — possibly the country’s most famous homebrewer and author of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing — wrote today in his Beer Examiner blog about the delicious and complex pairing of real, good, dark chocolate and real, good (often dark) beer. Papazian explains, The [...]

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Shipyard to Introduce a Barleywine-Style Ale

by Luke

In a very rare deviation from all things decent-but-safe-ho-hum-ales, Shipyard Brewing Co. has announced  an addition to their lineup of otherwise traditional English-style ales, a Barleywine-style brew. The Shipyard Barelywine will be the first brew in the new Pugsley’s Select (named after Shipyard co-founder and brewmaster, Alan Pugsley) series. The beers in the series will [...]

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Winners of the 2008 GABF Announced

by Luke

The Winners of the 2008 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) were announced today and for those of us who were unable to attend, it’s a pretty jealousy-inducing list. The major winners included: For “Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year”: Anheuser-Busch, Inc. & Doug Muhleman For “Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size [...]

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